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[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago (3 children)

So, once again, DHMO is the chemical we need to fear.

[–] bradinutah@thelemmy.club 30 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The stuff also known as hydric acid. People just don't talk enough about how corrosive it is. Plus, it gets in the air and gets in your lungs!

[–] valkyre09@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There was an incident involving it on April 14th 1912 that took over 1500 lives.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I heard that anyone who's ever come into contact with it has later died

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

Its a common component of all cancer cells, and trace amounts have been found in the blood of dead lab rats.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

terrorists will drink vast amounts of it every day before an attack

[–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

It’s 10 million times more acidic than drain cleaner!!! And the government is trying to force you to drink it by forcing it to be used in municipal drinking fountains

[–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

It’s so pervasive that they have found it in the bodies of every single child worldwide.

[–] Hamartia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Any chemical that can exist as a solid, a liquid and a gas at the same time isn't safe to put into our bodies!

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Fun fact. Literally everyone who has died, ever, has had DHMO in some form. You're even exposed in the womb!