True Stories of The Mindless Suckers of The Land of Eternal Sunshine Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2004 - 9:31 AM
In March 2004 the California municipality of Aliso Viejo (a suburb in Orange County) came within a cat's whisker of banning Dihydrogen Monoxide after a paralegal there convinced city officials of the danger posed by this chemical. Things got so far as a vote having been scheduled for the City Council on a proposed law that would have banned the use of foam containers at city-sponsored events because (among other things) they were made with DHMO, a substance that could "threaten human health and safety."
