Jed wrote: > This discussion about buying D2O has gotten off the track. It is quite > clear to me D2O has become more difficult to purchase, and so have many > other chemicals. Ed Storms has told us that although he can get D2O, he has > to go through bureaucratic rigmarole. The government is cracking down on > all of these things in response to 9/11. This has nothing remotely to do > with cold fusion.
> 9/11 has been used as an excuse for all kinds of strange policies. For > example, I own property that was covered by fully-paid-up liability > insurance for 45 years, without a claim. A year after 9/11, the coverage > was abruptly canceled. No insurance company will touch it. Apparently > coverage was canceled for thousands of other property owners. I asked > everyone up to state insurance commissioner why. They say, "It is due to > increased security concerns generated by 9/11." > As Ed says, liability is the other reason the chemical companies are > tightening up. They do not want to be sued by some idiot who drinks heavy > water. > By the way, heavy water in small amounts is not toxic, but it often has > unhealthy glop in it, including tritium, heavy metals, and bacteria adapted > to living in heavy water that likes to eat the heavy metals. It should be purified before use in a CF experiment. > - Jed All too true. What was intended as good-natured ribbing on my part seems to have taken an unnecessarily nasty turn. My apologies to Ed and all. M. _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
