Discuss the following post and attempt to determine the danger that this chemical poses to you and what precautions you can take to avoid it. Also make a hypothesis as to what this chemical is.
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Requirements - post your thoughts on the dangers/precautions etc and your general thoughts on this chemical. Tell (do not post) Mr. Moseley your hypothesis.
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This seems like something that would be really dangerous to everything. I can't believe that i don't know what it is. If this is really such a big problem it should be dealt with.IF this is really beind dumped into our oceans we should do something to stop it. I can't believe we eat it! This has to be something pretty horrible.
ReplyDeleteThis chemical is shown to be highly dangerous and should be put to rest. To my surprise I have never heard of this chemical, but knowing that this chemical is in our rivers, oceans and lakes is disgusting. I feel that this chemical should be banned because of it's effect on the enviroment and how many people it has killed. This chemical doesn't have a high importance level so why keep it if it's only causing problems. I believe that this chemical needs to go, I don't want to be swimming in it or eating it.
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This chemical poses absolutely no threat to anyone as long as they handle it properly. Without it everyone would die. You will die if you inhale just two tablespoons of this chemical. All in all common sense will keep you alive.
ReplyDeleteSince the chemical DHMO is found in junk food and the production of Styrofoam, it is a threat to many people because everybody has access and exposure to it. To stop exposure to the chemical companies might need to redesign their products or change how they produce them. Whatever they do people need to stop dumping this into our rivers and oceans; it seems like an oil spill and must be killing animals.
ReplyDeleteThe chemical dihydrogen monoxide may be dangerous but it seems that if you don't go near it or expirament with it you'll be safe. This could be the type of chemical that only harms you when not dealt with the right way. That would be hard though becuase if it is in junk food, forms of water, and basically everywhere else who CAN"T stay away from it?
ReplyDeleteThis article makes dihydrogen monoxide sound like an extremely dangerous chemical. To be honest, I have no clue what it is. For some reason, I think it's an everyday household chemical that we all use occasionally because of the uses listed for it. The dangers of it make it seem horrific though. The worst part is that it's epidemically contaminated almost every lake, stream, and water reservoir in America today. That is something that should be put to a stop.
ReplyDeleteDihydrogen monoxide is highly dangerous, according to this article, but for some reason, we still keep it around. There has to be a good reason for this action because they are risking thousands of lifes and the well-being of our ecosystem just for this one chemical. Also, the uses for this chemical are not even that important, but harmful actually. The public should all be aware of this chemical and be educated on the precautions we can take to avoid damage or just don't use it at all.
ReplyDeleteThis all sounds a little strange to me. If the chemical has killed so many people, why has no one ever heard about it? The article makes it sound like a terrible, disastrous chemical and for that reason I believe that no matter what this chemical really is, it shouldn't be getting dumped into the water! However, I do not see the need to avoid it entirely. If it can be used safely and to our benefit, it should definately be utilized and everyone should be aware of what to do to not come in contact with it in a harmful way. If it is proven completely useless and just another safety hazard, it will need to be disposed of, of course. The solution seems simple to me: use it in a protected environment by scientists and specialists, and don't dump it all out into the water!
ReplyDeleteDihydrogen monoxide sounds as it is an industrial solvent. The truth is that there are many more prevalent and more dangerous chemicals in the world than dihydrogen monoxide. This is proved by the fact that no one has heard of dihydrogen monoxide. If hydrogen hydroxide is water, than these elements are similar. I feel as if something is missing from this article. If this chemical was truly as dangerous as the article says, it must be stored securely or there would have been legislation years ago. Mr. Moseley, if you are reading this, check your e-mail. There are some important information in that e-mail.
ReplyDeleteThis chemical poses a huge threat to humans future lives. This chemical is found in food products and it isn't illegal which means it can alter any part of our lives at any moment while already being found in water supplies in Antarctic ice! There must be something else that is going on if something so severely threatening isn't illegal yet. It also sounds like something that would be in car and boat exhaust. We could all get involved to try to learn more so we can get this into other people's minds that this is serious and shouldn't be taken so lightly. It does seem a little sketchy to me since I have not heard of this before while there is so many risks in this chemical being around.
