/oss/taxonomy/term/1557/all en /oss/article/controversial-science-news-quackery/alkaline-water-nonsense <p style="text-align:justify">It is not often that I’m left speechless.  But sometimes you run into a situation where words just fail you.  Absurd, ridiculous, ludicrous, preposterous, comical, and farcical come to mind, but they still don’t quite seem to capture the extent of the mind-numbing nonsense.  And what nonsense is that?  “Ionized Alkaline Water!”  People, seduced by the outlandish promotional drivel, are spending thousands of dollars for a device that produces this liquid malarkey.</p> Thu, 20 Mar 2014 12:25:48 +0000 Joe Schwarcz 2116 at /oss