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Polywater and Polypollutants

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Some careful experiments and a close look at the literature of polywater give no reason to believe that any new phenomenon has been discovered. Contamination could account for the observed effects.

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BARNES, P., CHERRY, I., FINNEY, J. et al. Polywater and Polypollutants. Nature 230, 31–33 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230031a0

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