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Chowder Head
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Yes
Posts: 18,500
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Originally Posted by Alex
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She would be a good one to hand literature discussing the dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide.
Some of the known perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide are: - Death due to accidental inhalation of DHMO, even in small quantities.
- Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO causes severe tissue damage.
- Excessive ingestion produces a number of unpleasant though not typically life-threatening side-effects.
- DHMO is a major component of acid rain.
- Gaseous DHMO can cause severe burns.
- Contributes to soil erosion.
- Leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals.
- Contamination of electrical systems often causes short-circuits.
- Exposure decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes.
- Found in biopsies of pre-cancerous tumors and lesions.
- Given to vicious dogs involved in recent deadly attacks.
- Often associated with killer cyclones in the U.S. Midwest and elsewhere, and in hurricanes including deadly storms in Florida, New Orleans and other areas of the southeastern U.S.
- Thermal variations in DHMO are a suspected contributor to the El Nino weather effect.
Some of the well-known uses of Dihydrogen Monoxide are: - as an industrial solvent and coolant,
- in nuclear power plants,
- by the U.S. Navy in the propulsion systems of some older vessels,
- by elite athletes to improve performance,
- in the production of Styrofoam,
- in biological and chemical weapons manufacture,
- in the development of genetically engineering crops and animals,
- as a spray-on fire suppressant and retardant,
- in so-called "family planning" or "reproductive health" clinics,
- as a major ingredient in many home-brewed bombs,
- as a byproduct of hydrocarbon combustion in furnaces and air conditioning compressor operation,
- in cult rituals,
- by the Church of Scientology on their members and their members' families (although surprisingly, many members recently have contacted DHMO.org to vehemently deny such use),
- by both the KKK and the NAACP during rallies and marches,
- by members of Congress who are under investigation for financial corruption and inappropriate IM behavior,
- by kids who play Beyblades,
- by the clientele at a number of bath houses in New York City and San Francisco,
- historically, in Hitler's death camps in Nazi Germany, and in prisons in Turkey, Serbia, Croatia, Libya, Iraq and Iran,
- in World War II prison camps in Japan, and in prisons in China, for various forms of torture,
- during many recent religious and ethnic wars in the Middle East,
- by many terrorist organizations including al Qaeda,
- in community swimming pools to maintain chemical balance,
- in day care centers, purportedly for sanitary purposes,
- by software engineers, including those producing DICOM software and other DICOM software tools,
- by popular computer science professors,
- by aspiring young adult fiction writers,
- by international travel bloggers,
- by the semi-divine King Bhumibol of Thailand and his many devoted young working girls in Bangkok,
- by the British Chiropractic Association and the purveyors of the bogus treatments that the BCA promotes,
- by commodities giant Trafigura in their well-publicized and widely-known toxic-waste dumping activities in Ivory Coast,
- in animal research laboratories, and
- in pesticide production and distribution.
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