Re: The Mellon Institute- bromide in bread, fluoride in water

I think that the answer has something to do with Dow Chemical- and the mellon institute's demonstrated ability to transmute industrial waste. This is conjecture on my part, BTW...

Fluoride in the water, bromide in the bread. A prisoner's ration of bread and water could kill ya quick, for sure!

http://www.dnesbitt.com/html/body_ins_history.html


"Herbert Dow located in Midland, Michigan before the turn of the century, to have access to the subterranean salt brines that were there. These became the raw materials of The Dow Chemical Company that he founded. In the early days almost everything that Dow produced had constituents of these brines in its end products or was used as an intermediate in one of it's manufacturing processes."

http://www.speclab.com/elements/bromine.htm


Bromine - (Gr. bromos, stench), Br; at. wt. 79.904(1); at. no. 35; m.p. -7.2 deg C; b.p. 58.78 deg C; density of gas 7.59 g/l, liquid 3.12 (20 deg C); valence 1, 3, 5, or 7. Discovered by Balard in 1826, but not prepared in quantity until 1860. A member of the halogen group of elements, it is obtained from natural brines from wells in Michigan and Arkansas.

Uses:

FOR GOLD EXTRACTION; MILITARY GAS; BLEACHING FIBERS & SILK; MANUFACTURE OF MEDICINAL BROMINE CMPD & MANUFACTURE OF ANTI-KNOCK CMPD (ETHYLENE BROMIDE) FOR GASOLINE FIRE-RETARDANT FOR PLASTICS; IN PHOTOGRAPHY; SHRINK-PROOFING WOOL; IN ORG SYNTHESIS; SOLVENT; INTERMED FOR FUMIGANTS; FIRE-EXTINGUISHING FLUID; ANALYTICAL REAGENT CHEMICAL INTERMED FOR ETHYL BROMIDE, METHYL BROMIDE, ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE, OTHER BROMINE CMPD & SALTS; IN BLEACHING AGENTS, DISINFECTING AGENTS INTERMED IN MANUFACTURE OF SEDATIVES, ANESTHETICS, ANTISPASMODIC AGENTS, HYDRAULIC FLUIDS, REFRIGERATING & DEHUMIDIFYING AGENTS, HAIR-WAVING PREPARATION FORMERLY AS TOPICAL ANTISEPTIC, DEODORANT Dyes; oil & gas well drilling & completion fluids

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ok, that's all for now!

Nancy Drew, at your service:)

B