ReplyDeleteThis product should 100% be illegal to dump into water bodies and be put in people's food and household items. The consequences heavily outweigh the good DHMO has done. (From the reading it sounds like it hasn't done any good though.) It is very surprising that because of all the horrible outcomes from the use of DHMO that no one has heard of this before. The article says it kills thousands of people every year!! DHMO sounds like it could be a drug of some sort. It also sounds like it could be related to Carbon Monoxide because of the way people are killed by it. We need to keep DHMO out of our environment and figure out how to alert more people of the risks of Dihydrogen Monoxide.
ReplyDeleteIt should be illegal to put the chemical DHMO in rivers, lakes, and oceans and our food. This chemical in bodies of water harms wildlife. If we are trying to save animals from extinction, we should probably start here. Putting DHMO in our food causes people to get unnecessary diseases and possibly die. DHMO also contributes to the Greenhouse Effect and puts pollution into the air. We are trying to save the earth from Global Warming and Dihydrogen Monoxide is only hurting. Kind of like Carbon Monoxide, DHMO is colorless, odorless, and tasteless which means that no one knows when they are eating it or breathing it in, causing thousands of people to die each year. Dihydrogen Monoxide is a huge problem and needs to be stopped.
ReplyDeleteThe chemical DHMO is a danger to people, wildlife, and our environment in general. It should not be okay to dump something so harmful in rivers, or to put DHMO in junk foods and styrofoam that anyone can get a hold of. Something that can be prevented should not be killing thousands of people a year. The American government should take responsibility and search for an alternative chemical that can be used for similar purposes as DHMO, but causes less harm. It's ridiculous that the problem is being overlooked.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this chemical should necessarily be removed but should be dealt with in the right way. It seems like if you know what the dangers of DHMO could be, you would know how to properly use it. Since it seems like a everyday chemical we use, most people have probably learned some of the horribe things it can do to our health. If it is found in almost every lake and stream in America, and can cause severe burns and contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape then it should not be dumped into our rivers and ocean that we swim in.
ReplyDeleteI actually have never heard of dihydrogen monoxide before but it seems to me that this chemical is extremely hazardous and the fact that is being used in everyday products seems outrageous. Even the fact that it’s legal to dump this chemical into the water is hard to believe. Its danger also increases when it’s colorless, odorless, and tasteless, because it makes it impossible for you to tell if it’s near. Dihydrogen monoxide seems to be an invisible killer, and I personally think we need to take action and prevent it from becoming an actual epidemic.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of DHMO before, and honestly if it was that extremely dangerous, then why haven't I heard of it before? I'm not saying that it isn't dangerous, but simply what if these recordings and observations are just misconceptions, or maybe they are misunderstood by the reader. The article states that DHMO is deadly if inhaled, but it doesn't say people have died from ingesting it. So is it really that dangerous?
ReplyDeleteDispite what I think, the percautions I would take would be to steer clear of the chemical until I figure out more about it. Then do as much as I can to prevent it fron harming the environment and killing people.
I feel like this chemical is a big threat to people, animals, and the envoirment. I have never heard of it before but you would think that it would be more talked about if it was as big as a problem as this document claims it is. Even though i have never been told of this harming chemical im going to try to avoid it. DHMO is a danger to everyone and something needs to be done about it.
ReplyDeleteTo put it simply, DHMO is a very dangerous chemical. It can be useful if used carefully, but until we find a way to get rid of DHMO waste that isn't harmful to us or the environment, it should be made illegal. The fact that our military is considering using this against other people disgusts me, it's almost as bad as mustard gas (the extremly deadly chemical warfare gas that was used in WW1, and then outlawed by inter-national consent). This chemical should be made illegal, except for cases where it is very well controlled and isn't dumped out into the environment; it is very dangerous, and great precations should be made whenever it is used, although it really shouldn't be used at all.
