DHMO: Highly toxic, corrosive to metal and could be in your home!

[Modem Butterfly]

Jesus people. This stuff is corrosive to metal and highly toxic to humans and animals. It's a common ingredient in many poisons and even some common cleansers. I don't know about you folks, but I'll be checking the label on every bottle under the kitchen sink tonight!

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

Edited to add: It's also been linked to certain cancers!

:scared:

[mongo]

1. I've read reports

where they have found traces of this in public drinking water supplies.

Very scary!

[Modem Butterfly]

4. Shit. First Arsenic, now this

Bush's America: poisoning us drop by drop.

[shelley806]

58. Why don't you propose a ban on hydrogen peroxide, chlorax ,

rubbing alcohol, and acetic acid (vinegar) at the same time? This is a simple chemical compund, likely found in tumor (cancer) biopsies because of the CANCER eating up normal surrounding healthy tissue...not DUE to this chemical. It's a chemical byproduct of water and oxygen metabolism, like H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide), OH- (hydroxyl anion), OH. (hydroxyl radical), and singlet oxygen. Of course its used as a preservative; much like vinegar. If you consumed huge quantities of vinegar or hydrogen peroxide, what do you suppose your reaction to that would be?

[CAcyclist]

64. Don't Want To Blow The Punchline

[shelley806]

65. H----O----H* (radical or ion) is probably dangerous stuff...n/t

[Kraklen]

2. It's been linked to autism.

It's contained within vaccines, and >90% of autistic patients have been exposed to DHMO.

[Modem Butterfly]

3. Apparently, it also has some homeopathic uses

Which says something about how safe homeopathy is.

[One_Life_To_Give]

5. Many die every year from exposure

to DHMO.

[shelley806]

62. From drowning! floods, tsunamis etc...This is a funny post. I thought you

were seriously delusional until the end...but I thought that DHMO wass H---O---H*(radical or ion)

[SidDithers]

6. Shame on you...

:spank:

Sid

Edit: Sorry, should have made it clearer that I was joking at the top of my post :)

[Modem Butterfly]

9. Excessive exposure to DHMO can cause brain damage

I have to wonder how much exposure some DHMO skeptics have had...

[PunkPop]

7. What a strange list of "uses"

*in cult rituals

*by the Church of Scientology on their members and their members' families (although surprisingly, many members recently have contacted DHMO.org to vehemently deny such use)

*by both the KKK and the NAACP during rallies and marches,

*by pedophiles and pornographers (for uses we'd rather not say here),

*by the clientele at a number of homosexual bath houses in New York City and San Francisco,

*historically, in Hitler's death camps in Nazi Germany, and in prisons in Turkey, Serbia, Croatia, Libya, Iraq and Iran,

*in World War II prison camps in Japan, and in prisons in China, for various forms of torture,

*by the Serbian military as authorized by Slobodan Milosevic in their ethnic cleansing campaign,

*by many terrorist organizations,

*in community swimming pools to maintain chemical balance,

*by software engineers, including those producing DICOM software SDKs,

*in animal research laboratories, and

*in pesticide production and distribution.

[Lars39]

11. Yet it doesn't list brand names of household uses.

Hmmm.

[Modem Butterfly]

15. Here's a very informative page on DHMO in the Dairy Industry

http://www.dhmo.org/milk.html

[Vinnie From Indy]

47. That Site is Hilarious!

According to the people that run the DHMO site you linked, DHMO has been used by everyone from Satan to Hitler to your local pedophile. It is hard to think of a single evil event or person throughout history that they have not linked DHMO to. It is clearly the Kaiser Sose of chemical compounds!

[Triana]

51. This is one reason I switched to soymilk although...

...there's bound to be some 'interesting' substances found in that eventually too.

The big commercial farmers use all kinds of crap on their produce and they feed antibiotics and hormones to their cows - so all that crap is in the beef and dairy you eat. All this is one (there are others) reason I'm vegetarian/almost vegan though like I said, some of this 'interesting' type crap is bound to be found in those type foods too (tofu?).

Ick.

