America and World facing Chemical extinction???

[packman]

Amazing child scientist discovers the threat of DHMO in our lives and environment





The compound can corrode and rust metal and cause severe burns..... If you consume it, it can cause bloating and excessive urination and sweating. Thousands of people in the U.S. die from its accidental ingestion every year. If you are dependent on it, going through withdrawal can kill you. It’s found in significant quantities in acid rain, tumors, and more.

NOTE: Republicans dispute the science of an overabundance of DHMO in threatening our coastal cities




http://mentalfloss.com/article/501907/14-year-old-who-convinced-people-ban dihydrogen-monoxide

[Jarqui]

1. It's a hoax according to Snopes

https://www.snopes.com/science/dhmo.asp

[Major Nikon]

2. Andy Warhol died from DHMO poisoning

[Jarqui]

7. I'm not convinced that is a legitimate proven fact

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/01/nyregion/no-criminal-charges-brought-by-inquiry-on-death-of-warhol.html

[Major Nikon]

9. Depends on your standard of proof I suppose

Going by his official cause of death and his own private physician's opinion there isn't much doubt.

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/05/nyregion/care-faulted-in-the-death-of-warhol.html

[LanternWaste]

10. Just offer a "free video."

" there isn't much doubt..."

Just offer a "free video."

[Jarqui]

11. Where in your article does it say the words "dihydrogen-monoxide" "or DHMO"

as the cause of death which the post I was responding to claimed:
"Andy Warhol died from DHMO poisoning"

The standard of proof that I should roughly expect to see is something conclusive by pulling together credible evidence compiled by a medical doctor/coroner that concludes from that evidence that "Andy Warhol died from DHMO poisoning".

Until I see that, no sale.

[Major Nikon]

12. The best thing about sarcasm is not everyone gets it

[packman]

3. I applaud you on looking this up -

and wonder why you had to????

[Jarqui]

8. If you really want to know:

Because I did not know much about it - so I sought more information to confirm or deny or otherwise inform

This is a pretty wild attention grabbing headline "America and World facing Chemical extinction???" - almost trolling for attention on something the the article does not properly support

And the website seemed iffy as an authority on the subject on my first quick review of it
http://mentalfloss.com/

etc

I have better things to do with my time and suspect I'm in the majority on that.

[dewsgirl]

4. Also Snopes track record isn't what it once was.

[Farmer-Rick]

5. I feel like I'm missing something here.

Hmmmm, could it be that a chemical with 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen is necessary for life?

[Major Nikon]

6. Don't believe everything you read

They say the same thing about chlorine.