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#90163 - 04/01/07 11:33 PM Re: DHMO warning - filters are useless! [Re: cliff]
smitty Offline
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Registered: 11/01/06
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Loc: Missouri
Cliff.....
Did you see Doug's April 1st newsletter?
I was starting to believe the first story for a little while. He got me.
Your not Clifford Grout are you?

ETS Survival News - Issue 1 Volume 5

smitty

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#90164 - 04/01/07 11:35 PM Re: DHMO warning - filters are useless! [Re: cliff]
ironraven Offline
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Well, the real danger is best illustrated by it's alternative name- hydrogen hydroxide, or H(OH). Anyone who's passed even the most basic history course will recognize it as a highly ionized compound, not to mention an unstable one. It debonds into explosive a hydrogen and oxygen with relatively little difficulty.
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#90167 - 04/01/07 11:59 PM Re: DHMO warning - filters are useless! [Re: smitty]
cliff Offline
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Registered: 05/12/01
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Loc: Louisiana
Depends. Is there money involved if I say "yes".

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#90168 - 04/02/07 12:05 AM Re: DHMO warning - filters are useless! [Re: ironraven]
cliff Offline
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I've never had a problem with an Evian bottle spontaniously exploding, so I guess it's all just hydrogen hydroxide under the bridge, don't you think?

I promise to start commenting on stoves tomorrow.

.....CLIFF

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#90171 - 04/02/07 01:08 AM Re: DHMO warning - filters are useless! [Re: cliff]
ki4buc Offline
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Registered: 11/10/03
Posts: 710
Loc: Augusta, GA
The scary thing about DHMO is that everyone who comes into contact with it dies. Not right away, but decades later. You would think it would be classified as a Hazardous Material.

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#90174 - 04/02/07 01:47 AM Re: DHMO warning - filters are useless! [Re: cliff]
smitty Offline
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Registered: 11/01/06
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Loc: Missouri
Originally Posted By: cliff
Depends. Is there money involved if I say "yes".


How bout 3.2 million!

smitty

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#90176 - 04/02/07 01:54 AM Re: DHMO warning - filters are useless! [Re: smitty]
cliff Offline
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Loc: Louisiana
Pittance. Talk some real numbers.

And I want to see some referneces. You're not a rich guy from Nigeria who is in trouble, are you?

grin grin grin grin

But just for you, I'll let you in on the secret - we are one and the same. Promise not to tell anyone.

.....CLIFF

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#90180 - 04/02/07 02:17 AM Re: DHMO warning - filters are useless! [Re: cliff]
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DHMO can also be found in nuclear reactors. DHMO is considered so dangerous when used in nuclear power reactors, that in the United Kingdom they use CDO instead as a nuclear reactor coolant. Incorrect management of DHMO when used as a coolant led to the 3-mile Island and Chernobyl nuclear disasters. The greedy corporations use DHMO in nuclear reactors because it is much more profitable and cheaper to use rather than using safer technology.

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#90182 - 04/02/07 02:38 AM Re: DHMO warning - filters are useless! [Re: cliff]
JCWohlschlag Offline
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Registered: 11/26/06
Posts: 724
Loc: Sterling, Virginia, United Sta...
Additional dangers of dihydrogen monoxide (also known as Hydric Acid as pointed out by its Material Safety Data Sheet [MSDS]) can be found at DHMO.org. There?s a lot of useful information there. Also, to make your filters effective against dihydrogen monoxide, it?s recommended that you remove your filter?s cartridge, cover it completely with plastic wrap (cling-film for the UK-ers), then reinstall the cartridge. wink
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#90196 - 04/02/07 01:26 PM Re: DHMO warning - filters are useless! [Re: JCWohlschlag]
thseng Offline
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Registered: 03/24/06
Posts: 900
Loc: NW NJ
You folks have just barely scratched the surface. What no one has mentioned yet is that DHMO it the #1 greenhouse gas, much worse than CO2! Scientists think that DHMO in its various forms may be responsible for up to 90% of the earth's greenhouse effect.

And we thought Al Gore's heated swimming pool made him a hypocrite just because of the energy it uses. No, its worse, all that DHMO evaporating from the pool is also contributing to the problem!
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