Talk:Naftalan, Azerbaijan

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An entry from Naftalan, Azerbaijan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 7 December 2006.

[edit] 50% Naphthalene???

...it contains about 50 percent naphthalene,...
Is that a credible claim? It would be nice to have a citation. Naphthalene is a solid, so any oil consisting of 50% Naphthalene would hardly be liquid, besides it is harmful and has a very unpleasant smell. That hardly sounds like something you would want to bath in... --Malbi 19:58, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

It already does have a citation to an article in The New York Times (the superscript "3" footnote at the end of the sentence). In that article, the original sentence I took it from is "Naftalan crude contains about 50 percent naphthalene, a hydrocarbon best known as the stuff of mothballs." --so as you noted, that would not smell very pleasant... but then again, neither does crude oil :-p Now weather the reporter got it correct, I don't know. I hope that helps. --Bobak 20:31, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Just to add: frankly, the whole idea of bathing in oil is very incredible to me (but those pictures in the references don't lie...) --that was the very reason I decided to build up this article around this unique petroleum spa industry. --Bobak 20:33, 7 December 2006 (UTC)