Should the government investigate hydric acid content in our water supplies?
Hydric acid, also called Hydronium Hydroxide, is a colorless and odorless chemical compound found in water supplies around the world, most often in large reservoirs and water treatment facilities. Its basis is the highly reactive hydroxyl radical, a species shown to mutate DNA, denature proteins, disrupt cell membranes, and chemically alter critical neurotransmitters. The atomic components of Hydric acid are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerin and Ethyl Alcohol. Tests have shown that Styrofoam and plastic cups contain the highest concentrations of Hydric Acid, with plastic bottles taking a close second. Inhalation of the compound is known to cause death, or in some cases severe brain damage. Yet, no ones doing anything about it. Furthermore, Hydric Acid has been shown to have severe impact in the environment. Post hurricane Katrina, Hydric Acid was found to have caused great loss of life in New Orleans, with many deaths attributed to exposure of the compound alone.
Considering all this, do you think we should do something to better control the environmental impact caused by Hydric Acid?
Actually, I wanted to see if I could make someone giggle. An environmentalist friend of mine sent me it in a mail.
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5 comments
antarcticice on July 15, 2010 at 5:13 pm
In spite of Ben’s grumbling comment I think most of us ‘warmers’ do have a sense of humor, we have to, to put up with the constant stream of garbage coming from the denier camp.
As far as this question/joke I actually did find the dihydrogen monoxide joke funny the first few times it was used but even the best joke gets a little boring when you’ve heard it 20-30 times and this joke has now been used far more times than that, just on this site.
Paul's Alias 2 on July 15, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Yet another one thinking he is going to trick the "environmentalists" with the H2O thing. It seems like every 2 or 3 months we have this.
I would love to see their faces as they think "Wow, I sure am going to fool them, just like Glenn Beck told me I would."
Meanwhile, many of us "environmentalists" are scientists, and Beck did not graduate from college.
EDIT
Oh, the guy thinking he is going to fool us dummies refers to water as "hydric acid", which does not even make sense as its chemical name.
(I remember Beck referring to it as "hydrogen dioxide", lauging at his betters, unaware that the formula is not HO2)
Ben O on July 15, 2010 at 5:13 pm
I don’t think the Warmers are going to giggle. They’re too pissed off that most people don’t share in their faith – and they’re also pissed off that global warming finished 12 years ago. It’s as if the Earth doesn’t know what’s good for it.
Paul B on July 15, 2010 at 5:13 pm
You might also mention that excess hydrohydroxic acid (the correct name; aka hydrogen hydroxide or dihydrogen monoxide) adhering to the skin requires removal by contact with absorbent surfaces or exposure to heat.
beren on July 15, 2010 at 5:13 pm
That was funny…back in 1982.