Waspada, Teh Botol Sosro Racunnya Teh

Marini tidak mengerti kenapa anaknya bertingkah aneh malam itu, terus-terusan rewel. "Rasanya dia tidak sakit apa-apa." Sudah tiga dokter yang dia temui, semuanya menunjukkan gejala kecanduan yang akut. Tapi kecanduan apa, anaknya belum bisa bicara, bagaimana dia bisa cari tahu?

Sampai akhirnya dia menemukan berita mengenai kandungan berlebihan hidroxylic acid (atau nama resminya dalam format IUPAC adalah dihidrogen monoksida) di dalam Teh Botol Sosro dari internet. Ia langsung ingat, anaknya tadi siang baru saja menghabiskan tiga botol teh yang dibungkus dalam berbagai kemasan dan merk ini. Celaka!

Ya, selama ini orang menganggap Teh Botol Sosro dibuat dari daun teh alami seperti yang diiklankan. Nyatanya itu semua bohong, daun teh hanyalah sebagian kecil dari bahan utama. Hidroxylic acid lah yang bertahun-tahun telah dipakai sebagai bahan utama teh botol sosro, sehingga menyebabkan teh ini terasa lebih enak daripada merk-merk lain..

Scientist dari seluruh Universitas terkenal di Amerika sepakat, tanpa kita sadari hydroxylic acid sudah menguasai industri makanan. Dengan adanya hydroxylic acid, rasa pahit yang sering muncul bila kita memakai pemanis buatan bisa hilang tidak bersisa. Nyaris tidak ada makanan dan minuman olahan yang tidak disentuh bahan ini. Dalam batasan wajar memang bisa berguna bagi tubuh kita, dan tubuh kita punya mekanisme untuk menetralisir kelebihan zat ini. Namun begitu melebihi ambang batas, tidak ada satupun manusia yang bisa selamat.

Gejala kelebihan hydroxylic acid meliputi pusing, diare, pecahnya sel-sel tubuh (plasmolisis) , bahkan jika konsentrasinya di dalam tubuh naik signifikan, bisa menyebabkan rusaknya sel batang otak (neurolisis) dan kematian mendadak. Hal ini telah memusingkan banyak petugas medis di dunia. "Sedetik saja gejala kelebihan ini terlambat ditangani, nyawa pasien melayang," jawab Dr. Priyadi Handoko, ahli kesehatan dari IKDN. Kalau sudah begini, pengobatannya bisa sampai jutaan rupiah. Lalu mampukah orang-orang seperti Marini menyembuhkan anaknya?

Yang membuat masalah ini jadi runyam adalah tidak adanya regulasi pemerintah tentang penggunaan hydroxylic acid dalam industri. Pemakaiannya tercampur baur. Data menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar industri berbahaya memakai Hydroxylic acid. Reaktor nuklir, pabrik pupuk, pewarna tekstil, semua memakai bahan yang termasuk kategori senyawa kuat ini dalam konsentrasi tinggi.

Bahkan beberapa tahun belakangan hydroxylic acid juga dipakai sebagai agen reaktif dalam pengangkatan minyak bumi. Dengan bantuan hydroxylic acid, sumur-sumur tua bisa kembali berproduksi.

Saat dihubungi, Humas PT Sosro tidak berkomentar banyak. "Kami sudah menggunakannya secara bertanggung jawab. Seluruh lini produk Teh Botol Sosro sudah lewat pengawasan badan POM". Masalahnya, berapa kadar hydroxylic acid dalam makanan yang bisa dianggap bertanggung jawab? Kenapa selama ini terkesan ditutup-tutupi dari sorotan publik? Saat pertanyaan itu diajukan, "Brak!", telepon dibanting.

Hydroxylic acid adalah simbol keangkuhan industri besar makanan. Penggunaannya tidak melalui transparansi yang jelas. Bahkan bahayanya tidak pernah diumumkan ke masyarakat.. Tutup matanya pemerintah terhadap isu ini wajar jika menimbulkan kecurigaan, berapa besar dana gelap yang sudah mengalir untuk menyembunyikan bau busuk isu hydroxylic acid? Merk apa saja yang sudah nekat memakai hydroxylic acid demi mendapatkan keuntungan besar?

