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Someone should start a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide. Why do we waste our time banning shit that's nowhere near as bad as this, while we have almost zero regulation on such a hazardous chemical?

someone already has

Is there a "wrong form" for 2 hydrogen bonded to 1 oxygen?

You bet there is. It could form into the dreaded dihydrogen monoxide molecule. Also known as hydroxic acid, this is a greenhouse gas, and a major component in acid rain. It also plays a significant role in the corrosion of metals. When this chemical crystalizes in a human cell, it can rupture the cell wall, killing the cell. Dihydrogen monoxide has been found in all major US rivers and lakes. It has also been found in lakes and streams in various parts of the world. Even core samples of the Antarctic ice show significant quantities of this dangerous chemical compound.

like someone else said, a waist of good oxygen.

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    Have you read up on Dihydrogen Monoxide? Dangerous stuff! Dihydrogen Monoxide has killed more people than coal ever has! It's a component in nuclear weapons! It's even essential in coal plants and virtually every commercial form of power generation!

    There's some disinformation here.

    And finally, the real truth comes out, from the people that you can trust. They evaluated the report as TRUE! It is evil!

    And, ya, I know what it is. I'm making the point.

I think Iran is pumping up oil to increase the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere to melt the icecaps, releasing vast amounts of Dihydrogen Monoxide into the environment to kill scores of people and wreak economic havoc!
It's chemical warfare, plain and simple!

Ban bottled water, that stuff's a killer!

You got that right, just search for DHMO...

Bruce is right. We should be banning dangerous things in our everyday life. I recently had DHMO brought to my attention. It is scary what you find it in :S. http://www.dhmo.org/

Boycott oxygen!

99% of all now-dead lifeforms on this planet consumed oxygen for the majority of their lifetime. It is clearly a toxic substance that must be controlled!

It's almost as dangerous as dihydrogen monoxide!

CO/H mixtures are also known as Syngas.

I agree completely. Everything is turning into a DHMO scare. If you want to scare the heck out of someone, have then read the MSDS of some of the chemicals you can buy by the gallon at you local DIY store. Methyl Ethyl Ketone, xylene, etc. People blithely ignore the safety data for these because they think if it's at a DIY store it must be somehow 'safe'.

You realize we are talking about water, right?

Although I understand most folks do use dihydrogen monoxide in their evaporative coolers and misters. Not that is scary stuff! I sure wouldn't want to aspirate too much of it.

There are a few brave sites risking censure by speaking out against dihydrogen monoxide.

http://www.dhmo.org/

Come on people! It's dangerous!

Oh yeah, funny, astronaut pee. But for crying out loud (and losing valuable water in the process), what is so hard to understand about a closed system?

"Going too far" is spending millions of dollars to send precious DHMO to the space station, when there are perfectly good pre-assembled dihydrogen monoxide molecules being blown out into the vacuum.

http://www.dhmo.org/

Offtopic? Check your references first, mods.

Sounds terrible, it's going to lead to tonnes of dihydrogen monoxide being released into the environment. We need to educate people on the facts, and stop big nasty factories polluting us.

Forget banning oxygen, the real killer is Dihydrogen Monoxide!

I think he was talking about making dihydrogen monoxide which the car would then run on.

it is combusted in oxygen which forms everyones favourite molecule H2O.

Dihydrogen Monoxide? That needs to be banned! It is found in CANCER cells! OIL COMPANIES use it! NUCLEAR COMPANIES use it! Even HALIBURTON uses it!

This menace must be stopped!

Need I go on?

Keep using BPA products. And people wonder why girls are hitting puberty so much earlier now.

1. No, you don't need to.

2. Linking to a bunch of stories from the same hippie web site doesn't do much to support your stance, try posting some different references.

3. Girls aren't hitting puberty any earlier than they ever have, & neither are boys. I believe you are thinking of a study they did on some fish showing certain chemical triggers from plastics caused the female fish to reach reproductive age sooner.
My great-great-grandmother and I had a discussion some years ago regarding teenage sexuality, pregnancy, puberty, etc. She said that it was actually more common for girls to become pregnant between 12 and 15 when she was growing up, it's just that nobody talked about it, or the abortions they had. In the late 1800's marriage (& children, plural) was common among women age 13 & 14, and a women that made it to 18 single was almost an 'old maid'. And yes, 13 or 14 years old at that time you were a man or woman, we only invented the 'teenage' category in the last 100 years- prior to the 1900's you had a (very demanding) job, a family, or were already conducting affairs of state.
People aren't getting pregnant, having sex, smoking, drinking, etc. any younger than they ever have, in fact in the last 60 years we've been moving away from that, resulting in a large percentage of society stuck in between childhood and adulthood, with all the physical drives of adults but the responsibility & accountability of children.

4. I'm not saying BPA is safe, but there is nothing on the site you linked to any more convincing than on this site dedicated to exposing industrial contaminants. The only reference given is a vague attribution to 'The Feds', who are incidentally the same people who told us that Margarine was safer than butter and not to worry about Asbestos insulation.

I'd post more references, but doing the research yourself would do you some good. Don't believe everything you heard, especially, from the Feds.

