Danger, Danger, Dihydrogen Monoxide!
It can be extremely dangerous.
Table of Contents
Disturbing Information About DHMO
- Dihydrogen Monoxide is commonly found in sewer systems.
- The substance is the major component of acid rain.
- It is usually used in nuclear power plants as a coolant.
- DHMO is also a byproduct of hydrocarbon combustion in furnaces and air conditioning compressor operations.
- In addition, it is commonly used as a solvent and is highly corrosive. It is a contributing factor in the breakdown of various metal objects, including your vehicle.
- The public school system in the US has been putting DHMO in swimming pools for years. Do you want your kids swimming in this stuff?!
- There's also reports of manufacturers "flavoring" the DHMO, bottling it, and charging ridiculous amounts of money for it.
What Do Scientists Think?
More on scientist Nathan Zohner.
Safety
MSDS sheet for Dihydrogen Monoxide.
Used as a Fire Suppressant
Should We Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide?
Should We Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYes
triathlontraining says:
Yes, we should definitely ban it! There is far too much DHMO in the oceans and rivers.
Posted June 24, 2008
JigsawForte says:
Instead of a ban, how about severe restrictions on the usage of DHMO? I know that the State of Georgia would love to stop worrying about its DHMO problems...
Posted June 15, 2008
No
shadoow says:
Sure its dangerous to our health but look how many other things we use that could potentially kill us. Most things we use everyday and dont know it like ammonia or some kind of acid. But we dont ban those now do we? However i do think that the public should be aware of the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide.
Posted December 03, 2008
BABYKITTY says:
No, it has it's uses. Perhaps restricted usage would help though in certain cases. It is like so many other chemicals put here on this earth--we can either learn to use it wisely or abuse it. But I do think that we need better control over it.
Posted June 23, 2008
ElizabethJeanAllen says:
I'm hooked on the stuff. If Dihydrogen Monoxide is banned, I'll have to turn to less savory sources for my daily dose. I'm NOT giving it up!
Posted June 13, 2008
ArtSiren says:
No, no, and no! I'm an addict of hydroxylated protons! Leave my DHMO alone! ;)
Posted June 13, 2008
Important Links
- Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division
- Dihydrogen Monoxide resources, information, research and more.
- Hydrogen Hydroxide: Now More Than Ever!
- Perhaps you've heard of it: a colorless, odorless liquid; a powerful coolant and solvent; an easily- synthesized compound which is used by industry, the military, commercial operations, and even private individuals.
"We're supposed to drink 8 glasses per day of the stuff?!"
The Truth
Yes, as you may have realized, Dihydrogen Monoxide is just another way of saying 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen molecule. In other words, H2O (or water).Or, as Wikipedia puts it "the term "dihydrogen monoxide" means "two hydrogen, one oxygen", consistent with its molecular formula: the prefix di- in dihydrogen means "two", the prefix mono- in monoxide means "one", and an oxide is a compound that contains one or more oxygen atoms".
Thoughts, concerns, and whatever else?
Are we really gullible?
There is so much information that bombards us daily, we must keep an open mind. However, the important thing is to not jump to conclusions about what we hear.
preety wrote
dunno
Posted March 18, 2009
coolchik wrote
its water ppl!!!
Posted February 26, 2009
RolandTumble wrote...
I knew about DHMO already, so no gullibility invloved--but you've done a great job of presenting it. 5*
Posted January 30, 2009
Shelly wrote
You had fun with this! Oddly, my initial thought was, "Isn't that Water?".
Well done and point well made! I was just at your "The Candy Bombers & the Berlin Airlift", very inspiring! I would have left a message, but we outsiders just can't get in everywhere.
Posted December 14, 2008
Ryan wrote
I did GCSE chemistry, as such I pretty much work out the formula for things right off when I read them so I go it straight away haha :P
Posted September 05, 2008
Books on the Subject
More Unbelievable Facts About DHMO
- In 1997, Nathan Zohner, a 14-year-old junior high student at Eagle Rock Junior High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho, gathered 43 votes to ban the chemical, out of 50 people surveyed among his classmates. Zohner received the first prize at Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair for analysis of the results of his survey. In recognition of his experiment, journalist James K. Glassman coined the term "Zohnerism" to refer to "the use of a true fact to lead a scientifically and mathematically ignorant public to a false conclusion."
- In 1998, drawing inspiration from Jackon's web page and Zohner's research, Tom Way created the Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division web site as a fun and educational resource for teaching about critical thinking and information literacy.
- In 2001 a staffer in New Zealand Green Party MP Sue Kedgley's office responded to a request for support for a campaign to ban dihydrogen monoxide by saying she was "absolutely supportive of the campaign to ban this toxic substance".
- Kate Dalgleish and Mikael Sydor, high school students from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, circulated a petition in April 2004 to ban the chemical as part of the Western Canada High School film festival. Several high school chemistry teachers and university science students signed the petition, which asked the municipal government to ban the 'dangerous chemical' under a fictitious Hazardous Chemical Act. Their film won the film festival.
The idea was used for an episode of the Penn & Teller show Bullshit!, in which they had an actor and a camera crew gather signatures from concerned environmentalists who wanted to ban DHMO. - In March 2004, Aliso Viejo, California almost considered banning the use of foam containers at city-sponsored events because dihydrogen monoxide is part of their production. A paralegal had asked the city council to put it on the agenda; he later attributed it to poor research. The law was pulled from the agenda before it could come to a vote, but not before the city received a raft of bad publicity.
- Teams in a 2005 version of The Game circulated a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California-while dressed in superhero costumes.
- In 2005 at "Tent State University", a week long anti-war event at Rutgers University, members of the conservative publication The Rutgers Centurion gathered signatures from the protesters on a petition calling for a ban on Dihydrogen Monoxide.
- In 2006, in Louisville, Kentucky, David Karem, executive director of the Waterfront Development Corporation, a public body that operates Waterfront Park, which features a large, accessible public fountain, wished to deter bathers from using the fountain. "Counting on a lack of understanding about water's chemical makeup," he arranged for signs reading: "DANGER WATER - CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS OF HYDROGEN - KEEP OUT" to be posted on the fountain at public expense.
- An online petition to the British prime minister was correctly identified by the prime minister's office as a hoax, and rejected.
- In one episode of the children's science show How 2, Fred Dinenage used a glass of water in a perspex box to carry out the hoax, before drinking the water then explaining the truth.
- In 2007 Jacqui Dean, New Zealand National Party MP, fell for the hoax, writing a letter to Associate Minister of Health Jim Anderton asking "Does the Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs have a view on the banning of this drug?"
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