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A vial of dark red blood with a red cap beside a block of text. It reads: "It contains more than 4,000 chemicals and it has spread into every human body on Earth." "Among its components are formaldehyde, acetone, ethanol, ketone bodies, dihydrogen monoxide, tryptophan, urea, Dehydroepiandrosterone, Hexosephosphate P, and at least 20 kinds of acids." "Nearly every chemical constituent will, in certain…

It's Your Own Blood: Reduce the Stupid

A scary-sounding chemical warning turns out to describe human blood, mocking Facebook chemophobia and scare posts. A chain-post-era lesson in science and media literacy.

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A vial of dark red blood with a red cap beside a block of text. It reads: "It contains more than 4,000 chemicals and it has spread into every human body on Earth." "Among its components are formaldehyde, acetone, ethanol, ketone bodies, dihydrogen monoxide, tryptophan, urea, Dehydroepiandrosterone, Hexosephosphate P, and at least 20 kinds of acids." "Nearly every chemical constituent will, in certain…

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