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City Officials Almost Ban Foam Cups
localhost00 writes "The city of Aliso Viejo, CA nearly banned foam cups when they learned they are produced from a substance known as 'dihydrogen monoxide.' A paralegal working for the city apparantly found a professionally designed web site put up to describe the dangerous properties of this chemical.
Apparantly, the report about Dihydrogen Monoxide was written by a then 14-year-old Nathan Zohner who was researching the gullibility of fifty ninth graders."
That stuff is nasty. Not only is it made from petroleum (America's crack), but it doesn't biodegrade and may leach toxins into the food it holds. Also, if it burns, it releases toxic particulates into the air.
The term "outside the box" is squarely within the box at this point.
They list a 1986 MSDS on the site, and a search confirms the entry. However, a search for the manufacturer points back to the hoax website. I think maybe msdsonline has falled for it, probably through lack of due diligence.
"I forgot my mantra."
That's right. Marathon runners are vulnerable to hyponatremia. Massive sweat + intake of unsalted water leads to sodium ion imbalance inside the body. It's one of those nasty conditions where the brain gets disoriented so the victim doesn't realize that they are headed for death.
Hyponatremia a Concern for Marathon Runners
I know the Slashdot stereotype is that nobody *here* has to worry about such things, but actually, I bet there are people in the Slashdot community who run this far and this hard.
This is obviously a blatant attempt at california(n) flamage, but...
With a small amount of research I'm sure you can pull up stupid laws and occurences for just about every state in the union. You want to know why people love california? Let me list some reasons without trying to sound like a tourist commercial:
- Extremely varying climates all within a relatively small area (i.e. Desert, Beach, Mountains all within a hour or so of each other)
- Strong cultural heritage throughout the state
- Southern california has some of the best weather in the US, bar-none.
- Napa Valley, Big Bear, Hollywood, Alcatraz, Catalina Island, Sea World, just to name a few
If you're looking for real reasons not to move to California, I can give you those too:
- Everything is expensive
- California traffic has been compared to a day in hell
- major metropolitan areas are very crowded.
- no smoking in bars or restaurants (seriously)
Obviously they did zero research on this before they had their knee-jerk reaction
I think the irony in that statement has been accurately summed up =)
arcane for life
I can't even think of an example where someone with that background would involve themselves in politics.
Jimmy Carter.