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Arizona GOP State Senator Now Regrets Recount: 'It Makes Us Look Like Idiots'
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<blockquote data-quote="Oneiric1975" data-source="post: 75951553" data-attributes="member: 434236"><p>Can someone please explain to me the black-light looking for bamboo? Because I suspect most of those papers have OBA's (Optical Brightening Agents) in them which fluoresce quite strongly under black light. Even the Chinese know about the magic of OBA's. They are used across the paper industry and China has a huge paper industry. I wish someone would explain to me how the UV lights are going to find bamboo and if so what would it matter?</p><p></p><p>Also: there actually are real honest science methods to figure out what fibers are in paper that require a bit more than just looking at it with a UV light. There's actually professionals who do this for a living. They do it because sometimes paper manufacturers use non-sustainable forestry sources that are barred by international agreement. And China would be just as likely to use forestry sources elsewhere in SE Asia since they are not a huge forest supplier themselves, if I recall correctly. Many Chinese paper manufacturers work with wood from far afield of China.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oneiric1975, post: 75951553, member: 434236"] Can someone please explain to me the black-light looking for bamboo? Because I suspect most of those papers have OBA's (Optical Brightening Agents) in them which fluoresce quite strongly under black light. Even the Chinese know about the magic of OBA's. They are used across the paper industry and China has a huge paper industry. I wish someone would explain to me how the UV lights are going to find bamboo and if so what would it matter? Also: there actually are real honest science methods to figure out what fibers are in paper that require a bit more than just looking at it with a UV light. There's actually professionals who do this for a living. They do it because sometimes paper manufacturers use non-sustainable forestry sources that are barred by international agreement. And China would be just as likely to use forestry sources elsewhere in SE Asia since they are not a huge forest supplier themselves, if I recall correctly. Many Chinese paper manufacturers work with wood from far afield of China. [/QUOTE]
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