Chemicals & Chemistry

The word pesticide is misunderstood, nearly to the same extent as the word chemical.

Glyphosate, the active herbicide in Roundup, is pretty much always in the news, but it is even more so lately:

With summer right around the corner, it is time to dig out the bathing suits and flip flops. More importantly, it is time to buy new sunscreen and start using it - daily.

People correctly want the food they are putting into their bodies to be good for them and the environment.

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) uses an authoritative sounding name to peddle scientific half-truths and outright fabrications. Along with Greenpeace and PETA, it is beloved by activists but detested by scientists.

Recently, a teenager died from ingesting too much caffeine in too short a time period.

Last week, a colleague sent me an article in the Daily News titled “Increased cancer rate in US linked to bad environment” and asked my opinion of it.

If someone is going to commit mass murder of innocent civilians, it's not too much of a stretch to assume that he's going to lie about it.

In the 1967 blockbuster movie The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman's character Benjamin returns to his parents' house after college graduation and attends a party there that seems to be populated by mostly his parents' friends.

How many of these tropical fish can you name? If you're an avid snorkeler or scuba diver, probably all of them (1).