Chemicals & Chemistry

Taste is subjective. So is smell. But when the headline in the  January 22, 2013 issue of The Mirror reads:

There are about 20 million known organic chemicals, so it should not be at all s

Contrary to populist dogma, with rare exceptions, chemicals do not accumulate in our bodies.

Organic chemicals can be divided into broad categories – let's call them "flavors" – based on what functional groups they possess.

One would think that the FDA's issuance of the CLARITY-BPA Core Study, a two-year exhaustive examination of the effects of the plastic component bispheno

It's not a secret that the average person is scientifically illiterate. The question is, "Just how scientifically illiterate?" The answer is appalling.

Alliance for Risk Assessment (ARA) Presents: Beyond Science and Decisions: from Problem Formulation to Comprehensive Risk Assessment

Here is what the average American knows about gold:

As I've written many times:

How does Sirius XM Radio turn into a lesson on analytical chemistry? Last week I'm in my car and "California Dreaming" started playing. One of my favorites but I still can't get the damn music out of my head.