On 18/04/11 15:55, Chris Albertson wrote:
Or he could have been ignorant and had a fear
of "chemicals" not knowing what scary sounding things like "sodium
chloride" is.
Or dihydrogen monoxide?
A high-school student won first prize in his science fair by circulating
a report on the dangers of DHMO, then asking his peers what action (if
any) should be taken (i.e. should it be banned?).
46 students called for a ban.
Six were undecided
Only one correctly realised that DHMO was just another name for good ol'
H2O... water.
So that's one in a class of 53. 1.9%.
http://www.snopes.com/science/dhmo.asp
Personally, I'd love to see the results if the experiment were repeated
on the general public... :)
--
Phil.
li...@philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/
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