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Dale Carson Takes a Break From Cooking and Ruminates on Water
......Can you imagine living in a third world country where there is little but wastewater containing sewage and other bacteria-laden forms of waste? Much wastewater can be put through filtration systems and treated to make it potable again.
One of the worst pollutants is pharmaceuticals used by humans. Not long ago in our town, a developer wanted to build over a hundred housing units for people 55 and older on the edge of a fragile marsh where birds nest and lay their eggs. The nearby salt water contained irreplaceable aquatic life. The sewage treatment container the developer wanted to use was proven to be inadequate to ensure that no pharmaceuticals would get into this marsh and seawater. His proposal was denied. Good.
Naturally, my rumination on water lead me back to how our ancestors used water, and how clean it was. They drank fresh spring water, and consumed no milk, sugar or alcohol, and they certainly had no fluoride in their drinking water. They were strong, straight and could run miles on a handful of parched corn, and rarely had tooth decay.
Wow! What progress we’ve made!
Dale Carson, Abenaki, is the author of three books: New Native American Cooking, Native New England Cooking and A Dreamcatcher Book.
......Can you imagine living in a third world country where there is little but wastewater containing sewage and other bacteria-laden forms of waste? Much wastewater can be put through filtration systems and treated to make it potable again.
One of the worst pollutants is pharmaceuticals used by humans. Not long ago in our town, a developer wanted to build over a hundred housing units for people 55 and older on the edge of a fragile marsh where birds nest and lay their eggs. The nearby salt water contained irreplaceable aquatic life. The sewage treatment container the developer wanted to use was proven to be inadequate to ensure that no pharmaceuticals would get into this marsh and seawater. His proposal was denied. Good.
Naturally, my rumination on water lead me back to how our ancestors used water, and how clean it was. They drank fresh spring water, and consumed no milk, sugar or alcohol, and they certainly had no fluoride in their drinking water. They were strong, straight and could run miles on a handful of parched corn, and rarely had tooth decay.
Wow! What progress we’ve made!
Dale Carson, Abenaki, is the author of three books: New Native American Cooking, Native New England Cooking and A Dreamcatcher Book.
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