对于化妆品成分分析有兴趣的人，有一个重要的成分需要立刻知道，那就是Dihydrogen Monoxide（DHMO），目前有一批科学界人士成立了一个名为www.dhmo.org的网站，旨在推动政府立法禁止Dihydrogen Monoxide在包括护肤品等众多领域的使用。
那么Dihydrogen Monoxide究竟是什么呢？且让我们先来看看那个网站给我们提供的资料。
与Dihydrogen Monoxide有关的潜在危害包括一些这些：
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.
是不是发现Dihydrogen Monoxide的确够可怕的？还有更可怕的呢，让我们看看这个成分经常使用的场合吧：
in nuclear power plants,
by the U.S. Navy in the propulsion systems of some older vessels,
by elite athletes to improve performance,
in the production of Styrofoam,
in biological and chemical weapons manufacture,
as a spray-on fire suppressant and retardant,
in abortion clinics,
as a major ingredient in many home-brewed bombs,
as a byproduct of hydrocarbon combustion in furnaces and air conditioning compressor operation,
in cult rituals,
by the Church of Scientology on their members and their members' families (although surprisingly, many members recently have contacted DHMO.org to vehemently deny such use),
by both the KKK and the NAACP during rallies and marches,
by pedophiles and pornographers (for uses we'd rather not say here),
by the clientele at a number of homosexual bath houses in New York City and San Francisco,
historically, in Hitler's death camps in Nazi Germany, and in prisons in Turkey, Serbia, Croatia, Libya, Iraq and Iran,
in World War II prison camps in Japan, and in prisons in China, for various forms of torture,
by the Serbian military as authorized by Slobodan Milosevic in their ethnic cleansing campaign,
by many terrorist organizations,
in animal research laboratories, and
in pesticide production and distribution.
想想看，这样一个成分竟然被用作大量护肤品和食品的制造生产，这实在是一件可怕的事情啊。事实上，今年美国加州阿利索维久市已经有市议员提出了对于Dihydrogen Monoxide成分的禁用提案。
看到这里，作为西方护肤品和食品的重要消费者，我们可以做些什么呢？你是不是已经准备将上述的内容转发给自己的好友，提醒他们对于Dihydrogen Monoxide的警惕了呢？如果是这样的话，还请暂缓一下——不好意思的是，你上当了。
说你上当了，不是说并没有一个叫www.dhmo.org的网站，也不是说上述引用得那么多资料都是捏造的，事实上，他们都存在。只不过www.dhmo.org和我们开了一个反讽性质的玩笑，所谓的Dihydrogen Monoxide其实就是我们熟知的H2O，也就是水。但是当我们把它换了一个名字，然后用了另外一种描述方法，竟然会导致大量公众对于这种物质的恐慌——在一次调查中，86%的受访者在看到上述材料之后支持禁用Dihydrogen Monoxide。
笔者之所以要引用这些资料，再一次蓄意的误导大家，目的不是别的，其实只是给大家一个善意的警惕——在对于护肤品成分分析的研究上，我们必须有一个严谨的态度，阅读足够充分的材料，才能够对于一个成分的好坏下一个全面的判断——仅仅因为某些听说或者因为一个成分的某些特性，就棒杀或者捧杀之，那么和Dihydrogen Monoxide地笑话，实在没有什么太大的区别。[biggrin]
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