Silent Spring Revisited
Maybe I am being melodramatic but I read a very interesting article about melamine in the food chain.
You are probably thinking that as tragic as this was, this is old news. And you are probably secretly relieved that this was not in your backyard- that you and yours are safe.
Think again.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/opinion/17mcwilliams.html?th&emc=th
In a nutshell, the pervasive use of melamine is such that we cannot avoid contamination.
But the real issue is much bigger. Most of us don’t think about what goes into the things that make our lives easier, better, more convenient.
And these are the very things that are coming back to bite us in the @ss.