Ion-free water for human consumption?

[Fred McCall]

cbenson at CSWNET.COM (H.C. Benson) wrote:

:My interest is in deuterium oxide which contaminates all terrestrial
:water supplies at a ratio ranging from 1:5000 to 1:7000.  

Our water is contaminated with water?  Oh, my!

:It is a puzzle 
:to me why so little research has been done on the deleterious effects of 
:exposure to these concentrations over the human lifespan.

There is no difference in chemical behaviour between the two, so why
would you expect any biological effects at all?


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