Muriel Vasconcellos (X) Sep 10, 2009:

Could it be "caustic water"? I searched for "caustic water"+antibiotics but couldn't find any interesting examples, so it's just a thought...

neilmac (asker) Sep 10, 2009:

Good idea Could well be a typo- the text is riddled with inaccuracies, the transcribers appear to have no knowledge of the area, products or manufacturers and seem unable to spell certain words the same way twice. It's driving me up the wall! "cálcicos" or "calcáreas" are probably on the right track there, thanks a million! It's past 1 am and I've been at this since 9 am yesterday...(crap deadline to boot)

Rick Henry Sep 10, 2009:

It's probably a typo and should be tipo cálcico.

mediamatrix (X) Sep 10, 2009:

No sería 'agua calcáreas'? i.e. hard water?

It's a verbatim interview - maybe the speaker mixed up his/her terminology, or whoever did the transscription mis-heard it.

Agua dura - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libreEn química, el agua dura (tambien llamadas calcáreas) (por contraposición al agua blanda) es aquella que posee una dureza superior a 120 mg CaCO3/l. ...
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