Pontificating here . . . .

Mortal sin . . . . adulterating good Scotch with such hazardous waste . . .. .

Very 73 to all, Jim [email protected]

Stan Wood wrote:

Tom,

Frozen it's great with Scotch.

73 Stan

----- Original Message -----
*From:* Tom Clark, K3IO <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* AMSAT BB <mailto:[email protected]>
*Cc:* AMSAT BoD <mailto:[email protected]> ; AMSAT Eagle
<mailto:[email protected]> ; senior-officers
<mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 01, 2008 2:17 PM
*Subject:* [eagle] WARNING!!! DMHO -- A threat to you and the
environment

This is an alert to warn all AMSAT members about the threat to
your lives; I refer about exposure to DHMO (Dihydrogen Monoxide).

Due in part to its widespread use in industry, Dihydrogen Monoxide
(DHMO) is involved in many environmental incidents each year.
While most are unavoidable given current technology, there can be
little doubt that the presence of DHMO in each significantly
increases the negative impact to the environment.

Among the many commonly-sited DHMO-related environmental impacts are:

    * DHMO contributes to global warming and the "Greenhouse
Effect", and is one of the so-called "greenhouse gases."

    * DHMO is an "enabling component" of acid rain -- in the
absence of sufficient quantities of DHMO, acid rain is not a problem.

    * DHMO is a causative agent in most instances of soil erosion
-- sufficiently high levels of DHMO exacerbate the negative
effects of soil erosion.

    * DHMO is present in high levels nearly every creek, stream,
pond, river, lake and reservoir in the U.S. and around the world.

    * Measurable levels of DHMO have been verified in ice samples
taken from both the Arctic and Antarctic ice caps.

    * Recent massive DHMO exposures have lead to the loss of life
and destruction of property in California, the Mid-West, the
Philippines, and a number of islands in the Caribbean, to name
just a few.

    * Research has shown that significant levels of DHMO were
found in the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 which killed
230,000 in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and elsewhere, making it
the deadliest tsunami in recorded history.

    * It is widely believed that the levee failures, flooding and
the widespread destruction resulting from Hurricane Katrina along
the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005 were caused or exacerbated by
excessive DHMO levels found in the Gulf of Mexico, along with
other contributing factors.

In spite of the recent movement to ban unlawful dumping of
hazardous chemicals into waterways in the U.S. and abroad, release
of massive quantities of DHMO continues. Industry cannot be held
accountable entirely because lawmakers are reluctant to pass
legislation to make most forms of dumping of DHMO illegal. Reasons
for this could include pressures from corporate leaders, industry
lobbyists, and even vested foreign governments. This governmental
inaction leading to nearly unregulated dumping may be one of the
most overlooked environmental impacts of DHMO.

The U.S. government refuses to ban the production, distribution,
and use of DHMO. This inaction may be due to pressures from
private interests and corporate-sponsored economists, among many,
who predict a DHMO ban could produce disastrous results. Claims
include damage to public health and the well-being of the U.S. and
world economies.

To inform you of some of the dangers of DHMO You should review the
material available on the DHMO FAQ <http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html>.

73 de K3IO

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