Taken from http://www.korrnet.org/etvs/
"Nation Awakening to Dangers of Hydroxl Acid. Just as a hitman may have several aliases, this potentially deadly compound is also called dihydrous oxide, dihydrogen monoxide or simply dhmo. Scientists and industrialists have long known of its dangers, but placed a higher value on its importance as a widely used industrial solvent than on the scores of lives it costs directly in this country alone each year, to say nothing of the hundreds of deaths to which it contributes; for example, it decreases the effectiveness of brakes. Dhmo accelerates the corrosion of metal and can cause tissue damage to human skin with prolonged exposure; it is colorless and odorless and can be fatal if inhaled. Learn more about hydroxl acid.
There is no question that hydroxl acid is ubiquitous in our industrialized nation, far less so in some of the middle eastern countries we are even now attempting to Westernize. But for how long? You can find links to both sides of the controversy at dhmo.org. There is an article concerning PeTA's presumably unwitting endorsement of the use of products containing dhmo here. With new public awareness have come calls for action; one city councilman recently called for banning its use in a local factory, depite the potential loss of jobs. This issue points up the importance of focusing the limited energy and resources of the nation's vegetarians on those issues that pose the greatest threat to the nation's health and our own, and to our principles of compassion, and that we arm ourselves with as much information as possible in the process."
It's just bloody water! Dihydrogen Monoxide: two hydrogens, one oxygen - H2O. I even found an online petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/spots350/petition.html. It really bugs me that people don't actually do any research and instead just jump on the bandwagon.
There are loads of sites about DHMO and quite often you can tell that they are very tongue-in-cheek, but looking through the above mentioned site (the vegetarians one) it is clear that they have taken it very seriously...
Rant over...
MaFt
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you know, I think I might've even got that had someone tried to get me with it on april fools day or summat... as it happens, i've never heard of it before now :D
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