... and against littering, in three different languages each.
But if you don't read English, you won't find out that the city recommends against pregnant women and children eating the fish.
I made a phone call to the parks department some months ago to point out that the majority of those fishing the East River are speakers of Chinese or Spanish, and that they ought to add signs in those languages warning about the dangers of eating the fish.
No reaction.
Today, I spoke to a couple of parks employees; one of them saw the point and said she'd talk to the superintendent. Do you think they'll do anything about it?
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Call 311 and lodge an official request. It's more likely to find the right person. Or write directly to Bill Castro, who is the Commissioner for Manhattan. His office is in the Armory, in Central Park.
ReplyDeleteAll the buildings in CA have signs that say something like "contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm" - it becomes like white noise, rapidly.
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But you're right - if the people fishing the East River don't speak English, they should have appropriate signage.