(9)     Sun 19 Oct 97 15:03
By: Paul Tipping
To: Ross Sauer
Re: Plutonium Death
St:
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 -=> Quoting Ross Sauer to Paul Tipping <=-

 PT> I wonder what their reaction would be if someone told them that we
 PT> are exposed to and breathe in radioactive carbon-14 every day. They'd
 PT> probably go even more psychotic spreading the word around.
 RS>
 RS> I recently saw either in META_UFO or Fido UFO a funny post, it was a
 RS> treatise on this HORRIFIC chemical, di-hydrogen oxide. (Or something
 RS> like that.)
 RS> Went into great detail all the absolutly ROTTEN things caused by it.
 RS> HAd me absolutely cracking up.
 RS> (Oh, for those like Laurie whose science education is stunted, it's
 RS> water.)

 I think I found this in one of the humour echos. It is funny from a
 certain point of view but it's also kind of scary when you think
 about it.

 A freshman at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the
 Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair on April 26.  He was
 attempting to show how conditioned we have become to the
 alarmists practicing junk science and spreading fear of
 everything in our environment.  In his project he urged people
 to sign a petition demanding strict control or total
 elimination of the chemical "dihydrogen monoxide." And for
 plenty of good reasons, since it can:

 1. cause excessive sweating and vomiting
 2. it is a major component in acid rain
 3. it can cause severe burns in its gaseous state
 4. accidental inhalation can kill you
 5. it contributes to erosion
 6. it decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes
 7. it has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients

 He asked 50 people if they supported a ban of the chemical.
 Forty-three said yes, six were undecided, and only one knew that
 the chemical was water.  The title of his prize winning
 project was, "How Gullible Are We?" He feels the conclusion
 is obvious.


... Few children fear water unless soap's added.

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