Niagara Falls with bubbles

Adding a foaming agent to Niagara Falls was evidently the fantasy of some chemical engineer at Monsanto.

Newsweek - Mar 17, 1952

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Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 24, 2019
Category: Advertising | 1950s | Pranks | Natural Wonders

Comments

I see a movie in the making here!

agent j

Posted by agent j on 02/24/19 at 02:14 PM

That's one way to clean up a river. And clog it with algae overgrowth due to the heavy amount of phosphates.

Posted by KDP on 02/24/19 at 03:35 PM

There's already a foamy scum that settles at the bottom of the Falls. It's yellow and smells like dead worms.

Posted by Kate on 02/24/19 at 08:58 PM

File under “What could possibly go wrong??”

Posted by Brian on 02/26/19 at 02:41 PM

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