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I am with you on good glue.
But also, old adages that minimize/rationalize exposure to truly toxic things are a strange cultural pattern to me, especially in this day and time when toxicity is more and more all around us, physically, emotionally, spiritually.
Thinking of those old stories of people living long lives in certain special places on earth while drinking a daily vodka and smoking a little at a hundred... you know the stories. Then I consider auto-immune diseases being epidemic, and various versions of "the spectrum" more and more widespread in kids, not by a little, but by a lot.
My wife was one of the healthiest seeming and living people any of our friends and family knew. She had eaten extraordinarily healthfully since the early 70s, from the early eighties on, mostly organic food and clean water; carefully avoided unhealthy places and things; ran, or later walked most days since the early 70s; lived in wild nature and clean environments without many petrochemical things like foam, plastic fabrics, insulation, rugs, etc most of her life... meditated most days for the last 40 years, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, good body balancing care from others... did creative work she loved, and more...
In about a year she went from that person everyone thought would outlive us all, to passing from her body at a little less than 74.
My main thought being... there probably was a time where many of us could stand up to a little toxicity now and then. But in this world now, it is coming from so many angles, we never know when our immune system will become overwhelmed, hyper reactive and lose it. Not trying to be a buzz kill, but implying being thoughtful and careful is becoming more and more important to me.
Something to consider anyway.
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