Can anybody tell me the dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide?

Question

The government has vast reserves of this stuff and I've been told it can kill people if its used right. Anybody know?

Answer 1

What are some of the dangers associated with DHMO?
Each year, Dihydrogen Monoxide is a known causative component in many thousands of deaths and is a major contributor to millions upon millions of dollars in damage to property and the environment. Some of the known perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide are: Death due to accidental inhalation of DHMO, even in small quantities.
Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO causes severe tissue damage.
Excessive ingestion produces a number of unpleasant though not typically life-threatening side-effects.
DHMO is a major component of acid rain.
Gaseous DHMO can cause severe burns.
Contributes to soil erosion.
Leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals.
Contamination of electrical systems often causes short-circuits.
Exposure decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes.
Found in biopsies of pre-cancerous tumors and lesions.
Often associated with killer cyclones in the U.S. Midwest and elsewhere.
Thermal variations in DHMO are a suspected contributor to the El Nino weather effect.

Answer 2

You could drown in as little as two inches of it. It's water! Dihydrogen (H2) Monoxide (O) (H2O)! You are so silly!

Answer 3

stay away from that stuff. if you could get it all out of your system at once you'd loose a ton of weight. heard they keep a lot of it in the mid-northern part of the country. canada has been trying to get their dirty hands on it for years.

Answer 4

Um, drowning is the only one I know of...