I repeatedly give caution regarding the storage and consumption of non-chlorinated drinking water. In general organisms such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, algae and more grow readily in water supplies that do not have chlorine dispersed in the water. The EPA Safe Drinking Water act allows for as much as 4 parts per million (ppm) chlorine although most municipal drinking water systems provide an average of 2 – 2 1/2 ppm.…
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Reader Question – What can I do to extend the vigor of freshly cut flowers?
The only chemical way to increase the “life” of a cut flower is to somehow create a hypo-osmotic force in the vase water that would drive water into it. In other words the water in the vase would have to contain less minerals/electrolytes/ions and sugars than are found inside the flower stem. By the process of osmosis, water will move from a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated solution…
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This post has absolutely nothing to do with water or the environment, but it does have to with how stupid America is growing. A declining aptitude in science and mathematics has the dumbest Americans, imbeciles, believing in things like climate change, clean energy, masks, Covid vaccines and Joe Biden winning the election. This stupidity I have already railed on. Today’s stupidity however classifies as mondo-bizarro and it is the belief…