> -----Original Message----- > From: David Silberstein [mailto:davids at kithrup.com] > [1] Although what was up with that Dark Water business, > anyway? Why should it *matter* if plain, ordinary ground > water has been exposed to light or not? Although it occurs This reminds me of the theory that there is no body of water in the entire world that is uncontaminated by synthetic organochlorines which have been produced wide-scale only since WWII. It certainly matters to us if there is such a source of water. As it stands now, we experimenters can't even find a control population of any critter to do experiments to prove that organochlorines are bad things and convince the public that it's in their interests to convince the legislators to pass some stringent regulations even if the it might hurt the oil companies... Sorry, my tirade. Anyway, could the sorcerous pollution be similar? Rachel