Sao Paulo bans billboards as visual pollution

The world's fourth-largest city, Sao Paulo, Brazil, has banned billboards. The city's conservative mayor pushed to remove nearly 15,000 advertising signs. He said in a press conference that the city should fight all kinds of pollution: air, water, sound and visual. If an international city with a pro-business mayor can clean up its act, then maybe some of our bigger Alabama cities should do the same (I'm talking to you, Birmingham!).

Click here for a 10-minute news report on the Sao Paulo ban posted at YouTube. Some of the comments are interesting, including one that calls outdoor advertising "corporate graffiti."

Click here to read an article posted on AdBusters.