roundar
Aquarium Advice Freak
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DHMO in Aquaria and the Facts
I wanted to take a minute to present everyone with a bit of information they may not have heard elsewhere. Dangerous pollutants are simply a part of the 21st century, but there is one particularly dangerous chemical I wanted to direct your attention to: Dihydrogen Monoxide(DHMO), or Hydric Acid.
Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. According to dhmo.org, "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 DHMO are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol. 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."
Despite the efforts to educate the public on the dangers, many companies are still dumping DHMO into our local streams and rivers where some of our favorite fish species live because the government refuses to intervene. The fact that it's incredibly rare to find an aquarium that doesn't contain at least trace levels of DHMO is incredibly alarming, and as fish keepers we are all conservationists on some level, we all want to preserve our environment. We need to be on the forefront of the battle against hydric acid pollution.
I wanted to take a minute to present everyone with a bit of information they may not have heard elsewhere. Dangerous pollutants are simply a part of the 21st century, but there is one particularly dangerous chemical I wanted to direct your attention to: Dihydrogen Monoxide(DHMO), or Hydric Acid.
Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. According to dhmo.org, "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 DHMO are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol. 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."
Despite the efforts to educate the public on the dangers, many companies are still dumping DHMO into our local streams and rivers where some of our favorite fish species live because the government refuses to intervene. The fact that it's incredibly rare to find an aquarium that doesn't contain at least trace levels of DHMO is incredibly alarming, and as fish keepers we are all conservationists on some level, we all want to preserve our environment. We need to be on the forefront of the battle against hydric acid pollution.