[EdLake]

I suggest you get the person you are corresponding with to state in plain, clear English that there is no connection whatsover

As I said, he told me there was no agreement between the authors of the article as to what causes the silica to bind to the spores.

I mentioned my web page about this subject to him and asked if he knew anyone willing to discuss it. Maybe he'll get back to me.

Hmmm. It's five p.m. The whistle just blew. Time to shut down for the night. I'll be back tomorrow.

TTFN

Ed at www.anthraxinvestigation.com

[TrebleRebel]

I didn't think you'd point out the silica paper I provided. Since the scientist you are corresponding with, as I'm sure you already know, will say "yeah, this is exactly what we're doing only with anthrax simulants".

And then you would have to not only admit that weaponized spores are coated with silica, but that the purpose of the silica is to foil van der Waals forces. Just exactly as I said 5 years ago.

[TrebleRebel]

By the way Ed, I’m just curious. Do you still maintain that the pictures of weaponized anthrax simulants shown in the book “Microbial Forensics” are just samples that the authors made up to show how ridiculous it is to coat spores?
Yes - you probably do.