Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Sunday, December 30, 2007 7:50 AM Ganges water > > > > > Mystery factor gives Ganges a clean reputation by Julian Crandall Hollick > > > > NPR - National Public Radio Translate This Article > > 25 December 2007 > > > > On 25 December 2007 NPR - National Public Radio reported: New scientific > evidence supports the claim that water flowing in India's Ganges river -- > where millions of people bathe daily -- has special self-purifying > properties, which act as a disinfectant that kills bacteria, and prevents > disease. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising > positivity in the field of science, documenting the growth of > life-supporting, evolutionary trends. > > > > Millions believe that if you bathe in the water of the Ganges, then you > purify yourself. > > > > In the fourth installment of a six-part series recorded for NPR, > independent film producer Julian Crandall Hollick investigated the claim > that the Ganges had something special in its water, which he called the > 'mysterious X factor'. > > > > The report stated, 'Hindus have always believed that water from India's > Ganges River has extraordinary powers. The Indian emperor Akbar called it > the 'water of immortality' and always traveled with a supply. The British > East India Co. used only Ganges water on its ships during the three-month > journey back to England, because it stayed 'sweet and fresh'.' > > > > Hollick found a retired professor of hydrology, DS Bhargava, who has been > investigating water samples from various parts of the river. He says that > the oxygen levels in the Ganges' are '25 times higher than any other river > in the world', which gives it its self-purifying quality. > > > > Hollick also interviewed Jay Ramachandran, a molecular biologist and > entrepreneur in Bangalore, who explained why the Ganges doesn't spread > disease among its bathers. > > > > The high amount of oxygen in the water helps assimilate organic materials, > and helpful bacteria destroys harmful bacteria. Large amounts of people > bathing in the river seems to stimulate the helpful bacteria to act upon > the bacteria that is harmful to humans. > > > > The Ganges alone out of all of the world's rivers is a self-purifying > system. > > > > Every day Global Good News documents the rise of a better quality of life > dawning in the world and highlights the need for introducing Natural Law > based-Total Knowledge based-programmes to bring the support of Nature to > every individual, raise the quality of life of every society, and create a > lasting state of world peace. > > > > 2007 Global Good News(sm) Service. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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