Kini anak Marini masih tergolek di tempat tidur dengan menangis. Marini bingung, apa yang harus dilakukan sekarang. Untuk mengobati kecanduan anaknya, dia tidak punya biaya..

Please spread the words. Sebarkan berita ini kepada orang-orang yang kamu sayangi, sebelum semuanya terlambat! Perangi hydroxylic acid!

Perangi Teh Botol Sosro!

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Hoax=an act intended to trick people into believing something is real when it is not.

Dihydrogen monoxide hoax !

Dihydrogen monoxide" redirects here. For the H2O molecule, see Water (molecule).

H2O = Air

Water consists of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.

The dihydrogen monoxide hoax involves listing negative effects of water under an unfamiliar name, then asking individuals to help control the seemingly dangerous substance. The hoax is designed to illustrate how the lack of scientific knowledge and an exaggerated analysis can lead to misplaced fears.

Dihydrogen monoxide, shortened to DHMO, is a name for water that is consistent with chemical nomenclature, but that is almost never used.

A popular version of the hoax was created by Eric Lechner, Lars Norpchen and Matthew Kaufman, housemates while attending UC Santa Cruz in 1990, revised by Craig Jackson in 1994,and brought to widespread public attention in 1997 when Nathan Zohner, a 14-year-old student, gathered petitions to ban "DHMO" as the basis of his science project, titled "How Gullible Are We?"

Terminology

"Dihydrogen monoxide" may sound dangerous to those with a limited knowledge of chemistry or who hold to an ideal of a "chemical-free" life (chemophobia) .

The only familiar common usage of the term "monoxide" is in the highly poisonous gas "carbon monoxide", and the simplified term "monoxide poisoning" is commonly used to refer to poisoning by this colorless and odorless substance.

Health officials frequently advise the purchase of carbon monoxide detectorsto protect against this poison, which is sometimes referred to simply as "monoxide".

The water moleculehas the chemical formulaH2O, meaning each moleculeof water is composed of two hydrogenatomsand one oxygenatom. Literally, the term "dihydrogen monoxide" means "two hydrogen, one oxygen", consistent with its molecular formula: the prefix di- in dihydrogen means "two", the prefix mono- in monoxide means "one", and an oxideis a compound that contains one or more oxygen atoms.

The use of numerical prefixes is typical nomenclature for compounds formed by covalent bonds, which are present in water. The prefix for the first named element is often dropped if the elements involved commonly form only one compound, or even if the number of atoms of the first-named element is the same in all the compounds of the two (or more) elements. Thus H2S is often simply called hydrogen sulfide, and lithium oxideis a common name for Li2O. However, the names dihydrogen sulfide,[9] dilithium oxide,[10] and dilithium monoxide are also commonly used both in industry and in universities.

The mono- prefix is often dropped for the second-named element if it is the only common compound the elements form. Thus for instance the IUPACname of H2S is hydrogen sulfide rather than hydrogen monosulfide. However, since carbon and oxygen can form several compounds (carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, tricarbon dioxide, and dicarbon monoxide), the mono- prefix is kept, as it is with silicon monoxide and silicon dioxide. Indeed, hydrogen and oxygen do form another common compound, H2O2. (Using prefix nomenclature, H2O2 would be called dihydrogen dioxide-also known as hydrogen peroxide.) Thus, keeping the mono- in dihydrogen monoxide does serve to distinguish it from another compound.

Various names for water are commonly used within the scientific community. Some such names include hydrogen oxide, as well as an alkaliname of hydrogen hydroxide, and several acid names such as hydroxic acid, hydroxylic acid, and hydroxilic acid. Incidentally, the term "hydroxyl acid" used in the original hoax is slightly incorrect, as it does not follow convention. Additional names of μ-oxido dihydrogen and oxidane have been developed for this compound.

Under the 2005 revisions of IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry, there is no single correct name for every compound. The primary function of chemical nomenclature is to ensure that the person who hears or reads a chemical name is under no ambiguity as to which chemical compound it refers: each name should refer to a single substance. It is considered less important to ensure that each substance should have a single name, although the number of acceptable names is limited. Water is one acceptable name for this compound, even though it is neither a systematic nor international name, and is specific to one phase of the compound. The other IUPAC recommendation is oxidane.

