A bizarre, squeamish story from Urbana this week: a filter screen at a water treatment plant caught three placentas and the Trib confirms, "at least one of them [is] human." According to Julie Pryde, head of the Champaign-Urbana Health District, the placentas don't pose a health threat and were most likely the result of a midwife not being aware of the proper disposal procedure for a placenta. more ›