file.newsgroup.med.58982 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Paul Roberts)
Subject: Re: Too many MRIs?
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Dick King) writes:
>
>I recall reading somewhere, during my youth, in some science popularization
>book, that whyle isotope changes don't normally affect chemistry, a consumption
>of only heavy water would be fatal, and that seeds watered only with heavy
>water do not sprout. Does anyone know about this?
>
I also heard this. I always thought it might make a good eposide of
'Columbo' for someone to be poisoned with heavy water - it wouldn't
show up in any chemical test.