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Question #1:

Daphne,
I have enjoyed your career since "The Sure Thing", which is the best teen/young adult movie in my opinion. What is your beauty regime? How do you stay looking so young? How many episodes did you film of One Tree Hill?

Thank you.
Brenda


Dear Brenda,
Thank you! I think I am lucky from my father's side, he's latino and looks much younger than his 65+ years. I honestly believe my skin got less stressed and less lined when I started meditation! In addition to that I exfoliate with Revive which I found in NYC. And I use Mario Badescu Moisture Magnet cream, and now Stella McCartney's organic beauty line. AND I ALWAYS carry a Rosewater or Lavender spray in my purse, it feels great to spray and keep my skin moist!

I also keep active, hiking, yoga, walking, bike riding.....and rest!

I did 7 episodes One Tree Hill last year I believe, and am doing more this season!

Be well,
Daphne

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Question #2:

While doing research for a piece on metals poisoning, I came across your moving article about your issues with mercury and its debilitating effects. Ten years ago, looking for a solution to the Tinnitus I was experiencing, I made a strong effort to rid myself of mercury and other potentially harmful metals. I had my three silver fillings removed, and did a round of chelation. I can't say that the mercury or other metals were exactly the cause of the Tinnitus, but I do take some comfort knowing that whatever effects me, the cause won't be from metals.

Mercury, as you know, is just one of many sources of pollution on our planet. Living in the United States, many of us are aware of the environmental degradation that has occurred within our borders. Our awareness and our efforts have caused many mining and energy corporations to look elsewhere, not only in other areas of our planet, but within our hemisphere.

I've had a lifelong commitment to our natural places having hiked, climbed and canoed over much of the west and north of our continent. My last three canoe expeditions have taken me to Canada's Far North, and there I've found vast tracts of land, harboring ecosystems that are intact, essentially primeval. But I've also found that these ecosystems are in danger, from mining and energy concerns that are looking to areas outside the mainstream of environmental scrutiny. The threat to these areas inspired me enough that I retired as a DP, to devote myself to making a difference, however small that might be, to protect these areas. An article I wrote on the dangers facing five great northern river systems, appeared in a recent Paddler Magazine.

One area that causes me the most immediate concern, is the Spatsizi Wilderness of Northern BC. At stake is a pristine area that encompasses the headwaters of three major rivers, the Stikine, the Nass and the Skeena, as well as an untold number of tributaries. Royal Dutch Shell believes that the Spatsizi Wilderness has potential as a major cold bed methane field and envision perhaps 20,000 producing wells in the area. Mining companies bc Metals and Fortune Minerals have explored for coal and metals, and say the area could produce for decades.

Many of the First Nations people in the Spatsizi, live very much a subsistence lifestyle, and feel that development in what they call the Sacred Headwaters, would irreparably damage the land. Along with many of the local elders, scientists David Suzuki and Wade Davis have joined the fight.

In his book, "The Last Wilderness", Nicholas Luard asked the basic question, "Why is wilderness worth saving?" Luard concluded that he didn\'t have an answer. My view is that if we put our craving for natural resources ahead of wilderness areas, we lose something of ourselves every time a river is polluted, or a species goes extinct.

I hope that it is not to forward of me to submit this to your web site. But I feel strongly enough about the environmental risks we face as a species, that I thought it worth the effort.

Regards,

Erich Volkstorf
Seattle


Dear Erich,

You are an inspiration. I hope you keep writing and informing everyone. Conservation International is an organization I would suggest you reach out to for support in protecting the Spatsizi Wilderness of Northern BC. You may know them because they have an office in Seattle. And Waterkeeper Alliance who has chapters in Canada.

I agree that we lose every time we destroy or compromise natural habitats. How can we not? We are nature too. Our bodies are natural systems. It's such a disappearance of respect for life, for ourselves as human beings.

Thank you for your letter!
Daphne