Chemicals & Chemistry

ACSH's Holiday Dinner Menu is our most popular publication of all time. And, how could it not be?

Although different chemists may have other opinions, to me, the most important of all chemical bonds is an amide bond. It consists of a nitrogen atom connected to a carbon atom, which is doubly bound to oxygen (Figure 1).

Before jumping in, let’s provide a bit of background.

OK, this is probably not as noteworthy as, say, National Dog Fart Awareness Day (No - I'm not kidding; it's April 8th). But worry not.

Environmental activist groups and trial lawyers have launched a new campaign in their legal effort to restrict access to synthetic pesticides.

There are unquestionably elements that are rarer, stranger, and more exciting than phosphorous.

Every now and then a quack dope misinformed individual needs to be called out.

Just because we're still in the throes of a global COVID pandemic doesn't mean that other critical public health issues should be ignored. No sir, nothing gets by us.

Nice work if you can get it.

As I have written previously, PFOA is not naturally occurring.