Original web appearance

The first appearance on the web was attributed by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to the so-called Coalition to Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide,[16] [3] a hoax organization started by Craig Jackson following the initial newsgroup discussions. The site included the following warning :

Dihydrogen monoxide:

* is called "hydroxylacid" , the substance is the major component of acid rain.

* contributes to the "greenhouse effect".

* may cause severe burns.

* contributes to the erosionof our natural landscape.

* accelerates corrosionand rusting of many metals.

* may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes.

* has been found in excised tumorsof terminal cancerpatients. Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:

* as an industrial solvent and coolant.

* in nuclear power plants.

* in the production of styrofoam.

* as a fire retardant.

* in many forms of cruel animal research.

* in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical.

* as an additive in certain "junk-foods" and other food products.

The original webpage is no longer accessible, but an October 31, 1996, version has been mirrored by The Internet Archive. Public efforts involving DHMO

* In 1989, Eric Lechner, Lars Norpchen and Matthew Kaufman circulated a Dihydrogen Monoxide contamination warning on the UC Santa CruzCampus via photocopied fliers. The concept originated one afternoon when Kaufman recalled a similar warning about "Hydrogen Hydroxide" that had been published in his mother's hometown paper, the Durand ( Michigan ) Express, and the three then worked to coin a term that "sounded more dangerous". Lechner typed up the original warning flier on Kaufman'scomputer, and a trip to the local photocopying center followed that night.

* In 1994, Craig Jackson created a web page for the Coalition to Ban DHMO.[17] The page spread widely on the net and off, including publication as an ad in a 1995 issue of Analog Magazine.

* The Friends of Hydrogen Hydroxide was created by Dan Curtis Johnsonpartly as a foil on the Coalition page, to provide evidence of 'misguided' supporters of dihydrogen monoxide. This form of collaborative connivance is a classic tool of internet spoofers.

* In 1997, Nathan Zohner, a 14-year-old junior high student at Eagle Rock Junior High School in Idaho Falls , Idaho , gathered 43 votes to ban the chemical, out of 50 people surveyed among his classmates. Zohner received the first prize at Greater Idaho Falls Science Fairfor analysis of the results of his survey. In recognition of his experiment, journalist James K. Glassmancoined the term "Zohnerism" to refer to "the use of a true fact to lead a scientifically and mathematically ignorant public to a false conclusion."

* In 1998, drawing inspiration from Jackon's web page and Zohner's research, Tom Way created the website DHMO.org, including links to some legitimate sites such as the Environmental Protection Agencyand National Institutes of Health. Evaluating such sites can be instructive in developing critical thinkingand information literacyskills.

* On April 1, 1998 (April Fools' Day), a member of the Australian Parliamentannounced a campaign to ban dihydrogen monoxide internationally.

* The idea was used for a segment of an episode of the Penn & Tellershow Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, in which an actor and a camera crew gathered signatures from concerned environmentalists who wanted to ban DHMO.[23]

* In March 2004, Aliso Viejo, Californiaalmost considered banning the use of foam containers at city-sponsored events because dihydrogen monoxide is part of their production. A paralegal had asked the city councilto put it on the agenda; he later attributed it to poor research.[24] The law was pulled from the agenda before it could come to a vote, but not before the city received a raft of bad publicity.

* In 2006, in Louisville , Kentucky , David Karem, executive director of the Waterfront Development Corporation, a public body that operates Waterfront Park , which features a large, accessible public fountain, wished to deter bathers from using the fountain. "Counting on a lack of understanding about water's chemical makeup," he arranged for signs reading: "DANGER WATER - CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS OF HYDROGEN - KEEP OUT" to be posted on the fountain at public expense.

* Several online petitions to the British prime minister on this subject have been correctly identified by the prime minister's officeas hoaxes, and rejected.

* In one episode of the children's science show How 2, Fred Dinenage used a glass of water in a perspex box to carry out the hoax, before drinking the water then explaining the truth.

* In 2007 Jacqui Dean, New Zealand National Party MP, fell for the hoax, writing a letter to Associate Minister of Health Jim Andertonasking "Does the Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs have a view on the banning of this drug?”.