Shocking!
Researchers from the University of Washington have come up with some shocking - shocking we tell you - information! They say they have detected increased levels of vanilla and cinnamon in water samples from Puget Sound. And the sharp increase spiked right around Thanksgiving!
SEATTLE - Researchers at the University of Washington say all that holiday baking and eating has an environmental impact — Puget Sound is being flavored by cinnamon and vanilla. "Even something as fun as baking for the holiday season has an environmental effect," said Rick Keil, an associate professor of chemical oceanography. "When we bake and change the way we eat, it has an impact on what the environment sees. To me it shows the connectedness."
Keil and UW researcher Jacquelyn Neibauer's weekly tests of treated sewage sent into the sound from the West Point treatment plant in Magnolia showed cinnamon, vanilla and artificial vanilla levels rose between Nov. 14 and Dec. 9, with the biggest spike right after Thanksgiving.
Natural vanilla showed the largest increase, "perhaps indicative of more home baking using natural vanilla," Keil and Neibauer wrote.
"This conjecture is weakly supported by a verbal communication between Rick Keil and an employee of the Wallingford QFC (supermarket) who felt that natural vanilla peaked during the holiday seasons," the scientists' preliminary report says. "This will be investigated more thoroughly."
Do you really understand the implications of this? This is deadly serious. It can only mean one thing. The Animal Uprising™ has yet another dreadful secret!
Salmon bake cookies.
By Al from Chgo, Tuesday, 26 December , 2006 @ 9:32 pm
Very good, now if we can get enough seasonings in the food chain I can save 10 to 20 minutes on prep time for famiy dinners. But even better my time to saok for marinade will be cut dramaticly.
Civilization is GREAT>>>>
By Woodsprite, Wednesday, 27 December , 2006 @ 7:26 pm
“Keil and UW researcher Jacquelyn Neibauer’s weekly tests of treated sewage sent into the sound from the West Point treatment plant”…
So this scare amounts to detectable traces in treated sewage, not detectable amounts in the Sound’s water. One would think a more productive use of UW’s research dollars could be found.