Water Cluster Pseudoscience: Junk Science in the Marketplace

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" There are more than twenty commercial products on the market that

purport to alter the structure of water in order to help maintain or

restore health, youth, and vigor. At my age I would not mind

re-acquiring

some of these myself, but as a retired Chemistry professor and habitual

imbiber of tap-water, it disturbs me to see crackpot chemistry,

pseudoscientific mind-mush and outright lies used to promote these

products to consumers whose lack of scientific training leaves them

unprotected from this exploitation. This Web site is directed primarily

to those who are concerned about their health, but who lack the

technical background to distinguish science from pseudoscience when the

two are closely intertwined. It is also recommended for teachers to use

as resource material in courses about consumer protection,

pseudoscience, or critical thinking.

In the rather long page below, I try to present a critical examination

of some of the claims about the nature and action of these fictional

structure-altered waters ( " SAW " ) in the context of the science as I

believe it is presently known and understood. It is my hope that readers

will thus be better equipped to make their own decisions about the value

of these products. "

The above excerpt is from:

" Water Cluster Pseudoscience: Junk Science in the Marketplace " :

http://www.chem1.com/CQ/clusqk.html

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org