Fun:Dihydrogen monoxide
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Dihydrogen Monoxide (sometimes euphemistically called DHMO) is a toxic chemical "They" don't want you to know about. The chemical industry is trying to foist this poison on you; DHMO is found in almost everything you eat and drink, and also in the air of cities with high levels of pollution. It is transmitted to newborns in their mothers' breast milk, and is also found in polluted lakes. Yet despite this, a few noble souls have tried, and succeeded, in living a natural, DHMO-free lifestyle. What about you?
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[edit] DHMO facts
- DHMO is fatal when inhaled. In fact, forcing prisoners to inhale DHMO is a widespread form of torture. Yet you are probably breathing in this very chemical right now.
- DHMO can also be fatal when ingested.
- Approximately 359,000 people die of DHMO inhalation every year.[1]
- Cancer, tuberculosis, malaria, and many other bacterial and viral diseases cannot survive in a DHMO-free environment.
- DHMO is only one atom away from dihydrogen dioxide, a known poison that is explosive, corrosive, toxic, and has been shown to cause cancer in animals.
- DHMO is used in pepper spray and countless types of floor detergent.
- DHMO reacts explosively with sodium, potassium, lithium, rubidium, caesium and francium.
- DHMO corrodes iron. (Imagine what it's doing to your insides!)
- Red blood cells burst on contact with DHMO.
- 100% of cancer patients had been exposed to DHMO within a period of five years prior to being diagnosed.
[edit] DHMO myths
- There is a safe level of DHMO. In fact, no amount of DHMO is safe. Even small amounts are harmful.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Dihydrogen monoxide is a dangerous substance that should be banned. This webpage provides all the important information you need to assess the issue.
- The origin of the anti-DHMO crusade