Poop train: 4,500 tons of faeces left rotting in Alabama town

Parrish residents biowaste left in stranded freight cars for six weeks smell like ‘dead bodies’

Parrish, AL
Parrish rail yard in less malodorous times
(Image credit: Google Street View)

An Alabama town has attracted an unwelcome claim to fame, thanks to a legal battle which has made it the home of a “poop train” carrying 10 million pounds of excrement.

Dozens of rail cars filled with biowaste - chemically treated human waste - have been stranded in Parrish, Alabama for weeks as a result of a legal dispute.

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