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It is also been noted that food crap treated with chemicals have a higher nitrate content which gives off minimal gases, however when stored in Silos, the gas can become pervasive and lethal to anyone who breeds it in as well as becoming extremely flammable

Another shortsighted impact of humanities cleansing of flora is that as plants die, they tend to concentrate their sugar content. This makes previously uneditable plants, more interesting to cattle and other fuana. However, the plants were sprayed with chemicals, legal to the animal often it can thicken the blood of an animal to the point where it can no longer spread oxygen through its body causing asphyxiation

“ the aesthetic values of the wilderness are as much our inheritance as the veins of copper and gold in our hills”

This chapter hit me at the perfect time based on my drive to work. As is commonly the case with this book it speaks to a short side of narrow minded approach in man achieving an outcome. If man sees an immediate use for a plant such as food or medicine, it’s cultivated, if not its in the way. People need to see when driving so roadsides have oft been sprayed with weedkiller to maintain clear eyelines…

Earths green mantle.
On 6/17/26 I drove to work. On route 9 near granite gorge there is a winding road that follows the river and on either side the banks of the hills are filled to the brim with wildflowers. Yellows white and purples. It struck me as incredibly beautiful and has often been my favorite part of the long trek to Keene. It left me with the question. Why just here?

Further extrapolating of how you won’t know the effects a chemical will have on the soil until you don’t. A lot of these compounds over the years of reapplication leading to the fear of permanent damage and inability to plant certain crops in the treated fields

The impact of soil heath was largely ignored by insecticide producers. It was found that some were resistant, but others were not, and the delicate balance was thrown out of whack pray and predator were no longer equal, causing some to rampantly overproduce what used to be the formation of healthy soil.

Realms of the soil
Soil is a highly complex material. The top inch of an acre of top soil can contain 1000lbs of bacteria, 1000lbs of fungus, 1000lbs of insects that all work in harmony. Below that earth worms can burrow helping path out areas for plant roots, spreading nitrogen and aerating the soil.

And both the birds by people.
They all tested highly for DDD but the water showed no sign. “ but the poison had not really left the lake. It had merely gone into the fabric of life that the lake supports”

…….Mile radius.
In 1960 at Clear lake DDD was used to kill of pesky gnats. The dilution to kill the pests was far lower than what was harmful to fish and other wildlife. The plan worked but the following year less birds where born on the shores. One more year of treatment and the fish were showing highly reduced numbers. The plankton in the water had stored DDD. Then eaten by the fish, the fish by birds