ReplyDeleteConsidering how easy it would be to come in contact with, DHMO should be used more carefully. If it was disposed of properly and not in water bodies all over the country then it probably wouldn't be such a problem. I don't think it's the actual chemical causing the majority of the problem, it's the disposal and use of it. Take it out of the process of making styrafoam, food, and other items and the risk of health and environmental effects would probably decrease by a lot.
ReplyDeleteI really think they should ban what ever it is that is causing all these problems. Even if it would make people mad they would need to understand that doing it would make the enviroment better. If it is such a big deal to get rid of it than i think that people should find a way to use it wisely or dispose of it wisely. If it is going to kill things that are in the ocean than it should be put to a stop!!!
ReplyDeleteThis chemical is for sure not something that I would want in my food or floating around in bodies of water. I've never heard of it, but I think something should be done about it because it obviously poses a threat to everyone and everything on Earth. It being colorless, odorless, and tasteless is a really dangerous thing. It shouldn't be put into anything that we use in our daily lives or at all, something needs to be done so that nobody can be harmed by it.
ReplyDeleteThis artical clearly states that this chemical is seriously dangerous to us as human beings. The dangers stated are a huge problem and all could lead to death. There are only some few ways we could defend against this chemical with it being oderless and colorless. We would need many machines just to get rid of it! I don't know what could be done to stop this chemical but something has to be.
ReplyDeleteThe chemicle DHMO seems really dangerous and life threatening. If this is so why isn't it illegal.There has to be more to this article.There must be a really important use or reason to keep DHMO around, that puts the lives of mankind and animals in danger.I would try to take precautions and stay away from this chemical but to understand how I can do this better, I need to do more research.
ReplyDeleteIt seams very very dangerous and also highly deadly, but as in all things i believe that it should still be allowed if used appropriately and disposed of in the highest means of safety. If for example a company relies upon it for its well being. then it should be allowed. However if we do allow people the use of this a license must be needed to use said chemical. along with some form of documentation should be made to know everyone who has use of it in what area. Well i guess that's my thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThis article states clearly that this chemical is a danger to all human beings. Yet, using it in only small quantities, we allow it into our everyday life and economic system. DHMO is harmful to us but if we use it properly and take pains not to involve ourselves with the lethality of it, I believe it is alright to use. Obviously there is much more to this chemical than this one article if it is not yet banned from our lives. In order to take precautions I believe we would have to know more of what we are up against. I do not think this chemical poses a threat to us at the current time.
ReplyDeleteThis chemical is something that is usually only harmful if you put yourself in a dangerous situation involving it. Overall if you use common sense and take neccessary precautions DHMO is not harmful and is important to not only our lives but the planet's.
ReplyDelete-Courtney Dirks
After reading this article I think that Dihydrogen Monoxide(DHMO), is not harmful to us if it is used appropriately. I say this because if it is everywhere and if we withdraw from it, we will face certain death, then certainly it is an important part of our enviroment and that we need it to survive. One of the ways it can kill you is by accidently inhaling it which means we should be more careful. My thoughts on DHMO is that we cannot remove something from our lives that we need to survive and that we should use our common sense, to correctly handle DHMO and not put ourselves in these certain life-threatening situations, to keep more of us alive.
ReplyDelete-April L.
DHMO is water, so the dangers can be very high. As you can die from inhaling it. You can also die from having too much. By inhailing it you drown, and having to much of it can also make you internally drown. There was a woman who decided to do a radio contest, which was whoever could drink the most water gets a prize. She drank enough to win, but was it enough to die? She drank so much, she had to go to the bathroom, but she didnt let herself and eventually her apendix broke, and her internal organs shut down because she was drowning on the inside. It is know to be one of the most pain full deaths.
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ReplyDeleteThe chemical Dihydrogen Monoxide is not as big of a threat as this artical makes it out to be. There are plenty of chemicals that are benificial to human survival that, if used improperly, could lead to some terrible consiquences. Air for example. We as a species depend on air to survive, and when over inhaled, one is liable to pass out. However, air has many more benifits to us than it does dangers. Air, as well as Dihydrogen Monoxide contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape, and contributes to the "greenhouse effect." Same as Dihydrogen Monoxide, lack of air after become dependent on it causes definite death. So, should we ban air as well?
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