Passage 29

In English

Not only this, there are other things, too. You know them, all right, but I would, nevertheless, like to tell them. Here in big towns and cities, you know what happens. The drainage water, the sewage water, that's taken out. Now, on either side of these sewage lines, you tend to plant these food-giving vegetables. Not only that, you install pumps and pump this water into these plants. As a result, you find that these vegetables present a wholesome picture, big ones. But, look at that. These vegetables have been grown and sustained by this sewage water, thereby all these diseases. When you contrast the picture of a village and that of a city, the village folk have far less number of diseases than a town folk people. Because those living in the cities and towns, they can't breathe pure air, they can't get pure water to drink. They can't get pure materials to eat. The external picture of what they get is certainly healthy. But what they can offer is something undesirable. Even these manure, the fertilizers that you give, are full of disadvantages. As a result, you find an increase in the number of cancer cases or heart complaints.