[Ian David]

30. My doctor found a huge amount of it in my daughter's urine

I had the whole family tested, and sure enough we'd all been exposed to DHMO for years.

It's a chilling thought that we know so little about what goes into our food and what we put in our bodies.

[Modem Butterfly]

37. My god. That's MONSTROUS.

I don't know whether to weep for your family or vomit with rage!

:cry: :grr: :puke: :grr: :cry:

Edited to better articulate my RAGE!

[Lars39]

8. Um, did you read the "Some uses of ..."

This reads like fear-mongering junk science dreck.

[Modem Butterfly]

12. The dangers of DHMO poisoning are REAL

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~fds3/index.html

Yeah, I'm sure Iowa State is engaging in fear-mongering...

:eyes:

The danger is real. The public should be told.

[PunkPop]

13. How is it used in a "rally or march"???

Very strange.

[Lars39]

17. ~

http://www.snopes.com/toxins/dhmo.htm

[Modem Butterfly]

19. Snopes is biased.

Everyone knows that.

[PunkPop]

22. Delete

Never mind

[elehhhhna]

44. ouch!

[AlienGirl]

50. I'm a regular user of DHMO

and have used it while protesting both in San Francisco and Seattle, to increase my endurance. It's powerful stuff!

Tucker

[Modem Butterfly]

52. Be careful! Taken as an inhalent, that stuff can do MAJOR damage!

If it doesn't kill you outright, it can lead to burning and pneumonia!

[Justin54B20L]

10. I heard it was responsible for 200000+ deaths in SE Asia in DEC '04

[Ruby Romaine]

14. do you have any other sources, links? perhaps legit ones?

[Modem Butterfly]

18. I do!

http://www.mercola.com/2002/mar/30/dhmo.htm

http://chem.lapeer.org/chem1docs/DHMO.html

http://www.accepta.com/Industry_Water_Treatment/DHMO.asp

[Ruby Romaine]

24. try this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHMO

[Modem Butterfly]

26. Wikipedia's not worth the paper it's printed on.

[Ruby Romaine]

28. is it April fools day?

[Modem Butterfly]

29. Seriously, what's your problem?

Even the CDC categorizes Dihydrogen Monoxide as a corrosive compound.

[shelley806]

60. So are MANY chemicals which we come into contact with every day!

But don't drink them by the gallon. Oxygen 'corrodes' iron, for gosh sakes. So does water. What is rust?

[sweetheart]

16. very important !!! recommended!!!

We need to stay aware of these dangerous toxins in our environment.

DHMO has even caused drivers to lose control of their vehicles while
on DHMO... and the police don't even have a test for it!!

;-) you cheekey ;-)

[Modem Butterfly]

20. Imagine if DHMO fell into the wrong hands...

:scared:

[Mairead]

21. Yes, it's a near-universal solvent. Very dangerous in large quantities

[KnaveRupe]

23. Employed in torture method by Chinese government!!!

:shudder: This stuff is BAD news!

[Modem Butterfly]

36. I'll bet Alberto Gonzalez is trying to find a way to use it at Gitmo

:scared:

[Psephos]

25. In other news, > 90% of Americans have more than the average no. of legs

Possibly DHMO is altering our body forms...

[Ian David]

27. I've looked into this myself. As a confirmed skeptic, even I agree with it

DHMO is one of the most dangerous and pervasive substances on the planet.

Kicked and nominated for top.

[MadHound]

31. LOL, Thanks MB, I needed a good laugh right now,

Especially since I just came out of the thread about the poor kitty named Star. Thanks:rofl:

[Modem Butterfly]

33. Laugh all you want NOW...

...you'll be crying DHMO-laced tears when dihydrogen monoxide is found in your drinking water!

[MadHound]

40. Sniff, I wish I had known about this decades ago!

I've consumed so much DHMO, hell, I've practically bathed in the stuff for Christ's sake. I guess I'm a goner for sure now.

[tocqueville]

32. cm'on it's only a joke

"Thermal variations in DHMO are a suspected contributor to the El Nino weather effect."

I suppose that when I fart it has even a worse effect...

