Everyone Needs To Be Information Literate H2O Nomenclature Fools City Officials. A California city council scheduled a vote on banning dihydrogen monoxide before someone realized they'd be outlawing water. Dihydrogen monoxide is one of the many Internet hoaxes that can mislead surfers (and journalists) lacking modern literacy skills.[LISNews.com] To be fair, the city council in this article was really concerned about the pollution caused by Styrofoam, but this is certainly a great example to show students how misinformation can get passed along. I wonder if the paralegal who did the research has ever had any lessons in evaluating information. 8:03:50 AM     [comment []];[]