Quote Originally Posted by ChuckD
But seriously, I think you're being too harsh on Weil. I've read a lot of his stuff and I think he has something valuable to offer for those of us who understand the incestuous relationship between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry....
Chuck,

That's kind of my point. Dr. Weil seams to have some good advice to offer and some very realistic views yet for him to make such an asinine blanket statement such as this truly seams idiotic. Surely you agree or you wouldn't be using chlorine yourself. I don't necessarily agree with all of his opinions, however I haven't seen any other blatantly ignorant (once again, meant as Webster's defines) remarks in the little bit of scanning of his website that I've done. Maybe there are others though and I just didn't dig deep enough. Hopefully, being a M.D., Dr. Weil realizes the proven fact that there must be some sort of residual sanitation in a public swimming pool, indoors or out. I agree with his concerns over the dangers he presented however I feel his concerns should have been directed more towards the ventilation and or the cleanliness of the water in these public facilities. Seems to me that If they actually had a higher residual FC, there very well might have been less of a problem, but hey, I'm no doctor. It is yet another case of "The sky is falling" syndrome or "lets cut off our nose to spite our face." The man seams like an intelligent enough individual who hopefully had a momentary lapse of judgment. Like Dr. Weil, I would love to find a sanitizer that is "healthier" than chlorine. The fact is, there just isn't any such thing when all of the real world facts are considered.
Now as far as an Architect blaming someone else, well that seems about right!

Dave