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Fountain Of Youth by: W. C. (Bill) Wernet SPECIAL PROPERTIES OF WATER It wasn't until the first half of the 18th century that water was even recognized or considered an element, but a compound. It was not until the first half of the 19th century that water was found to contain deuterium. This substance is said to have been put there several million years ago by a radioactive cloud our Earth passed through. In fact, current research is under way by the scientific community to determine just how much this element is the cause of aging. It was not until 1951 that a U. S. chemist discovered tritium oxide in water. The continuing study of water has revealed another interesting fact, when it went through this cloud, it changed our water. A French physicist, A. Bovis, quantifies or measures how positively or negatively charged a substance such as water is. For living organisms, the key reference point on the scale is found at '6
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