> From: Mitchell Swartz > > At 11:56 PM 9/13/2005, Ed Storms inaccurately pontificates: > > >Michael Foster wrote: > >>Is Ed Storms actually a Super Double Secret Dysinformation > >>Agent who has penetrated the white knights of Vortex-L? > >>... > >> > >>>Storms: This is not true, a proper person can buy heavy-water. The issue > >>>is liability. D2O is a poison. Therefore, like all > >>>such chemicals, it is sold only to businesses. > >> > >>Now either Ed is stupid or uninformed, which I seriously > >>doubt, or he assumes that I am stupid and/or uninformed, > >>which I guess is open to speculation. You need to replace > >>half the water in your body with D2O before it becomes > >>toxic. On that scale, Karo syrup is more poisonous. > > > >Storms: Well Michael, I have no trouble buying heavy water. > > > Despite Storms' claim, it has gotten more difficult to obtain heavy > water. > > Despite Storms' claim, compared to many things, D2O is NOT poisonous > in small amounts. > In small amounts, D2O is used in medical tests, medical studies, and > even as a tracer in drug-compliance studies. > > > > ============================================================================ > > > Storms: The difference between D2O and Karo syrup is that you would know > > that you were drinking D2O. > > > Despite Storms' claim to having an unusually-sensitive tongue which he > alleges can detect D2O, > one would NOT know they were drinking D2O. They have the same taste. > > [ > http://www.google.com/search?hs=v2o&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=taste%22heavy+water%22+humans&btnG=Search > [ FWIW, however, some types of rats reportedly can detect D2O in very > high doses > http://www.ebmonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/152/4/677 ] > > > > Refs: > > Pharmacological uses and perspectives of heavy water and deuterated > compounds by D.J. Kushner, Alison Baker, and T.G. Dunstall; > Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol./Rev. Can. Physiol. Pharmacol. 77(2): 79-88 > (1999) > > Material Safety Data Sheet on > D2O http://www.msdsonline.com/Tools/DMSDS.asp?MSDS_Id=56247&Lib=Y > > ECOTOX: http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/ > > PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed > > CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts): http://www.csa2.com/ > > Myth: You can commit suicide by drinking X litres of > D2O http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/myths/d2o_death.html > > > http://www.google.com/search?hs=Wkg&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=toxicity+%22heavy+water%22&btnG=Search
This is a lengthy list of collected evidence to support what I presume is your contention that Mr. Storms often doesn't know what he's talking about. How much more of your finite resources do you plan to spend on the furtherance of this goal? End the end, what will you have accomplished? Is this what you want to be remembered for as having accomplished in your life? Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com
