Monday, July 26, 2010

Warning: water contains high levels of hydrogen

While visiting Waterfront Park in Louisville along the Ohio River, we saw this sign.
Andrew, Carter, and I were all incredulous as to what the sign was implying and found it pretty funny.


I found a newspaper article in which the Louisville Parks and Recreation Director is quoted as saying that, by posting the sign, he was hoping to deter people ignorant of chemistry from swimming at that spot.

Here's a link to an entertaining hoax website warning of the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide:

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