OT: warning about chemical all sailors come in contact with

[Frank Hagan]

check out http://www.dhmo.org/ for some very alarming warnings about a very common chemical all sailors come in contact with. Its amazing that we haven't heard these warnings before!

[Phil Gowans]

I'm shocked to hear this news. I think a lot of us have been in the dark about this danger about us. Although, some of this news I think is exaggerated. I personally believe that Utah, where I live currently needs more DHMO. Certainly, my boating experience would be not near as much fun without the use of DHMO.

However, we have to be careful about some of these studies. My Grandfather use to tell me that he had scientific proof that tomatoes were dangerous. He knew many people that had eaten them and many are already dead. I think his "science" was influenced by the fact that he did not like tomatoes.

[Craig]

It is cooked tomatoes Phil. Raw are OK. It is the heat that released the toxins! I have scientific proof.

[capt jake]

Heck, looking at their laundry list, you don't have to be a boater to come in contact with it!!! I'm already done for............. :roll: :roll:

Remember the scare a few years back about asbestos? It is a naturaly occuring element that is in the environment. Safety standards limit exposure limits to a smaller amount than occurs naturally in many parts of the country!!! :shock:

[ken connors]

one time i stuck my roommates hand in a bucket of warm DHMO while he was passed out and it made him pee his pants! dangerous stuff.......

[Frank Hagan]

However' date=' we have to be careful about some of these studies. My Grandfather use to tell me that he had scientific proof that tomatoes were dangerous. He knew many people that had eaten them and many are already dead. I think his "science" was influenced by the fact that he did not like tomatoes.

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Your Grandfather was right (I also don't like tomatoes, cooked or raw, but do like all sorts of tomato sauces):

As a relative of the poisonous mandrake plant' date=' the tomato was also considered poisonous. The fruit gained acceptance as a foodstuff slowly; as late as 1900, George Washington Carver, the famous black educator and agricultural researcher, was giving demonstrations in which he would eat a tomato in an effort to prove that it was safe, and get his audience to make vitamin-laden tomatoes a regular part of their diet.[/quote']

I understand that DHMO is often added to tomato sauces as a agent to thin it out, often without notice to the patrons of the eating establishment!

[Stump]

One of the dangers of living in the Pacific NW is all the DHMO in the environment. Particualry when we have overcast skys, we tend to have alerts about how much is expected! :shock: I always try to stay inside during an outbreak or at least carry some type of protective devise when I know that once again, an alert has been given. I would also say that though various tests of my own I find that covering my vehicle in DHMO tends to draw even more to the surrounding area. Sometimes covering many square miles :!: Could this be an example of like attracting like? :? On a more positive note, I have found that the Sun is a wonderful and natural way of reducing the amount of DHMO in the environment.

[Tom Lathrop]

I recently ingested several ounces of DHMO and had some to splash on my skin. Should I be concerned? Is there no antidote effective on humans? I have seen dogs roll vigorusly in dirt after coming in contact with HDMO. Would this work for humans?

[Russ Sylvester]

I've sent a link to the DHMO website to our corporate safety committee chairman. I'm also demanding a full scale investigation to determine the level of infitration within our company.

As tightly as we are regulated for chemical useage here, I am amazed that this hasn't been brought up previously. I am going to get the coporate ombudsman involved to determine why this hasn't been addressed in the past.

I am expecting replies shortly. Thanks for the catch Frank!

Russ

[John Turpin]

I think I brushed my teeth with it this morning. I don't feel well.

[Frank Hagan]

I've sent a link to the DHMO website to our corporate safety committee chairman. I'm also demanding a full scale investigation to determine the level of infitration within our company.

As tightly as we are regulated for chemical useage here' date=' I am amazed that this hasn't been brought up previously. I am going to get the coporate ombudsman involved to determine why this hasn't been addressed in the past.

I am expecting replies shortly. Thanks for the catch Frank!

Russ[/quote']

Our engineers are also looking at the issue. Our products use the stuff constantly, but it is added in the field. We are suspicious of any process we don't control. We're not sure our customers are adequately trained for handling it, or what kind of warnings are required to keep us safe legally.

[tdrown]

I demand my congressman and the surgeon general place warnings on all products containing, made with, or made in machines that are cooled by dihydrogen Monoxide. We have gone too far as a society not to have serious restrictions and warnings about this. Can you believe that there are no laws prohibiting transporting this stuff on our nation's highways and interstates?!?!

[Dave R1]

Russ, I thought of contacting our safety department but figured they'd take a dim view of a lowly peon such as me telling them they need to investigate this. :shock:

[JMetzner]

There was a morning disc jockey up here who warned the community one morning on the air about the serious consequences of overexposure to DHMO. Many callers responded to the station getting on board with the joke. The local government offices were indudated with calls from the uh, less educated the more gullible and those with a serious lack of a sense of humor. The radio station took the DJ off the air for serveral days.

Sad state when we're reduced to the least common denominator.

John M.

Fairbanks, AK

[Scott Dufour]

I'm going to have to chime in here to try to keep you alarmists from running amok. Granted, DHMO does have it's dangers, but let's be reasonable.

As a solvent for ionicly bonded particles, it has few equals. It is quite stable between 0 and 100 degrees centegrade, and relatively cheap to produce. And, though it may draw ridicule to say so, I think that it is the best substance to ingest as a remedy for overindulging in ethyl alcohol. Let's not throw out the bathwater with the baby.

[tdrown]

People in the Northwest now also have another deadly when heated liquid to worry about:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002064341_webhelens15.html

[Stump]

The DHMO distrubuter has been attempting to smother that other liquid in an attempted matter state conversion... so far the attempts have been unsuccessful with the DHMO being converted instead :shock: :shock: I for one have my trailer packed and ready to go. :wink: You never know what will happen if the DHMO is continued to be applied. This is what happens when there are no goverment controls on the disprusal of DHMO!