Cyanurics

[nunk]

I came across this 1997 paper entitled Cyanurics - Benefactor or Bomb? by Kent Williams (attached)

I'm wondering if this paper has previously been critiqued by our experts and what might it's relevance be in the light of current knowledge on the subject?

 

[duraleigh]

It's "old hat" and has been discussed on here more than once.

 

[Divin Dave]

As duraleigh mentions, the paper has be discussed on multiple occasions.

CYA Article found by Kent Williams EXecutive Director of PPOA
Health department rules on FC/CYA ratios

you can find many more by typing Kent Williams into the search box at the top right corner of the page.

 

[JVTrain]

Just the title should tell you all you need to know about the balance of science versus scare tactics and reading the article and examining the science plays that out. I despise throwing provocative terms such as "bomb" into articles intended on scientific evaluation, so much so that for me, it renders them immediately exposed as laden with bias because the author chose to use them.

 

[chem geek]

Also see Effective CYA. The bottom line is that the article has a lot that is correct and some things that are wrong and others that are misleading. If you don't want to read the entire thread, then look at the last post I wrote in that thread.

 

[nunk]

Thank you all for pointing out the misleading nature of that paper. And thanks especially chem geek for directing me to the links.
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