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Confusious

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Sun Jan-30-11 05:48 PM
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13. Ever take chemistry?

Edited on Sun Jan-30-11 05:50 PM by Confusious

Sodium is explosive when it comes in contact with water. In a compound, it's a salt with completely different effects.

Mercury in a pure form IS toxic. Mercury in a compound has a completely different effect.

It's the people who have no science background and see "mercury" in anything and say "OMG IZ TOXIC!1!1!!!" who are the problem.

They get on their horse and act like experts ( jenny mcCarthy ) and muddy the waters, so the people who are actually trying to figure out what the problem is have to fight on two or more fronts, slowing everything down.

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