Think Before You...
You know all those health-freak types? The obnoxious ones, who go around clucking "you are what you eat", and not only you are what you eat, but everyone is what you eat, because of connectedness, and Earth being our Mother, kumbaya, so put down the Twinkies, blah blah blah?
Turns out, they're right.
This is the most convincing article I've ever read on the subject. It's probably not the most comprehensive analysis, or the most researched, but I don't like it for its facts. I like it because it has "sewage plant" and "80,000 cookies" in the same sentence. (Ha ha! The twelve-year-old-boy side of me is compelled and reads on, hoping it will mention shit directly.)
The gist of the article is: hey, it does matter what we put in our bodies! We, the ever-brilliant public, have really hogged it up over the holidays, and nature is paying the price. Disoriented fish are trying to figure out where their dinner has floated off to, now that Puget Sound smells like Christmas cookies instead of kelp.
Isn't that enthralling? I realize the concept of connectedness isn't news to people who pay attention, but many of us just think we do and don't. I admit that it has never hit me this way before: you eat a cookie, it's in your poo. Poo travels. Once it's snorked away, we tend to stop thinking about it, but poo travels. It goes to a treatment plant, where it joins other poo in escaping, apparently, into local bodies of water. This is bad news for many reasons, not the least of which is that I love the beach but hate the smell of cinnamon. Researchers say animal fans shouldn't worry too much, since "[there is] no evidence that snickerdoodles are harming sea creatures."
For sea creatures, great. They don't deserve big trouble, anyway. But what about us?
Turns out, they're right.
This is the most convincing article I've ever read on the subject. It's probably not the most comprehensive analysis, or the most researched, but I don't like it for its facts. I like it because it has "sewage plant" and "80,000 cookies" in the same sentence. (Ha ha! The twelve-year-old-boy side of me is compelled and reads on, hoping it will mention shit directly.)
The gist of the article is: hey, it does matter what we put in our bodies! We, the ever-brilliant public, have really hogged it up over the holidays, and nature is paying the price. Disoriented fish are trying to figure out where their dinner has floated off to, now that Puget Sound smells like Christmas cookies instead of kelp.
Isn't that enthralling? I realize the concept of connectedness isn't news to people who pay attention, but many of us just think we do and don't. I admit that it has never hit me this way before: you eat a cookie, it's in your poo. Poo travels. Once it's snorked away, we tend to stop thinking about it, but poo travels. It goes to a treatment plant, where it joins other poo in escaping, apparently, into local bodies of water. This is bad news for many reasons, not the least of which is that I love the beach but hate the smell of cinnamon. Researchers say animal fans shouldn't worry too much, since "[there is] no evidence that snickerdoodles are harming sea creatures."
For sea creatures, great. They don't deserve big trouble, anyway. But what about us?
posted by Tracy at 5:19 PM
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