A friend who has a brother at the EPA told me that the government just issued another warning about the compound dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO). This issue should be taken VERY seriously by anyone venturing into the outdoors today. DHMO is colorless, tasteless, and CAN NOT be filtered out or neutralized with chemicals.

According to my friend's brother, the EPA continues to find DHMO in record amounts in rivers, streams, and even in rainfall. DHMO was one of the largest chemical compounds found during the flooding in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and is still found in nearly all of the affected areas - something I can personally attest to. Factories, sewerage treatment plants, and even cars release millions of gallons DHMO into the environment yearly. It is in the food chain, and it has been detected in every one of the world's oceans. It only takes a few ounces to kill a human, and DHMO has been conclusively linked to hundreds of deaths in the US each year.

I urge everyone at ETS to see this video about dihydrogen monoxide, and a petition drive to have it banned.

Have a great day today!

.....CLIFF


UPDATE: 2 April (or, 33 March) - OK, it was revealed to me last night that the whole DHMO thing is a joke. A hoax. I had no idea. I feel so embarrassed. DHMO is, in fact good for you! They even sell it in stores! Who knew?!? I mean, I’m an LSU grad - but I guess that’s only a partial excuse. April Fool’s is over, so let’s stop commenting here and get back to discussing things survivish. I hope this will be DHMO under the bridge now, and we will return to trading, and commenting on, lists of all the stuff we hamster into our pockets, packs and cars. Oh, and can we keep my faux pas our little secret? I have a reputation to maintain, you know.

.....CLIFF

DHMO is everywhere, we can't get away from it, it totally affects our living.

I used to work in a lab, and I can vouch for the extensive use of DHMO in cleaning lab glassware. At times they'd just let the stuff flow down the sink drains.

I've been told that if we get enough of this stuff in the atmosphere it can actually fall back to the Earth thousands of miles away from its original source.

Where is Al Gore when we need him??!!!!

Yes, a scary thing indeed I assume your EPA friend also mentioned their other recent discovery of biblical proportions... yes, they verified that virtually all of the inhabitable planet is covered with a gaseous mixture of about 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, and 1% Argon. Oh the horrors if that continues

NO! He said nothing about that!!!

Are you sure that's worldwide, and not just somebody taking a reading in, say, Sommerville or Nahant, or during rush hour in the Ted Williams? Should I put on that gas mask I bought for Y2K?

Worried,

.....CLIFF

Isn't that the normal composition of our atmoshpere?

OK I actually clicked on the link and DUH! Joke is on me! Double DUH!

Somebody really should do something about this! This is scary stuff. But I have to disagree with you about the filters. I have a super duper filter that works every time on DHMO!

smitty

A happy First of April, my friend.

Y'know, Doug said that boiling can take care of all the DHMO threat. I guess the old ways still work best.

.....CLIFF

I had been catching all the April Fools jokes coming my way on-line so far but this one got by me. Good ole' Penn & Teller.