Jonathan, You could try a hiking shop for the iodine water treatment crystals.
Uhh. Sodium chloride, is table salt.!! Tony On 6 Jan 2005 at 11:00, Jonathan B. Britten wrote: > I read yesterday that 200,000 liters of sodium chloride have been > distributed in Indonesia; this is enough to purify water for one > million persons, the article said. I am totally unfamiliar with > sodium chloride, but this is what is on the scene. > > I still want to get a supply of those resublimated iodine crystals > mentioned below, but I have not yet stumbled on a source of them. > > JBB > > > > > > On Thursday, Jan 6, 2005, at 09:43 Asia/Tokyo, himagain wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > I clipped this from this very list some unknown time ago - very > > fascinating in the light of the Tsunami tragedy. > > ------------------------------------------- From(Principles of > > Pharmacy--Arny-Fischeles). From Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences > > 17th edition: Iodine is one of the three best all-around > > antiseptics. It is active against bacteria, fungi, yeasts, protozoa, > > and viruses. Iodine may be used to "purify" drinking water. 5 to 10 > > drops of 2% iodine tincture to a quart of water left for 1 hr. is > > both amebacidal and bactericidal. Some communities use iodine in > > lieu of chlorine for water purification because organic matter has > > little effect to antagonize iodine, as it does chlorine, and > > carcinogenic compounds are not generated. > > > > > > > > Related topic: I read in a great Reader's Digest hardcover book on > > a "back to nature" theme that the best, simplest water purification > > kit for hikers and survivalists is a small, clear screw-top jar with > > five grams of resublimated iodine crystals. I have never heard the > > term "resublimated" and hope our pharmacist Mr. R. Harris can > > enlighten us. > > > > Bottom line: one bottle of these crystals can be used ONE THOUSAND > > TIMES. Fill up the jar with any old water and shake it. Three > > tsps. > > of shaken water can purify a quart in 20 minutes. Remarkable, I > > think. Seems to be a modest supply of these crystals would last > > the average family for decades. They are available only from a > > pharmacy I read. -------------------------------------------- What a > > good idea to use our contacts to get this AND CS information to some > > of the aid agency people? Anyone? > > > > BTW: SUBLIMATED: Having passed from the solid to the gaseous state > > (or vice versa) without becoming liquid. RE-sublimated? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Himagain > > > > > > -- > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal > > Silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver List archive: > > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT > > Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
