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Dihydrogen monoxide is not carcinogenic. Dihydrogen monoxide is simply water.

There has been a hoax to the effect of "This wierd-sounding chemical is everywhere and can do bad things to the environment (as part of it's natural function...), or is always present in people (the human body is, what, 70% water?) with health problems."

As stated on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrogen_monoxide

Various names for water are commonly used within the scientific community. Some such names include hydrogen oxide, as well as an alkali name of hydrogen hydroxide, and several acid names such as hydroxic acid, hydroxylic acid, and hydroxilic acid. Incidentally, the term "hydroxyl acid" used in the original hoax is slightly incorrect, as it does not follow convention. Additional names of μ-oxido dihydrogen and oxidane have been developed for this compound.

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