Water on Long Island

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

As some of you may be aware yesterday was the St. 's Day

parade and celebration on many parts of Long Island. My husband and

I attended the parade in Huntington. It was very nice. After the

Parade we went to a local pub and there we met an acquaintance of

his. A chemist, a lovely gentleman from England via Canada and

finally NY. Since I rarely have a chemist in my midst, I decided to

question him about various things and as a result I have to share a

very important message he told me. DO NOT DRINK THE WATER ON LONG

ISLAND. Apparently, there is something in the acquafirs which supply

Long Island. He did extensive research on the water when he found

out that LI had 7 times the national average of cancer, and figured

out it couldn't be the air because then Connecticut would have the

same problem with high cancer rates. So, here is basically what he

said, please keep in mind it was a loud crowded bar celebrating St.

Patty's Day. There is something in the water called PECs or PERCs

(not really sure)

Peri-chloride-ethyline, which is converted to a poly-vinyl-chloride

gas. He said this substance is very dangerous and can not be

filtered

out as it is too small, it is sub-molecular. He said, if we must

use

tap water that we should let the tap water run for a long time or

boil the water as when it is in gas form it dissipates into the air,

thereby making the water safe. He said he also tested several

bottled waters and found them all to be relatively safe, potable for

drinking, etc.. I asked him about Poland Spring as we had it

delivered to the house before installing a fance water filtration

system and I still have several bottles in the garage. He said

Poland Spring is fine. He also told me that he wanted to write a

paper about this and was strongly discouraged from doing so. I

wasn't sure what to do with this information, but I knew I had to

share it. Please share this with all Long Island residents you

know. Thanks, Kim

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi All,

>

> As some of you may be aware yesterday was the St. 's Day

> parade and celebration on many parts of Long Island. My husband and

> I attended the parade in Huntington. It was very nice. After the

> Parade we went to a local pub and there we met an acquaintance of

> his. A chemist, a lovely gentleman from England via Canada and

> finally NY. Since I rarely have a chemist in my midst, I decided to

> question him about various things and as a result I have to share a

> very important message he told me. DO NOT DRINK THE WATER ON LONG

> ISLAND. Apparently, there is something in the acquafirs which supply

> Long Island. He did extensive research on the water when he found

> out that LI had 7 times the national average of cancer, and figured

> out it couldn't be the air because then Connecticut would have the

> same problem with high cancer rates. So, here is basically what he

> said, please keep in mind it was a loud crowded bar celebrating St.

> Patty's Day. There is something in the water called PECs or PERCs

> (not really sure)

> Peri-chloride-ethyline, which is converted to a poly-vinyl-chloride

> gas. He said this substance is very dangerous and can not be

> filtered

> out as it is too small, it is sub-molecular. He said, if we must

> use

> tap water that we should let the tap water run for a long time or

> boil the water as when it is in gas form it dissipates into the air,

> thereby making the water safe. He said he also tested several

> bottled waters and found them all to be relatively safe, potable for

> drinking, etc.. I asked him about Poland Spring as we had it

> delivered to the house before installing a fance water filtration

> system and I still have several bottles in the garage. He said

> Poland Spring is fine. He also told me that he wanted to write a

> paper about this and was strongly discouraged from doing so. I

> wasn't sure what to do with this information, but I knew I had to

> share it. Please share this with all Long Island residents you

> know. Thanks, Kim

>

Would I be allowed to forward this post to another (asd) list?

Will wait for your response.

-christine