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New Technology Removes Viruses From Drinking Water
University of Delaware via ScienceDaily.com ^
| March 2, 2007
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Posted on 03/03/2007 6:54:16 PM PST by neverdem
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posted on
03/03/2007 6:54:20 PM PST
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
And so, we do our best to avoid developing and utilizing our immune systems, just as viruses and bacteria become more and more drug-resistant.
Absolutely brilliant.
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posted on
03/03/2007 6:56:04 PM PST
by
Terpfen
(It's not Pelosi's fault. It's the 100-percenters' fault.)
To: neverdem
Thanks for posting. Very interesting.
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posted on
03/03/2007 6:57:00 PM PST
by
ChessExpert
(Reagan defeated the Soviet Union despite the Democratic party. We could use another miracle.)
To: neverdem
Thanks for this Information, it may save very many lives.
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posted on
03/03/2007 7:01:34 PM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(Vote for RINOS, lose and complain by sending a self-abused stomped elephant.)
To: blam
Been wondering why humans living under intense Arctic and Subarctic conditions developed digestive systems that could handle nearly toxic levels of iron found in such items as seal liver.
Even reindeer tissues have 3 to 5 times as much iron as cattle and other deer.
Here's another natural selection factor.
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posted on
03/03/2007 7:03:24 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: Terpfen; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; AntiGuv
And so, we do our best to avoid developing and utilizing our immune systems, just as viruses and bacteria become more and more drug-resistant.It's not 100% effective, even though it's close enough for government work. You're still being exposed to pathogenic microbes, but the exposure isn't large enough to overwhelm immune systems, IMHO.
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posted on
03/03/2007 7:08:03 PM PST
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: Terpfen
While the holy grail of disease prevention would be improvement of the immune system itself, there's something to be said for stopping dangerous pathogens from entering the body in the meantime. The rise of allergies and lower immunities in kids today is due to lack of exposure to nonlethal pathogens, not the nasties that filtering programs like these target.
As for drug resistance in bacteria, that is largely due to improper use of antibiotics. But why are antibiotics being used in the first place? Because some diseases can kill people despite their immune systems.
And why are viruses developing resistance? Because they mutate- not as a reaction to drugs, but because they just do. And just as mutations can raise drug resistance, they can also enable viruses to bypass immune defenses.
If you want to utilize your immune system against some virulent E. coli, sans antibiotics, be my guest.
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posted on
03/03/2007 7:18:59 PM PST
by
verum ago
(The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
To: neverdem
Whatever happened with the light driven water purification tube the guy from India was developing? That was very portable.
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posted on
03/03/2007 7:20:06 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(If you've had life support. Promote life support for others.)
To: neverdem
"New Technology Removes Liberals from Congress"
Now that would be real progress.
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posted on
03/03/2007 7:25:39 PM PST
by
Liberty Wins
(Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of all who threaten these.)
To: neverdem
I don't want to visualize 4 billion people with diarrhea...
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posted on
03/03/2007 7:29:03 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(No stinking peanut butter.)
To: Terpfen
Yes, brilliant. This is good news.
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posted on
03/03/2007 7:30:54 PM PST
by
Unknowing
(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.)
To: TASMANIANRED
It's sad, but that condition is a leading cause of death in famine-stricken areas.
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03/03/2007 7:40:15 PM PST
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clyde asbury
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posted on
03/03/2007 7:46:48 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
("..I do things for political expediency.." - Sen. John McCain on FOX News)
To: Bellflower
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posted on
03/03/2007 7:46:51 PM PST
by
Bittersweetmd
(God is Great and greatly to be praised.)
To: clyde asbury
Very true.
I applaud the innovation..
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posted on
03/03/2007 7:51:51 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(No stinking peanut butter.)
To: Terpfen
And so, we do our best to avoid developing and utilizing our immune systems, just as viruses and bacteria become more and more drug-resistant.What a ridiculous comment. If you want to experience what untreated water does to immune systems and to mortality rates then by all means visit Nigeria or Afghanistan and knock yourself out.
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posted on
03/03/2007 7:54:20 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
("..I do things for political expediency.." - Sen. John McCain on FOX News)
To: Terpfen
People in the third world need cleaner water. It is perhaps the biggest health problem in the world.
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posted on
03/03/2007 7:56:39 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
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To: neverdem
I guess we screwed up when we switched from iron pipes to copper and then to PVC.
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posted on
03/03/2007 8:01:26 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: neverdem
bump. It is my understanding that a lack of clean water supplies is one of, if not the, leading health problem in the world.
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posted on
03/03/2007 8:16:03 PM PST
by
khnyny
To: khnyny
It is my understanding that a lack of clean water supplies is one of, if not the, leading health problem in the world. LOL
That's because every ville in the third world draws water upriver and flushes down river.
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posted on
03/03/2007 8:26:39 PM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
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