Oh sure! Now you're just substituting one authority (Dr. Rona) for another (Dr. Schwarcz) And we don't even get to see his statements! Instead they are relayed through a friend. Reminds me of that book (Urantia?)
I had a quick look at the article seemed fine to me (lol). --Mike On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 5:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22 Mar 2009 at 11:14, [email protected] wrote: > > > The article is here: > > http://shop.snyderhealth.com/article_info.php?articles_id=6 > > The claim that distilled water is dangerous to drink makes no sense on > theoretical grounds, and my PubMed search in my previous post showed that > the claim has not the slightest empirical support either. > > As I noted, I am offended that Dr. Rona should be peddling such > outrageous scaremongering while advertising his M.D. degree from McGill > University, the same internationally-respected university where I > received my undergraduate degree. > > But help is at hand. There is a Ph.D. chemist who has a well-deserved > reputation and awards for debunking health claims, especially those > relating to the supposed dangerous effects of chemicals and chemical > additives. In a way, he is the Amazing Randi of chemistry. Around these > parts he is known for his newspaper columns and radio and TV > commentaries, which provide refreshingly good common-sense and > scientifically-accurate advice on all things chemical. This man is Dr. > Joseph Schwarcz. > > By some amazing cosmic coincidence Dr. Schwarcz is both a Ph.D. graduate > of McGill and currently holds a position there as professor of chemistry. > He is also Director of McGill University´s Office for Science and Society > "which is dedicated to demystifying science for the public, the media and > students." Who better to provide an opinion on the deadly distilled > water claims of McGillian Zoltan Rona than Dr. Schwarcz? > > So I wrote him. No more than an hour later I had my response. Bearing in > mind that I didn't ask for permission to repost his letter, I won't say > what's in it. But I think I am safe in relaying his statement that he is > aware of Dr. Rona's activities, and he believes the distilled water claim > to be "ridiculous nonsense". > > I think he just might write a column about it. I hope so. > > > More on Dr. Schwarcz: > > Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Schwarcz > Office for Science and Society: http://oss.mcgill.ca/schwarcz.php > > Stephen > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University e-mail: [email protected] > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > > Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of > psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
