Re: Universal Design and Co-housing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Sharon Villines (sharonsharonvillines.com) | |
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 10:57:02 -0600 (MDT) |
On 6/21/2003 12:16 AM, "Elizabeth Stevenson" <tamgoddess [at] attbi.com> wrote: > > No. I want to know why dishes have to be sterilized. Washing them and > letting them air dry, or washing them in a dishwasher is perfectly safe. > > Chlorine, on the other hand, is a poison. I don't think any public health officials agree with this. Disease transmission by insufficiently cleaned eating utensils is one of the ways diseases are transmitted. Everyone's concept of "hand washing" is very different. One person uses lots of hot water and a good soap, another rinses long enough get most obvious food particles off. Iron skillets not properly washed and heated before use can transmit the poisoning that begins with a T and I can't spell and neither can my spell checker. Glasses are most likely to be just rinsed and put in the drainer all day long by 10 year olds who have no intention of touching soap and may very likely be carriers of viruses, etc. to which they are immune but another person may not be. Over time a small isolated community may all develop the same immunities, a larger community of people from which lots of people are doing international travel, can be destroyed by a new virus -- eboli? SARS? While the chances are it will be much less devastating, the one person having chemo or in the early stages of pregnancy will also be seriously affected. While Chlorine is a poison if you drink it for dinner, small amounts (1-2 tsps.) in the rinse water do kill germs and this is the least expensive way to prevent the spread of disease. I first learned about it in a soup kitchen where diseases were rampant and neither a dishwasher or disposable dishes were possible. Sharon -- Sharon Villines Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC http://www.takomavillage.org _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L
- Re: Universal Design and Co-housing, (continued)
- Re: Universal Design and Co-housing Sharon Villines, June 20 2003
- Re: Universal Design and Co-housing Elizabeth Stevenson, June 20 2003
- Re: Universal Design and Co-housing Elaine, June 21 2003
- sterilizing dishes, was Re: [C-L]_Universal Design and Co-housing S. Kashdan, June 21 2003
- Re: Universal Design and Co-housing Sharon Villines, June 21 2003
- Re: Universal Design and Co-housing Jill Robinson, June 16 2003
- Re: Universal Design and toxicity (was Univeral Design and cohousing) Jill Robinson, July 2 2003
- Re: Universal Design and Co-housing Kristin Becker, June 16 2003
- Re: Universal Design and Co-housing Kay Argyle, June 16 2003
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