From these websites, I found out that a Russian scientist named Boris Deryagin discovered what he thought to be polymerized water, or "polywater." He "created" this new substance by condensing water in small capillary tubes. Supposedly, the polywater had characteristics very different from normal liquid water- higher viscocity, lower freezing point, higher boiling point, and stronger hydrogen bonds. United States officials conducted tests on the polywater; it was deemed as a potential health risk / terrorist threat since the Soviet Union and the United States were in the midst of the cold war. Theoretically, addition of the polywater to natural reservoirs of water could cause a lot of harm. Drinking water would be obsolete.
Finally, researchers concluded that polywater was a myth. The polywater really consisted of normal liquid water with impurities suspended in it. For example, phospholipids from human sweat contributed to the contamination of the water. It really is amazing how impurities can cause misleading results in the laboratory setting, causing unintented results. Fortunately, polywater was fiction, not fact.
Raybun
