DHMO in our aquariums

All of us with tanks are exposed to varying degrees of DMHO (Dihydrogen Monoxide). I just wanted to make everyone aware of the issue.

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html#FACTS

SOME OF THE DANGERS
Death due to accidental inhalation of DHMO, even in small quantities.
Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO causes severe tissue damage.
Excessive ingestion produces a number of unpleasant though not typically life-threatening side-effects.
DHMO is a major component of acid rain.
Gaseous DHMO can cause severe burns.
Contributes to soil erosion.
Leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals.
Contamination of electrical systems often causes short-circuits.
Exposure decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes.
Found in biopsies of pre-cancerous tumors and lesions.
Often associated with killer cyclones in the U.S. Midwest and elsewhere.
Thermal variations in DHMO are a suspected contributor to the El Nino weather effect.

SOME OF THE USES OF DHMO
as an industrial solvent and coolant,
in nuclear power plants,
by the U.S. Navy in the propulsion systems of some older vessels,
by elite athletes to improve performance,
in the production of Styrofoam,
in biological and chemical weapons manufacture,
as a spray-on fire suppressant and retardant,
in abortion clinics,
as a major ingredient in many home-brewed bombs,
as a byproduct of hydrocarbon combustion in furnaces and air conditioning compressor operation,
in cult rituals,
by the Church of Scientology on their members and their members' families (although surprisingly, many members recently have contacted DHMrg to vehemently deny such use),
by both the KKK and the NAACP during rallies and marches,
historically, in Hitler's death camps in Nazi Germany, and in prisons in Turkey, Serbia, Croatia, Libya, Iraq and Iran,
in World War II prison camps in Japan, and in prisons in China, for various forms of torture,
by the Serbian military as authorized by Slobodan Milosevic in their ethnic cleansing campaign,
by many terrorist organizations,
in community swimming pools to maintain chemical balance,
by software engineers, including those producing DICOM software SDKs,
in animal research laboratories, and
in pesticide production and distribution.

SYMPTOMS OF OVERDOSES
Excessive sweating
Excessive urination
Bloated feeling
Nausea
Vomiting
Electrolyte imbalance
Hyponatremia (serum hypotonicity)
Dangerously imbalanced levels of ECF and ICF in the blood
Degeneration of sodium homeostasis

 

Great, now reef keeping will be outlawed in CA.
so how does it get into my tank?
niter bacteria?

 

How are we exposed? I read that entire article and it did not state how or what products give us exposure? I'm confused! :

 

No worries!!!

I was just funning with everyone. What compound do you know that is made of two elements of Hydrogen and one Oxygen??? This webpage almost started a fight on a different forum....it was funny. If you read the web page knowing ahead of time that it is just good old H2O, then you will see that everything they said was true. Some bored Chemistry majors I suspect. Because it was a joke, I put it in The Bucket. Sorry if I worried you any.

 

I have gone to related links and I am beginning to get an idea....

 

http://www.snopes.com/toxins/dhmo.htm

 

You don't have to go very far to be exposed! As a matter of fact, DHMO is so misused and uncontained that every breath you take contains some amount of it! It has also been postulated that Humans actually create some of this poison by their normal metabolic processes.

 

I Should have read the title a little slower, good one!