Katy Perry's New Album Declared a 'Biohazard' in Australia

Things have been going pretty well for Katy Perry: she beat Justin Bieber on Twitter, her new album debuted at #1 in history’s worst-ever week for album sales, and this clip reminded everyone that she was probably right to break up with Russell Brand because anarchy is never an option, dude.

But one of the marketing tricks her team dreamed up to push Prism isn’t getting such a great reception in Australia.

Somebody had the hippie-dippy idea to include a little packet of seeds with each “deluxe” copy of the album accompanied by a message from the singer encouraging fans to plant them somewhere, anywhere, whatever. The

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