Playboy After Hours

December, 1995

Jumping Catfish!Now we know why parties in New Orleans go on all night: Unlike most waste products produced by our bodies and homes, caffeine passes intact through water treatment plants. Hydrologists at the U.S. Geological Survey studied different sections of the Mississippi River and found large amounts of caffeine in the water near cities, with the highest concentration of caffeine occurring near the cities downstream. The announcement coincided with news that Andre Codrescu, author of The Bl...