Originally posted by postenje
Hi Jeff,
Doesn't pertain to anything you said. They are going to do a salt analysis for most common salts.
I didn't mean to be rude, but with answering on the order of 30 to 50 posts a day, I can only keep track thread and responses if I work in my own forums.
I think the salt project has some serious problems. Most of these have been pointed out in the replies to my earlier ICP studies. This method of analysis has detection limits that are much higher than the levels of many of these chemicals in NSW. So, the study will report the chemical as not detectable, when it fact, it could be there in signficant excess.
They talk of part per trillion detection, but many trace metals are found in part per quadrillion or septillion concentrations. - There really isn't much of these there, normally.
Also the detection limits are not the same for all elements, so the data will be hard to compare in that regard.
It will at best generate some interesting data. But, one can't really use the data for anything but supposition.
Finally, collection of sea water and doing analysis some time and some distance later will not give useful data as changes in the NSW occur with time.
These are just some of the problems. There are others.
So... I will be watching from the sidelines, and keeping my wallet closed.
