FDA Strikes Again! (Or does it?!)

**Proverb** · 09-15-2009, 07:16 AM

Listed below is a farce concocted in response to this post. Hope you enjoy!

Thank you for making your opinions and concerns known to the Agency. We appreciate your thoughts and experiences regarding dihydrogen monoxide.

At this time, we are not aware of any data establishing dihydrogen monoxide as safe and effective for their intended uses. Furthermore, there appears to be no specific intended use stated for this product. Based upon our review of this product in a number of forms, including liquid, gaseous, and solid state, their presence in a number of drug/device combinations require approval by FDA before they may be legally marketed in the United States .

None of these forms of dihydrogen monoxide or its components has been approved by FDA. Therefore, the marketing of them in the United States is subject to enforcement action. As a matter of policy, however, we limit communications about the regulatory status of specific marketed products to those responsible for them, and we do not discuss our enforcement actions except with the targets of those actions.

There may be a perception among some users that dihydrogen monoxide is a safer alternative to conventional dihydrogen dioxide (Hydrogen Peroxide). However, FDA is not aware of any scientific data to support those perceptions. Since these products have not been submitted to the FDA for evaluation or approval, the agency has no way of knowing, except for the limited testing it has performed, the levels of fluorides or the kinds and amounts of other chemicals that the various brands of these products deliver to the user. The FDA’s Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis analyzed the ingredients in a small sample of bottles from two leading brands of dihydrogen monoxide. In one sample, the FDA’s analyses detected trace amounts of fecal coliform, which are known indicators of there being a higher risk of pathogens present, and in several other samples, the FDA analyses detected hydroxyl acid, a major component of acid rain. FDA also found varying levels of minerals in the bottles labeled as “mineral,” containing the same level of minerals as well as the presence of hydroxyl acid in bottles labeled as containing “natural spring.” These test results indicate that these products are manufactured under inadequate or non-existent controls.

FDA is concerned that dihydrogen monoxide, which is clearly marketed to children with its wide variety of flavors, introduces young people to hydration which may lead to an increase in the use of conventional dihydrogen monoxide products with well-known, adverse, health consequences. Additionally, it is unclear what health effects these products could have on users or if misuse or product failure could lead to hyper hydration or other serious adverse health consequences.

There are a number of proven safe and effective cessation aids that hydraters can use to quit drink. The U.S. Public Health Service’s, Treating H20 Use and Dependence: 2008 Update recommends using a combination of proven cessation interventions including FDA-approved soda replacement therapy and/or non-hydration medications and counseling to more than double a hydrater’s chances of quitting successfully. Free help is available to smokers in all states by calling 1-800-NOTO-H20 or by visiting www.h20free.gov.

Again, we appreciate the time that you have taken to contact us.

Best regards,

Division of Drug Information
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Food and Drug Administration

**MissMawee** · 09-16-2009, 05:39 AM

That dihydrogen monoxide sounds like some scary stuff.

It really needs to be banned!

**dragonpuff** · 09-16-2009, 07:00 AM

Lol!

Clever, very clever proverb!

Drug Watch: dihydrogen monoxide, in its most pure form, makes the perfect solvent for numerous chemicals, many of which are dangerous to humans in high doses when ingested. This compound has strong psychoactive properties, leading one to experience an immediate sense of "relief" when consumed in large quantities.

Word has it that dihydrogen monoxide is widely available and is being used as a solvent for other hazardous chemicals in many parts of the world. This terror has reached our backyard; there have been reports of children using this dangerous liquid in a chilled form to "feel good," as they say, claiming it makes them "cool" on sunny days!!!!

Some manufacturers have been adding sweet flavors like "strawberry" and "lemon-lime" to dihydrogen monoxide in a voracious attempt to get them hooked at a young age, and its working! Kids who have already started consuming it claim that they "just can't stop," even reporting withdrawal symptoms such as dry mouth, cravings, weakness, fatigue and irritability when they abstain too long from their drug of choice.

There is no time to lose, we need to ban dihydrogen monoxide now!
For the sake of the children!!!

**The Widow** · 09-16-2009, 06:48 PM

An oldie, but goodie.

**SheerLuckHolmes** · 09-16-2009, 08:54 PM

Penn & Teller on their Showtime program 'Bull****' actually sent their producers to a convention concerning the environment. They walked around with a petition stating a very similar presentation of 'Dihydrogen Monoxide' as the OP. By signing the petition people where agreeing and supporing a ban of this substance. They got a very high percentage of the people at this conferrence to sign the petition for banning.

Sad, funny and very scary!