MSNBC reports that city officials of Aliso Viejo, California “fell victim to one of the many official looking Web sites that have been put up by pranksters to describe dihydrogen monoxide as ‘an odorless, tasteless chemical’ that can be deadly if accidentally inhaled.” Apparently, “City officials were so concerned about the potentially dangerous properties of dihydrogen monoxide that they considered banning foam cups after they learned the chemical was used in their production.” For those of you who haven’t figured it out yet, the chemical symbol for this compound is H2O: water. Looks like some paralegal will never hear the end of this… 
