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  1. The methyl methacrylate tank incident in Garden Grove, California has resurfaced one of my pet peeves.

    According to mainstream news journalists, anything that is a "chemical" is "highly toxic". It's the end of the world. There isn't enough drama in the world.

    This stuff is not great - it's a skin irritant, and the fumes can irritate mucous membranes like the eyes, but it is *not* instant-death-on-a-stick. The explosion they were worried about was far more dangerous for its explosive effects than for the chemical release.

    It's no dimethylmercury or hydrogen fluoride or dioxygen difluoride [1]. Heck, it's oral LD50 is something like 7g/kg - so an adult would have to *eat* almost two pounds of the stuff to have an even-odds chance of dying.

    Stop trying to terrorize the public, journalists. Do your damned jobs.

    [1] Expose it to most things, even at almost 200 degrees C below freezing, it explodes. Try to put out the resulting fire with water, it explodes. Try to put out the fire with sand, it *sets the sand on fire*.

    #journalist #journalism #accuracy #drama #hype #facts #science #toxicity #danger

  2. The methyl methacrylate tank incident in Garden Grove, California has resurfaced one of my pet peeves.

    According to mainstream news journalists, anything that is a "chemical" is "highly toxic". It's the end of the world. There isn't enough drama in the world.

    This stuff is not great - it's a skin irritant, and the fumes can irritate mucous membranes like the eyes, but it is *not* instant-death-on-a-stick. The explosion they were worried about was far more dangerous for its explosive effects than for the chemical release.

    It's no dimethylmercury or hydrogen fluoride or dioxygen difluoride [1]. Heck, it's oral LD50 is something like 7g/kg - so an adult would have to *eat* almost two pounds of the stuff to have an even-odds chance of dying.

    Stop trying to terrorize the public, journalists. Do your damned jobs.

    [1] Expose it to most things, even at almost 200 degrees C below freezing, it explodes. Try to put out the resulting fire with water, it explodes. Try to put out the fire with sand, it *sets the sand on fire*.

    #journalist #journalism #accuracy #drama #hype #facts #science #toxicity #danger

  3. The methyl methacrylate tank incident in Garden Grove, California has resurfaced one of my pet peeves.

    According to mainstream news journalists, anything that is a "chemical" is "highly toxic". It's the end of the world. There isn't enough drama in the world.

    This stuff is not great - it's a skin irritant, and the fumes can irritate mucous membranes like the eyes, but it is *not* instant-death-on-a-stick. The explosion they were worried about was far more dangerous for its explosive effects than for the chemical release.

    It's no dimethylmercury or hydrogen fluoride or dioxygen difluoride [1]. Heck, it's oral LD50 is something like 7g/kg - so an adult would have to *eat* almost two pounds of the stuff to have an even-odds chance of dying.

    Stop trying to terrorize the public, journalists. Do your damned jobs.

    [1] Expose it to most things, even at almost 200 degrees C below freezing, it explodes. Try to put out the resulting fire with water, it explodes. Try to put out the fire with sand, it *sets the sand on fire*.

    #journalist #journalism #accuracy #drama #hype #facts #science #toxicity #danger

  4. The methyl methacrylate tank incident in Garden Grove, California has resurfaced one of my pet peeves.

    According to mainstream news journalists, anything that is a "chemical" is "highly toxic". It's the end of the world. There isn't enough drama in the world.

    This stuff is not great - it's a skin irritant, and the fumes can irritate mucous membranes like the eyes, but it is *not* instant-death-on-a-stick. The explosion they were worried about was far more dangerous for its explosive effects than for the chemical release.

    It's no dimethylmercury or hydrogen fluoride or dioxygen difluoride [1]. Heck, it's oral LD50 is something like 7g/kg - so an adult would have to *eat* almost two pounds of the stuff to have an even-odds chance of dying.

    Stop trying to terrorize the public, journalists. Do your damned jobs.

    [1] Expose it to most things, even at almost 200 degrees C below freezing, it explodes. Try to put out the resulting fire with water, it explodes. Try to put out the fire with sand, it *sets the sand on fire*.

    #journalist #journalism #accuracy #drama #hype #facts #science #toxicity #danger

  5. The methyl methacrylate tank incident in Garden Grove, California has resurfaced one of my pet peeves.

    According to mainstream news journalists, anything that is a "chemical" is "highly toxic". It's the end of the world. There isn't enough drama in the world.

