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Whirling water forgets its nasty past

1 September 2010

Whirling water forgets its nasty past

ACCORDING to homeopathy, water can “remember” a substance that has been added to it, even when the mixture is diluted to the point that not a single molecule of the stuff remains. But how can we be sure that the same water isn’t also remembering all sorts of other substances it picked up in, say, the toilet it passed through on its way to the sewage farm?

Monika Jürgens is surprised by claims that it is possible to delete undesirable stored information and revitalise water by “whirling” it past crystals, precious stones and gold…

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