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Health concerns over Dihydrogen Monoxide
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Sorry to go off the topic of homeschooling but I thought this was important enough to mention.
There have been some concerns coming to light recently about the widespread use of Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) and what it means to our families. I’ve researched this extensively and it seems that this potent substance can be lethal to humans in even very small quantities.
Even though Dihydrogen Monoxide is a known causative component in many thousands of deaths and is used as a powerful industrial solvent, it’s still allowed widespread use in our food production! In fact, food producers have been getting away with using DHMO even in foods labeled “all natural.” This is a serious concern because studies have shown that, even after careful washing, food and produce that has been contaminated by DHMO remains tainted by it.
Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, possibly a bloated feeling or feeling of lack of energy, nausea, vomiting, and body electrolyte imbalance.
I’ll post some more later when I have more time, but I wanted to at least give everyone a heads up. There is a DHMO.org Web site that has been set up as a clearinghouse for information regarding the substance and possible government and media coverup. (Despite a direct query for information, the EPA refused to deny the existence of a coverup.) Anyway, that Web site is the best source of information I’ve found so far. I would encourage everyone to at least look at their facts page at http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html for a good overview of the issues.
Thanks, Doug. This doesn’t surprise me. I think we would be shocked to really know what was in all our food and household products.
Blessings!
Sharity
This is such a fun day isn’t it!!!!!!!!At least the morning. Do you want a drink, I am having some right now.
This is a joke?! Oh, my, I feel like a dork! I haven’t even checked the linked website yet – will have to do that now. I guess I should learn my lesson and check things out before be posting. I guess I’m the April Fool! 🙂
Sharity
Funny Funny! At first glance I thought “oh great, one more thing for me to worry about!!” Ahhhh thank goodness for a good joke!
Wow, you all caught me quickly. So much for stringing it along all day.
For anyone who was fooled, don’t feel bad. The “award winning researchers” mentioned on the Web site I linked to were a couple students who won a science fair using a variation of this. They found that that 90% of people asked were willing to sign a petition supporting a ban of DHMO.
It’s a great example we can use to educate our own children in critical thinking, which is why I posted it. Everything on that Web site and my post are worded very carefully to actually be true. But the conclusions are intentionally misleading. Some have called it a hoax but it’s really an educational tool.
A little research of our own can often cut through scientific sounding language and get us to the bottom line. It’s a good launching off point to talk about the scientific method, phrases like “studies show”, “all natural”, double-blind studies, the placebo effect, politics and science, advertising language, etc.
For those still trying to figure it out, let’s take “dihydrogen monoxide” and break it down. The “di” prefix means two and “mono” means one. So it’s a molecule made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. That can be written as HOH, or more commonly, H2O.
I too am indulging in some of this performance enhancing liquid right now.
Doug, I fooled my duaghters with it for a while, I showed them your post and the website, and then had them think about it – they got it, but it took a few minutes, chemistry lessons probably helped. Thanks for the good start to the day – it does prove we all need to be careful about vague science though and verify the supposed facts.
Ha, ha, ha. This was hilarious! I especially liked the official looking website.
I’m now stealing your idea, Doug, to see how many friends and family members this might fool!
Oh, my husband is an environmental health and safety manager, I am sending this off to him right now! Now off to teach my kids how to short sheet a bed. Is that dishonoring my dear husband?!
Jon Stossel was on O’Reilly earlier this week and he had taken a petition, as an experiment, to downtown NY, telling people to sign a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide.
Sadly, about 80% actually signed it!
So I when I saw your post name, I knew exactly what you were referring to and had to chuckle.
Rachel
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