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- From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
- Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
- Subject: Re: Environmentally Safe Product
- Message-ID: <D2150035.odt7g2@outpost.SF-Bay.org>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 21:13:21 GMT
- Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
- Organization: Peirce Software
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- In article <1993Jan21.145016.20759@bilver.uucp> (misc.entrepreneurs), bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan19.144516.681@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> ogden_jon@macmail1.rtsg.mot.com writes:
- >
- > >FREE OF CHEMICALS??????
- >
- > >Nothing can be free of chemicals. Even the food we eat, the air we breathe,
- > >the water we drink are all chemicals. Honestly, you will need to change the
- > >marketing on that aspect, because to say "chemical free" is just not true.
- > >It's one thing to say "no man-made substances" or "free of caustic chemicals",
- > >etc., but chemical free - NOT!
- >
- > Don't confuse 'elements' with chemicals. Water and air usually aren't
- > considered chemicals. The term 'chemical' is usually meant to mean man
- > made combinations. Salt would probably be considered as a mineral,
- > as it is an existing combination that is mined. Salt, as it occurs
- > naturaly in some items would not be considered a chemical - that term
- > is usually used to refer to additives.
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- Huh? Is this some sort of PC definition of chemical?
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- And when did minerals stop being chemicals? Good old salt is still
- NaCl. What difference does it make if it's mined, evaporated, or
- synthesized from other chemicals? NaCl is NaCl.
-
- -- michael, not even a chemist...
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