Our renovation is almost complete. We are waiting for the tile to be installed in the pantry, so the plumber can hook up the water faucet with its PUR filters. Here is the fancy new faucet in the kitchen sink before the trim went in. I think about water a lot these days. While researching Lyme Disease, I read that high levels of DEET have been found in Chicago’s drinking water. This spring we had a report of chemicals from medicine seeping into ground water in various cities across the country. In the sixties, Tom Lehrer sang, “Just one thing of which we must beware – don’t drink the water and don’t breath the air.” It seemed like a joke back then. Now the lyrics from ”Pollution” don’t seem so funny. Indeed, they feel almost prophetic. Watch what you put in your mouth. Plastic bottles, lead toys, H2O that has not been filtered … This week brought a brief report on the news stating the current administration has increased the number of steps required to identify contaminants in water. This is scary because the long process discourages their identification …
