Every householder and tenant lives in a toxic environment. Even if we discount the enormous number of bacteria and viruses to be found in the average household, some of which are harmful, our homes are full of chemicals that are harmful to our existence. True like rats and roaches we have built up an immunity to some, nevertheless they impair our development, our daily lives and shorten our lifespan. If we take for example a typical terrace property in England. If it is Victorian it is very likely to have been built upon contaminated land. During the height of the Industrial Revolution, the Victorians like others in booming countries, did not take adequate measures to tackle the toxins and chemicals. We find cases like this:
Everywhere in Britain the Victorians chucked out chemicals that are harmful. These shortened their lives, and they affect us still today. Of course this is nothing in comparison to the pollution in the 20th century. The mind boggles. New chemicals and compounds, and the proliferation of plastics, means that every single centimetre of UK soil has particles that are toxic. The same goes for the air and the water. If we add all this to the radioactive materials that have since the 1950's been added. Well. Of course we must include the power plants, cars, planes.... Imagine then when we have all this shit in our environment - what do we do? We buy more! Here is a basic rule. If you can smell it. Then that substance has entered your body. More enters through the skin and while you breath. Is it not about time we had assessment and analysis kits for every household - with cheap spectrometry sets so you can gauge just how bad your environment is. And like the geiger counter, would it not be useful to check products you buy and use for their toxicity?
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