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Dangers, Properties, possible Uses and Methods of Purification of radioactively contaminated (drinking) Water (e.g. in Japan)
2011-03-22
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Most methods and tools being recommended here on the Internet such as purification by filtration will not lead to your desired result of decontaminating “radioactive water”.
Here is what you need to know and what you can do [updated March 31st 2011, see end] – e.g. even if you can’t buy bottled water anymore.
a) Radioactive contamination of drinking water in Japan at this point in time can come about in only two ways: Read more…
Categories: Climate, Countries, Depression, General, Japan, Medicine, Radioactivity, Science
Activated Carbon, Bank Filtrate, Bottled Water, Catastrophe, Cesium, Charcoal, Cooking, Core Meltdown, Decontamination, Drinking Water, Filtration, Fukushima, Ground Water, Infant Formula, Iodine, Japan, Laundry, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Personal Hygiene, Radioactive Contamination, Radioactive Noble Gas, Radioactivity, Survival, Tokyo, Water Purification, Water Utility
Economic Fallacy VII: The Net Economic Gain through Pharmaceuticals
2010-04-12
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Are double-blind studies of pharmaceuticals enough to prove the efficiency of a new drug? You may be surprised to hear that potentially 90% of such studies could be flawed.
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Categories: Economic Fallacy, Economics, Epistemology, Marketing, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Science, Statistics
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