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Dihydrogen Monoxide: Controversial Solvent Exposed
Category: Humor • Science education • web resources
Posted on: October 13, 2006 4:40 PM, by Sandra Porter
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It's all in a name, isn't it? In Michigan here I'm nearly surrounded by it. It does look nice just laying there. But you really do have to keep from breathing it.
Posted by: MrEphemeris | October 13, 2006 7:13 PM
You think that's bad - I get ~55.5M Hydroxic Acid coming out of my household plumbing!
Posted by: SMC | October 13, 2006 8:33 PM
Ha! This one was old when I was in school. How nice that young people give us the opportunity to recycle the classics. My nephew the chemist has to face the challenge of DHMO every day in the lab. Poor guy!
Posted by: Zeno | October 13, 2006 9:47 PM
Have you seen the rebuttal?
http://www.armory.com/~crisper/DHMO/
Posted by: rehana | October 14, 2006 12:24 AM
I think that the proper treatment for a DHMO spill is to flush the area with a large amount of water.
}8^)
Posted by: Charlie | October 14, 2006 5:53 AM
^^^ That's what our distilled water bottles used to recommend :S
Posted by: Snarfevs | October 15, 2006 6:31 AM