September 4th, 1882 -
Thomas Edison threw the switch on the first Electric Power grid in Pearl Street NYC.
Prior to 'clean, convenient' electric (& gas) stoves, households would cook their food on the wood burner. The ash residue from the spent timber was tilled into the household's vegetable patch which was a common component of back yards.
Ma's ash-fertilized home produce provided health building mineral *supplementation to the family, sufficient to maintain health for many generations; AND no-one suspected they were being supplemented!
This link between energy tech and the break down in human health was uncovered by one Comparative Pathologist and meticulous researcher Dr Joel Wallach.