Comments on: The long life secret?

By: pedant2007

pedant2007 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:17:52 +0000

Some years ago in NZ supermarkets started to stock bottled water with a label that openly described the source as “selected municipal supplies”. I had some fun for a week or two telling people about this, until the matter became too notorious to ignore.

By: gene berman

gene berman — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:48:24 +0000

dearieme:

They ought to bottle that expressed water and sell it as “specially selected–ideal for the reconstitution of fruit juice concentrates.”

By: jameshigham

jameshigham — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:19:32 +0000

Cleanthes, I’ve been looking for you. Whee did The Select go?

By: Cleanthes

Cleanthes — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:35:51 +0000

And if we can get lots of it, wouldn’t it be more useful to stick it in our bussard fusion reactor?

By: Noel C

Noel C — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:38:12 +0000

Heavy water is chemically different to normal water due to the kinetic isotope effect.

By: dearieme

dearieme — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:47:01 +0000

That’s nothing. A couple of years ago an Australian was working on marketing the water left over when fruit juice is concentrated because, he said, it had a higher proportion of heavy oxygen than normal water and that was very good for you.

By: jameshigham

jameshigham — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:52:35 +0000

I believe deuterium was very popular in Germany during the war.

By: gene berman

gene berman — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:45:32 +0000

According to “The Straight Dope,” in addition to other difficulties associated with with the stuff, it interferes with the normal processes of cells, especially their reproduction and the repair of tissue, and leads, eventually, to death.

And, there you have it. Like everything else of which we’re aware, heavy water leads, eventually, to death. We can’t vary our destination but we get some choice in the matter of conveyance. I choose something else.

By: chris strange

chris strange — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:56:40 +0000

Heavy water is chemically identical to normal water so I cannot see how this is going to work.

By: Umbongo

Umbongo — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:38:07 +0000

“. . it’s sourced from the New Scientist which, as long as it doesn’t stray into matters economic . .”

or anything to do with climate change ”

, is a respectable source.”

I’m with ACO on this one.

By: AntiCitizenOne

AntiCitizenOne — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:23:55 +0000

Sounds like bullshit to me.

By: Kit

Kit — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:26:29 +0000

How short sighted "The Heroes of Telemark".

By: Health Blog

Health Blog — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:06:12 +0000

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