Summary-line: 13-Jan n, wilcox@cis.ohio-state. #Immune: Dioxins (specifically, is silver for real) *** EOOH *** Return-Path: Date: Sun, 13 Jan 91 20:41:00 pst From: cnorman (Cynthia Norman) To: cnorman, wilcox@cis.ohio-state.edu, luna@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu, ames!chinet.chi.il.us!chaz@ucsd.edu, anasaz!john@asuvax.eas.asu.edu, dwyer@nosc.mil, jgautier@ads.com, b-davis@cai.utah.edu, richter@triton.unm.edu, hxkpy@slacvm.slac.stanford.edu, botteron@bu-it.bu.edu, rollo@xylogics.com, proud@ihlpy.att.com, bill@picard.att.com, jsparkes@bnr.ca, island!green@uunet.uu.net, ann@snow-white.merit-tech.com, iex!neptune.iex.com!bert@uunet.uu.net, siang@biochem.umass.edu, smalley@pilot.njin.net, king@reasoning.com, mnetor!perle!kevin@cs.toronto.edu, afc@shibaya.lonestar.org, mark.ochsankehl@p2.f175.n120.z1.fidonet.org, abc@brl.mil, pjz@ceres.physics.uiowa.edu, ardyk@tc.fluke.com, cyn@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu, ogicse!sequent!roseal@ucsd.edu, paulxxxx@portia.stanford.edu, andrea@sdd.hp.com, mvac23!thomas@udel.edu, ames!claris!netcom!shelamer@ucsd.edu, nick@icad.com, marks@ocfmail.ocf.llnl.gov, schillin@scl.cwru.edu, 880039a@acadiau.ca, lbrueck@wpi.wpi.edu Subject: Immune: Dioxins (specifically, is silver for real) Reply-To: cnorman@ucsd.edu Return-Path: Date: Sat, 12 Jan 91 15:42:56 -0500 From: nick@icad.COM (Nick Caruso) Subject: Immune: Dioxins (specifically, is silver for real) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 91 16:12:34 pst From: cnorman@UCSD.EDU (Cynthia Norman) Reply-To: cnorman@ucsd.edu Return-Path: Date: Fri, 11 Jan 91 10:38:10 GMT From: king@piano.reasoning.com >> >> Return-Path: >> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 91 15:48:28 EST >> From: Brinton Cooper >> Organization: BRL >> >> >Chlorine is NOT necessary for bleaching paper products. >> >> >I don't know the answer for swimming pools (a luxury, certainly) >> >> Several thoughts: >> >> 2. Are swimming pools really a luxury? For many people, adults >> and children, swimming should be the exercise of choice. There are other ways of disinfecting pools. Silver and Ozone come to mind. Does anyone know if silver is "for real"? The way I understand it, silver inhibits the growth of bacteria, but does not kill them. It is useful in preventing bacterial growth in standing water which is already potable. qI recall reading a brochure >from Brita, which uses silver in their water filters, that claimed "bacteriostatic" action for silver. This is what the preceding opinion is based on, so take it for what it's worth... Ozone sounds good because it avoids the halogenated hydrocarbons (e.g. chloroform, present in chlorinated municipal water supplies), but what compounds does ozone create when it reacts with bacterial proteins and organics? Are they any better for you than chloroform etc??? any chemists out there? >> >> 3. Unless one has suffered from a water-borne infection, one >> may not appreciate the value of chlorine in municipal water supplies. >> >> Hear, hear. indeed chlorine is far better than no disinfection. many more lives would be lost than through any side effects of chlorinated hydrocarbons. -dk -- nick caruso icad inc, 201 broadway peoples republic of cambridge, MA 02139-1901 internet: nick@icad.com / UUCP: ...uunet!icad.com!nick the opinions above are probably the result of a biochemical imbalance of some kind. they dont reflect icad's policy in any conscious or official way.