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http://www.trinitysprings.com/why.htm
The most compelling evidence of TRINITY's pristine state is the absence of tritium, the pervasive radioactive byproduct of nuclear testing which is found in all surface environments. TRINITY is also free from all other manmade pollutants such as the MTBE gasoline additive which is found underground throughout the United States at an alarming rate.
Now, lets think about this logically, shall we. I am not a trained geologist, in fact far from it. However, the answer should still be obvious, especially since the half life of tritium is about 11 years. If the well is as old as the carbon dating suggests (16,000 years) the tritium should have decayed away by now. This is more support radioactive measurements, they tend to agree. If this was young water then there should be tritium. The lack of tritium agrees with the 16,000 year age of the spring. This also speaks to the impermiablility of some rocks, as the spring was not contaminated by surface waters that have measurable tritium levels.
[This message has been edited by Loudmouth, 01-13-2004]
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