Re: [at-l] UV TECHNOLOGY FOR WATER

["jake barowsky" <fsjbb@hotmail.com>]

no, all water absorbs uv, thats why you need to shake it

>From: TOKTAADN@aol.com
>To: AT-L@backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [at-l] UV TECHNOLOGY FOR WATER
>Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:39:10 EDT
>
>In a message dated 7/27/99, 5:42:34 PM, dfa@wimlaw.com writes:
><<since you've questioned a very
>long-held, allegedly scientifically based, belief, so I'll need some pretty
>solid experimental observations and numbers to change it and to attribute
>our anecdotal success with solar disinfection to sheer luck and odds.>>
>
>Let me add my own layman's question to this interesting, if somewhat too
>technical, debate.  It is scienfically accepted -- not wanting to open the
>Darwinism vs. Creationism debate -- that life arose in the oceans primarily
>because in that pre-ozone layer time the ocean provided the only shield
>against the lethal UV part of the solar spectrum.  And certainly today, the
>oceans teem with extravagant trillions of microscopic life.  With that as a
>given, is it only seawater that absorbs UV radiation?  Does fresh water 
>lack
>that characteristic?
>
>Happy trails,
>
>Solar Bear
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