Dihydrogen monoxide
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Dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) a colorless and odorless chemical compound[1] found in every river, stream, lake and reservoir in America. Many supermarkets use it to remove pesticides from fresh produce.
In its gaseous form, it can cause severe burns,[2]
- Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO causes severe tissue damage. [4]
H2O is the single largest component of acid rain. It is responsible for most of the greenhouse effect,[3] and every day huge amounts of it are permitted to escape into the earth's atmosphere. Yet no politician had ever dared to even speak of banning it.
Doctors have implicated DHMO in the deaths of thousands of Americans every year, mainly through accidental ingestion.[4]
- "Human activities have little direct control over its atmospheric abundance, which is controlled instead by the worldwide balance between evaporation from the oceans and precipitation."[5]
Another name for it is hydric acid.
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The US Dairy Industry
- A former U.S. Food and Drug Administration employee and a specialist in the feeding of dairy cattle, Dr. Donna Maria Waltz, warns that regulation of DHMO in the dairy industry is lacking. According to Waltz, it is the single most commonly used chemical in the production of milk. Cows are encouraged to ingest large quantities of DHMO, with studies showing that this practice can lead to increased milk production. [5]
Campaign to ban DHMO
A teenager in Idaho won a high school science fair with a project called, "How Gullible Are We?" in which he got 86% of ninth-graders he approached to sign a petition banning it after they read his list highlighting its dangers.[6]
AEI writer James K. Glassman wrote an article about this for the Washington Post:
- Two hydrogen molecules bonded to one oxygen ... can drown you, scald you or make you go to the bathroom.
- These are smart kids who had studied chemistry; many of them, like Nathan, have parents who work at the nearby Idaho Nuclear Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. Nathan simply asked them to read the report (which is completely factual) and decide what, if anything to do about the chemical. They could even ask the teacher what DHMO was, but none did.
- Says David Murray, research director of the non-profit Statistical Assessment Service in Washington, "The likelihood is high that I could replicate these results with a survey of members of Congress."[7]
The "gaseous form" is steam which, in any concentration higher than the vapor drifting from a teapot or boiling saucepan, causes hundreds of scalding injuries each year. Other than that, of course, water vapor is harmless. On the contrary, it's an essential part of the water cycle (see also rain).
"Accidental ingestion", i.e., "inhaling the chemical", refers to getting liquid water in your lungs (see drowning).
Dr. Tom Way, a computer science professor in Newark, Delaware, runs a web-site pretending to be an anti-Dihydrogen monoxide campaign, but with the serious goal "to educate, and to promote cautious consumption of information and an active skepticism about what we read, see and hear".[8]
Notes
- ↑ Frequently Asked Questions about DHMO
- ↑ Although the skin will not be charred, as would be the case with a flame burn, blisters and redness will appear. [1]
- ↑ It contributes to the natural greenhouse warming process by approximately 60%. [2]
- ↑ Companies dump waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can be done to stop them because this practice is still legal. Dihydrogen Monoxide - The Truth
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ In 1997, Nathan Zohner, a 14-year-old student at Eagle Rock Junior High School in Idaho Falls, based his science fair ... project, titled "How Gullible Are We?", involved presenting this report about "the dangers of dihyrogen monoxide" to fifty ninth-grade students and asking them what (if anything) should be done about the chemical. Forty-three students favored banning it, six were undecided, and only one correctly recognized that 'dihydrogen monoxide' is actually H2O — plain old water. Zohner's analysis of the results he obtained won him first prize in the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair; garnered him scads of attention from newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations, universities, and congresspeople; and prompted the usual round of outcries about how our ignorant citizenry doesn't read critically and can be easily misled. (Snopes)
- ↑ http://www.junkscience.com/news/glassman.html
- ↑ http://www.dhmo.org/
External Links
- A petition to ban water - Caution, some bad language in Penn & Teller