    This stuff is not great - it's a skin irritant, and the fumes can irritate mucous membranes like the eyes, but it is *not* instant-death-on-a-stick. The explosion they were worried about was far more dangerous for its explosive effects than for the chemical release.

    It's no dimethylmercury or hydrogen fluoride or dioxygen difluoride [1]. Heck, it's oral LD50 is something like 7g/kg - so an adult would have to *eat* almost two pounds of the stuff to have an even-odds chance of dying.

    Stop trying to terrorize the public, journalists. Do your damned jobs.

    [1] Expose it to most things, even at almost 200 degrees C below freezing, it explodes. Try to put out the resulting fire with water, it explodes. Try to put out the fire with sand, it *sets the sand on fire*.

    #journalist #journalism #accuracy #drama #hype #facts #science #toxicity #danger

  6. 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

    Journalist Gijs Sanders en zijn cameraman zijn weer in Nederland. Volgens het journalistieke platform De Marker gaat het "naar omstandigheden goed met hen". De twee deden verslag van de Global Sumud Flotilla, maar werden door Israël op internationale wateren opgepakt. Donderdag vlogen ze naar Turkije,...

    rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/56044

    #Journalist #Cameraman #TerugInNederland

  7. 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

    Journalist Gijs Sanders en zijn cameraman zijn weer in Nederland. Volgens het journalistieke platform De Marker gaat het "naar omstandigheden goed met hen". De twee deden verslag van de Global Sumud Flotilla, maar werden door Israël op internationale wateren opgepakt. Donderdag vlogen ze naar Turkije,...

    rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/56044

    #Journalist #Cameraman #TerugInNederland

  8. 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

    Journalist Gijs Sanders en zijn cameraman zijn weer in Nederland. Volgens het journalistieke platform De Marker gaat het "naar omstandigheden goed met hen". De twee deden verslag van de Global Sumud Flotilla, maar werden door Israël op internationale wateren opgepakt. Donderdag vlogen ze naar Turkije,...

    rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/56044

    #Journalist #Cameraman #TerugInNederland

  9. 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

    Journalist Gijs Sanders en zijn cameraman zijn weer in Nederland. Volgens het journalistieke platform De Marker gaat het "naar omstandigheden goed met hen". De twee deden verslag van de Global Sumud Flotilla, maar werden door Israël op internationale wateren opgepakt. Donderdag vlogen ze naar Turkije,...

    rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/56044

    #Journalist #Cameraman #TerugInNederland

  10. 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

    Journalist Gijs Sanders en zijn cameraman zijn weer in Nederland. Volgens het journalistieke platform De Marker gaat het "naar omstandigheden goed met hen". De twee deden verslag van de Global Sumud Flotilla, maar werden door Israël op internationale wateren opgepakt. Donderdag vlogen ze naar Turkije,...

    rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/56044

    #Journalist #Cameraman #TerugInNederland

  11. Volkskrant: "veel grotere groep huiseigenaren zegt moeite te hebben gehad met het betalen van de woonlasten [.] Een derde van de huiseigenaren zegt maar net genoeg inkomen te hebben om de maandelijkse lasten te betalen, of soms zelfs iets te weinig"

    NHG: "Ongeveer één op de vijf woningeigenaren [had] enige of veel moeite met het betalen van de woonlasten"

    Zoek de verschillen (hint: "weinig moeite" wel/niet onder "moeite" meetellen)

    volkskrant.nl/economie/geldzor

    nhg.maglr.com/betalingsproblem

  12. Volkskrant: "veel grotere groep huiseigenaren zegt moeite te hebben gehad met het betalen van de woonlasten [.] Een derde van de huiseigenaren zegt maar net genoeg inkomen te hebben om de maandelijkse lasten te betalen, of soms zelfs iets te weinig"

    NHG: "Ongeveer één op de vijf woningeigenaren [had] enige of veel moeite met het betalen van de woonlasten"

    Zoek de verschillen (hint: "weinig moeite" wel/niet onder "moeite" meetellen)

    volkskrant.nl/economie/geldzor

    nhg.maglr.com/betalingsproblem

    #journalist