Dihydrogen Monoxide Poisoning

Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.

Dihydrogen monoxide:

* is also known as hydroxl acid, and is the major component of acid rain

* contributes to the "greenhouse effect."

* may cause severe burns.

* contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape.

* accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.

* may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes.

* has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.

Quantities of dihydrogen monoxide have been greatly found in almost every stream, lake, and reservoir in America today. But the pollution is global, and the contaminant has even been found in Antarctic ice. DHMO has caused millions of dollars of property damage recently in Japan.

Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:

v as an industrial solvent and coolant,

v in nuclear power plants,

v by the U.S. Navy in the propulsion systems of some older vessels,

v in the production of Styrofoam,

v in biological and chemical weapons manufacture,

v in the development of genetically engineering crops and animals,

v as a spray-on fire suppressant and retardant,

v in so-called "family planning" or "reproductive health" clinics,

v as a major ingredient in many home-brewed bombs,

v as a byproduct of hydrocarbon combustion in furnaces and air conditioning compressor operation,

v in cult rituals,

v by the Church of Scientology on their members and their members'

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

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

v historically, in Hitler's death camps in Nazi Germany

v during many recent religious and ethnic wars in the Middle East,

v by many terrorist organizations including al Quaeda,

v in community swimming pools to maintain chemical balance,

v in day care centers, purportedly for sanitary purposes,

v by software engineers, including those producing DICOM programmer APIs and other DICOM software tools including DICOM routers,

v in animal research laboratories

v in pesticide production and distribution.

Companies dump waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can be done to stop them because this practice is still legal. The impact on wildlife is extreme, and we cannot afford to ignore it any longer! The American government has refused to ban the production, distribution, or use of this damaging chemical due to its "importance to the economic health of this nation." In fact, the navy and other military organizations are conducting experiments with DHMO, and designing multi-billion dollar devices to control and utilize it during warfare situations. Hundreds of military research facilities receive tons of it through a highly sophisticated underground distribution network. Many store large quantities for later use. Dihydrogen monoxide is mostly remembered by its chemical name as H2O.