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Wednesday, Sep. 8, 2021

Is H3O2 a purified version of water?

Marlo Lee, Lead Stories

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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."

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