Thursday 14 May 2009

Facts About Dihydrogen Monoxcide


You should be concerned about dihydrogen monoxide. Dihydrogen monoxide is a constituent of many known toxic substances, diseases and disease-causing agents, environmental hazards and can even be lethal to humans in quantities as small as a thimbleful.


Don't worry, this is just a hoax, designed to illustrate how the lack of scientific knowledge and an exaggerated analysis can lead to misplaced fears.

Dihydrogen monoxide is a scientific name for water that, while technically correct, is almost never employed. The dihydrogen monoxide hoax involves listing negative effects of water under an unfamiliar scientific name.

3 comment(s):

Chad Cloman said...

Gerard, the title of this post misspells "monoxide".

Chad Cloman said...

I'd like to know how a thimbleful of water can be dangerous. Can you drown on that much?

Anonymous said...

I remember when they did this on Penn & Teller.