On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:10:48 -0700, wrote:

On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:02:16 +0700, wrote:

On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 13:40:25 -0800 (PST), "
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On Jan 3, 7:54*pm, wrote:



Some articles say that the substitutes will cost a small premium, but
thishttp://www.klsupply.com/Dealer/KLSupplyDEALER/PRODUCTANNOUNCEMENT/Cal...
says it will cost less, which makes the change a no-brainer and
probably long overdue. I had to chuckle though - some folks are having
to replace galvanized drop pipe in their wells due to the risk of zinc
contamination. Yet at least some of the new wheel weights are zinc. I
guess it's all about relative risk.

Wayne

Zinc is not a big health risk. But I doubt if the substitutes will
cost less. If they did cost less, those filthy capitalists would have
already made the change.

Zinc deficiency
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zinc deficiency is a lack of sufficient zinc to meet the needs of
biological organisms. It can occur in both plants and animals. Zinc
deficient soil is soil in which there is insufficient zinc to allow
plants to grow normally.

Dan


I swear I've seen "zinc pills" sold. Said to keep lead in your pencil.

For sure, and most of them are probably like the diet pills, memory
enhancement pills etc. Apparently there are a lot of people who
"believe" in zinc for alleviating the symptoms of a cold. Even though
studies are inconclusive and debatable, as with C there are probably
people taking silly amounts of zinc every time they get a sniffle. I
asked my wife about it since she keeps up with this stuff. She says
that she's serving up a little zinc whenever our diet is low on meat,
but that the tablets available are something like 3 times larger than
what we ever need, so she carves them up.
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih....heets/Zinc.asp

Wayne

Probably cheaper just to use galvanized plumbing :-)

Regards,

J.B.