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Re: D2O

  Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 09:41:37 +0100
  From: Simon "M." Jerome <smj1@npl.co.uk>
  To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu, masuda@webnexus.com
  Subject: RE: D2O
  Message-ID: <199805080841.JAA14607@herschel.npl.co.uk>


 >Point 2
 >Drinking D2O will have one other interesting effect. As the D2O makes 
 >its way around the body it gets around to the balance tubes in the 
 >ears. These are very sensetive to micro changes in density, mass, 
 >acceleration and so on. Because of this, until the subject either 
 >becomes wholly deuterated or voids the D2O, they become dizzy and 
 >disorientated and feel as if they are drunk!
 >

I don't see why the inner ear must be filled with pure H2O or pure D2O to work
properly.  The content must be homogenous, but they would be if the body's
stock of H was slowly be replaced by D, as it would have to be since the body's
water turnover is only a few percent per day.

-dk