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IS HYPOCHLOROUS ACID A MAGIC MOLECULE?

Ever heard of hypochlorous acid?  New to me.  Also for my computer, as it says I'm spelling this wrong.  But more and more I'm reading that a  bottle of hypochlorous acid spray is becoming a must have at home item .  An   introduction . Chemical formula of ClOH, or just chlorine, oxygen and hydrogen.  Sometimes called HOCl. Discovered in  1834 by French chemist Antoine Jerome Balard. Before antibiotics, hypochlorous acid was a go-to disinfectant. Widely used in World War I. However, the lack of shelf stability prevented it from becoming a household staple. All mammals naturally make hypochlorous acid to fight infection. It is an acid that forms chlorine when dissolved in water. Your white blood cells make hypochlorous acid as a tool against foreign bodies. Will destroy pathogens in low concentrations.   Good spray for open wounds. E. coli  exposed to hypochlorous acid loses viability in less than 0.1 seconds.  100% growth inhib...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Nuclear Clock

But first, more Trump madness, bribery and assorted hijinks: His  diversity equity inclusion (DEI) attack  is more and more alienating those misguided middle to low class voters who previously supported him.  His cabinet met for the first time today. Elon Musk was the first speaker.  That says a lot.   EPA secretary Lee Zeldin plans to cut 65% of his agency. According to Trump, President Zelenskyy has caved-in to one Trump piece of blackmail.  Ukraine has agreed to "share" their rare earth minerals with the USA.  What this means will be disclosed on Friday when Zelenskyy meets with Trump in the White House.   Ukraine has   deposits of nearly half   of the 50 minerals the U.S. Geological Survey lists as critical for America’s economic development, including titanium and lithium .   Trump said that while he wants to expand his immigration program, nothing wrong with selected individuals entering the country, and predicted hi...

THE CONTROVERSY OVER VITAMIN D

Democrat Tom Suozzi beat Republican Mazi Pilip to take the New York congressional seat that was left vacant when Republican George Santos was expelled from the House of Representatives.  Did you know that former speaker Kevin McCarthy not only lost his leadership, but he outright resigned from Congress?  There are now, I think, 219 Republicans, 213 Democrats, with three vacancies, all Republican seats.  Speaker Mike Johnson's job is getting more complicated.   How important is just one more Democratic seat in the House?  Well, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas got impeached yesterday by one vote.  Had Suozzi been there, that would have failed again.  This matter dies here anyway, for the Senate won't do anything about any further impeachment.   About McCarthy , he now has time to work behind the scenes to hurt the re-election chances of Republicans who ousted him. About vitamins from  Wikipedia : Vitamins are organic molecules essent...