Wednesday, Sep. 8, 2021
Is H3O2 a purified version of water?
H3O2 water has been called structured water, living enzyme, alkaline, electric water, the healthiest you can drink.
But according to experts, H3O2 lasts less than a second before falling apart.
And as for any health benefits, that "is absolute nonsense," said Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill University's Office for Science and Society.
A retired chemistry professor, Stephen K. Lower, has an entire website devoted to "Water Cluster Pseudoscience."
This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.
Sources
- Alabama Cooperative Extension System Drinking water and water treatment scams
- Stephen Lower More structured-water pseudoscience
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