Blog 5--DHMO
1. Explore the DHMO website.
--Who wrote or produced the information?
The information and website was copyrighted by Tom Way and was sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Assessment Center.
--What authority or special knowledge does the author have? If the site is credited to an organization, what do you know about that organization?
The author has information from the U.S. Environmental Assessment Center and also from other organizations such as cancer research websites and also industries such as dairy and other environmental organizations. I did learn that this organization is trying to stop the use of scare tactics while accurately informing others about the dangers of DHMO.
--What bias or slant do you detect in the source? What does it say that indicates a bias?
They try to inform people of the true dangers of DHMO without using scare tactics. The bias that is indicated is the fact that they call out all of these companies that dump the substance in the oceans and rivers nearby as being harmful, however, it did also say that this is not illegal.
--Should DHMO be banned? Why or why not?
Not neccesarily. I think that there are a lot of chemicals that we come in contact with everyday in our foods, medicines, and our cleaning products that won't be banned any time soon such as Hydrogenated Oil in foods, Aluminum Nitrate in preservatives, Fructose Corn Syrup in juices, harmful cleaning agents, and others. All of these can be very harmful to us if we are unaware of what they do to us. If we spend the time educating people on the dangers and alternatives to these products, we won't need to try to ban all of them. Also, in the time it takes the government to actually follow through in banning all the harmful products from our lives and environment, we could be educating society on how to use products and eat foods that won't be so harmful and helping more people in the mean time.
2. Listen to a News Report on DHMO: Dihydrogen Monoxide Sparks Global Concern (in WebCT).
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Just so you know, DHMO is another name for Water. The website is a joke.
I didn't know it was water either....don't feel bad!!
I had to listen to the NPR thing twice before I figured it out.
You are right about being educated about the dangers in what we eat and drink! I am on a mission to get high fructose corn syrup banned right off the planet. DHMO good--HFCS bad.
It is so very important that we are educated and knowledgeable about the dangers of what we consume into our bodies. Excellent post.
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