Ban DHMO.

http://www.dhmo.org/truth/Dihydrogen-Monoxide.html

Hundreds of people are killed each year from exposure to di-hydrogen monoxide. We can't be too certain, so we should ban it altogether.

I think that this is more or less the point. California has lost sight of 'risk management' in favor of 'risk avoidance'.

Just to be clear, the law requiring the signs was not passed by the California legislature. It was passed by popular referendum.

What california should do is set a standard - only the more dangerous cancer causing substances such as cigarettes and asbestos get the warning.

That's the way it used to be. But people kept saying the standards were too lax, or that a danger existed which wasn't yet covered by the standards and regulations. I like to think Prop 65 was a response to all those OMG! DMHO can kill you! scares. If everything had a label, then nobody could complain that something wasn't labeled, and we could just ignore those twits and get on with our lives.

i'm starting to hear reports, admittedly unconfirmed, that several in the USA team have been found consuming DHMO prior to competing - this substance is well known for temporarily improving athletic performance, though admittedly is difficult to detect using the current dope-tests.
i wouldn't be surprised if this scandal hits the papers over the next few days.

http://www.dhmo.org/

DHMO KILLS!

Non-toxic?!? You clearly don't understand the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide!!

http://www.dhmo.org/

In fact H20 is hydrogen hydroxide [...]

Phew! I was worried that it was dihydrogen monoxide. That stuff'll kill you!

The word "radiation" refers to the fact that energy can radiate, and not to the different nature and effects of different kinds of energy.

So next time you go swimming, especially in the ocean, beware of dihydrogen monoxide radiation!

and while we at it, we need to seriously ban the dihydrogen monoxide that cyclists use. Did you know that Dihydrogen Monoxide releases more C02 into the air than any other source! Sersiouly, we got get after this stuff.

http://www.dhmo.org/

It was an eye opener.

Especially DHMO!

That DMHO is some pretty nasty stuff too.

And please don't forget the dangers of that very popular industrial and household solvent, DMHO. The stuff is in practically *everything*!!!

I bet they are allergic to dihydrogen monoxide as well, someone should warn these people about its dangers.

I propose removing all electronic devices from their houses first though, for their own protection of course.

Those dihydrogen monoxide addicts will stop at nothing to get their next "hit"...

But what does it have to do with *tech*? Or nanotubes? I mean, breathing in ordinary silica or quartz -- one of the most common natural materials on the surface of the planet -- causes silicosis. Therefore, it doesn't matter if you are breathing rock dust in a quarry or breathing something manufactured, such as fiberglass: it's bad for you. Breathing dust of *any* type into the lungs is demonstrably harmful, and can lead to chronic and debilitating diseases. In that respect, how are nanotubes any more harmful than other common natural or artificial materials?

Then there is the exaggeration of asbestos danger. "As deadly as asbestos"? In most situations, so what? Asbestos is deadly if you work in a mine or manufacturing plant for asbestos products and you are exposed to it in the air in LARGE quantities every day for YEARS. Otherwise the risk is really no worse than for any other common type of particulate and the technical solution for heavy exposure is simple: wear protective gear so you aren't breathing the stuff in, and make sure it doesn't escape into the surrounding environment.

If it is sitting in a product minding its own business (i.e. not being mechanically ground up and suspended in the air when it is in use) the risk is zero. It's not like the stuff is irradiating the surrounding area with "asbestos rays" or something.

Of course there can be a downside to tech, but there's a downside to ordinary natural materials when humans use them in ways the human body can't handle. Check out the DHMO website for example.

Snow is dangerous stuff. What most people won't tell you is that snow is manufactured from DHMO, a highly toxic chemical. Educate yourself on DHMO. It could save your life.

You don't invent drugs, you discover them. The trick is figuring out the right drugs to use, and the manufacturing process to get them produced at an acceptable cost.

Patents are a balance struck to encourage capitalists to invest in things which ultimately help us all when they enter the public domain.

Its still not as deadly as breathing in DHMO http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html#CONCERN which is freely available.

You're thinking too far-out. There are dangers in all corners of this planet from the evil substance DHMO.

It's not only the routers you should worry about, but also Dihydrogen Monoxide exposure... Oh the humanity!

I wonder if this town will next try and ban Dihydrogen Monoxide like the good folks at Aliso Viejo almost did.

Damn that pesky DiHydroOxide. It's already concentrated in your body through the years. Your own body is 60% concentrated with DiHydroOxide!

Indeed, most dangerous. See the facts here : http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

Obviously the TSA has read the DHMO website.

... and perchlorates, etc. Yes.... I know I wasn't being technically correct, but seen in the context of "enough oxygen", they'll ban my favorite chemical drink, dihydrogen monoxide.

Dihydrogen Monoxide.

Some effects:

Death due to accidental inhalation of DHMO, even in small quantities.
Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO causes severe tissue damage.
DHMO is a major component of acid rain.
Gaseous DHMO can cause severe burns.
Leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals.
Found in biopsies of pre-cancerous tumors and lesions.

see http://www.dhmo.org/

Beware of hydrogen hydroxide!

You know that soap will kill you. Also, water is the deadliest substance on Earth, says so right here.