Tuesday, 13 March 2018

Keep Calm and Carry On

As previously mentioned one of my current concerns is the amout of Palm Oil being surreptitiously added to many hundreds of products that we buy. Often purchased unwittingly unless we use a magnifying glass in order to scan the ingredients on the back. Another concern is trying to purchase products without a covering of plastic.  When I was young everything was put in paper bags, and milk came in glass bottles, so why don't they come back? Both of these can be reused/recycled, and will not contaminate our oceans.
However, all of this has suddenly been overshadowed by the current goings on in the medieval city of Salisbury, an ancient place of pilgrimage, and just a few miles away from Stonehenge. Salisbury is not a place you expect to visit and suddenly find that you are confronted with Novichok, a nerve chemical more toxic than sarin, which is now contaminating the town. I wonder how many of the diners in Salisbury on that fateful Sunday, out for an enjoyable lunch or meeting friends are feeling now. I also worry in case this is just the start of something more sinister to come.