Blame Global Warming - or anything else

A recent news item on satellite TV channels revealed that around 10,000 patients had reported for diarrhoea treatment to hospitals in Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh.

The number of cases always jumps at the start of the hot season. A government spokesman, speaking in English, blamed global warming.

He must have missed the almost daily reports, over the preceding two months, about how the city's drinking water supplies are being contaminated with raw sewage.