• I Visions of Three Mile Island May 26, 1979. I am aboard the Broadway Lim'ited-Amtrak's train from New York to Chicago on my way back to Portland and home. For the past month I have been on the East Coast, visiting with my friends ancf family and talking with people in the appropriate technology/anti-nuclear movement. The talks have been very inspiring to me for not only h~ve I learned of many exciting a.t. projects going on in the East, but my faith in people is restored: through the terrible accident at Three Mile Island, people in the Amherst area, as elsewhere, gathered together to share .·ideas, fears, and facts about nuclear 1 power. Many also vowed that if they made it thro1Jgh this disaster, they would join together and fight nuclear power. The seeds which they have planted are now taking root. As I sit in the dining car eating a meal of fried perch and reflecting on my experiences back East, I am amazed at how beautiful the surrounding countryside is. The trees are a bright spring green, flowers are appearing on the landscape, and even though I can't hear them, I know that the'birds are singing . w_ith great joy. The scene is truly inspiring. July i979 RAIN Page 15 Suddenly, on the other side of the train, four cooling towers of a nuclear power plant loom up over the countryside like an ominous black cloud. "Oh my God!" yells a fellow passenger, "That's.Three Mile Island!" And Three Mile Island it certainly is. Amid all of the beauty which surrounds me is the site of the wor:st nuclear accident in our nation's history. The beautiful area that I a'.m passing through is contaminated with radioactivity-maybe never to recover. Suppressing my rage, I vow to join my friends in the East in continuing my struggle against nuclear power- as well as creating an alternative. It is comforting to know that I am not alone in making this vow. -YL vegetables and seaweed (sometimes grain or bean remainipg dietary recommendations for those living within thirty miles of a nuclear accident. soup) _ 20-25 percent vegetables 5-10 percent beans and.seaweed· Fish or local fruits (cooked) can be taken about once a week. Raw fruits and fruit juices should be avoided. Beans can include a few varieties other than lentils and azuki. Follow the Dietary practices that promote and accelerate radiation sickness include: -excessive liquid intake -excessive consumption of simple sugars, -excessive consumption of fatty acids as well as animal protein -excessive consumption of chemically fertilized and processed foods -excessive consumption of_tropical and semitropical vegetables, fruits and fruit juices. -eating food cooked electrically or with microwave ovens Foods which counterbalance or discharge radioactive elements·from the body include: -Organically grown whole grains, vegetables, beans and seeds -:foods rich in minerals an,d vitamins B, D, E and K, such as seaweed, hard leafy vegetables, root vegetables. '(he compound sodium alginate, present in most sea vegetables, is a naturally occurring, nontoxic, acidic polysaccharide that is able to discriminate between healthful minerals and radioactive elements. It binds heavy eJements in the intestines and converts them to insoluble salts which are then excreted from the body. -unrefined sea salt (be careful to avoid overconsumption) -miso and natural shoyu soy sauce: miso is processed from soybeans and cereal grains such as barley, rice and wheat, together with sea salt and a digestive-aiding lactobacillus bacteria. Miso is produced in paste form, while shoyu soy sauce is a liquid form processed from similar ingredients. Both of these fermented products ar~ beneficial in establishing and maintaining good intestinal flora as well as a strong, slightly alkaline bloodstream-physiological conditions that are ·helpful in preventing and curing radiation sickness. Miso also contains a substance called zybicolin (identified in 1972) which is effective in detoxifying and eliminating heavy radioactive elements. from the body.
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