"According to von Bueltzingsloewen, the chemical separation of dihydrogenoxide from the hazardous oxygendihydride is extremely difficult"

indeed it's very dificult to chemically separate water from water

[Ian David]

48. So, where is your proof? You skeptics are so closed-minded.

Yes, joke if you like.

[petite marmotte]

34. I Agree the Stuff is Probably Dangerous

but I don't think that website is very explicit. It lists some very peculiar (to say the least) uses for the stuff but stops short of saying in what way it is used. Some nebulous references in my opinion. Notably it offers signs and symptoms of what to watch for if you think you've been exposed. A few of those symptoms can be caused by a number of other ailments, and I don't think you can "watch" for electrolyte disturbances in your serum sodium levels. I think you'd need some blood work and if it was abnormal, your doctor would see it. (The picture of the little ambulance racing along was a bit much.) I'm sure it's a harmful additive of some sort - most are. I just didn't think the website was terribly credible.

[Modem Butterfly]

35. Here's a better website from Iowa State

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~fds3/index.html

[BiggJawn]

39. Oh. No! My secret's out!

"DHMO is a performance enhancing chemical. Althletes use DHMO to boost performance and recover from physical exertion."

I must confess, I use almost 64 ounces of it every time I ride. Lance used huge quantities of it, also.

It's use is not banned by the UCI or IOC, though. Sammy Sosa uses it, too.

[Modem Butterfly]

42. Jesus! That shit will kill you if you aren't careful!

My brother almost died from DHMO exposure when he went swimming in a contaminated pond. He was in the hospital for days. He never went swimming again.

Please, please, please don't wait for the government or professional sports to keep you safe. PLEASE!

[noamnety]

38. LMAO

:spray:

[petite marmotte]

41. Hardy Har Har - Thanks

I just found a news article about the little town in California that almost banned styrofoam cups because of DHMO.

And about how DHMO is actually another chemical name for H2O.

So, yeah, it's corrosive to metal and it is in our homes. And it does cause erosion. And it is common in lakes and streams.

My face is red...color me stupid.

[Ian David]

49. That's very convenient for you, isn't it? Skeptics. Geesh! n/t

[slackmaster]

43. Hydroxyl acid is just as bad

And just as common.

[petite marmotte]

45. Fine. Now That I've Had My Science Lesson

I'm going to mix some DHMO with some ETOH and see what happens.

[frictionlessO]

46. Holy Crap! Im dieing! Now ait Im laughing... no wait Im falling apart.

I've felt the corrosive effects of this substance, it was if my fingers shriveled up in minutes, I was choking on it at one point.

The frozen form of it is in fact the most dangerous.... I've seen it fall off ledges and overhangs and nearly take someones head off or destroy someone window planter.

Dangerous shit.

[Vinnie From Indy]

53. Damn! We were planning a "Hairy DHMO" party!

A few other very dangerous things that you don't hear much about.

Staples are also very, very dangerous if you stick the pointy ends in your eyes.

Super Glue is terribly harmful if used to stick your butt cheeks together.

Chewing on the gravel from your driveway is murder on your teeth!

[petite marmotte]

54. Oh Sure, First it's DHMO

but what's next? The Noble Gases? The entire Periodic Table? Is nothing sacred??

[Kraklen]

55. While it's a funny gag...

the problem of chemophobia does get awfully annoying.

[leftchick]

56. used by abortion clinics?

and pedophiles? wtf??
That list of where it is used is quite startling. Thank you for posting this, it is an eye opener.

[lazarus]

57. It is also

used as a vector for various diseases, and even for drug traffickers and terrorists!

Should we ban it? Think of the Children!

:evilgrin:

[kmla]

59. It's all blown out of proportion....

We have plenty of this stuff in our house, and have suffered no ill effects.

We even use it to help our tomatoes grow.

And clean dirt off of our cars.

We even encourage our children to drink some of it, occasionally.

Honest.

[toddaa]

61. Just wait until the Terrorists get ahold of this stuff

If they haven't already.

Why, they could flood an entire city and completely wipe it out.

[CAcyclist]

63. LOL

:rofl: my favorite science joke