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April
1, 2002
Each year, Dihydrogen Monoxide
is a known causative component in many thousands of deaths and is a major
contributor to millions upon millions of dollars in damage to property
and the environment. Some of the known perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide are:
- Death due to accidental
inhalation of DHMO, even in small quantities.
- Prolonged exposure to solid
DHMO causes severe tissue damage.
 Excessive
ingestion produces a number of unpleasant though not typically life-threatening
side-effects. - DHMO is a major component
of acid rain.
- Gaseous DHMO can cause severe
burns.
- Contributes to soil erosion.
- Leads to corrosion and oxidation
of many metals.
- Contamination of electrical
systems often causes short-circuits.
- Exposure decreases effectiveness
of automobile brakes.
- Found in biopsies of pre-cancerous
tumors and lesions.
- Often associated with killer
cyclones in the U.S. Midwest and elsewhere.
- Thermal variations in DHMO
are a suspected contributor to the El Nino weather effect.
What
are some uses of Dihydrogen Monoxide?
Despite the known dangers of
DHMO, it continues to be used daily by industry, government, and even
in private homes across the U.S. and worldwide. Some of the well-known
uses of Dihydrogen Monoxide are:
- as an industrial solvent
and coolant,
- in nuclear power plants,
- by the U.S. Navy in the
propulsion systems of some older vessels,
- by elite athletes to improve
performance,
- in the production of Styrofoam,
- in biological and chemical
weapons manufacture,
- as a spray-on fire suppressant
and retardant,
- in abortion clinics,
- as a major ingredient in
many home-brewed bombs,
- as a byproduct of hydrocarbon
combustion in furnaces and air conditioning compressor operation,
- in cult rituals,
- by the Church of Scientology
on their members and their members' families,
- 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 recent ethnic cleansing
campaign,
- in animal research laboratories,
and
- in pesticide production
and distribution
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