Chemicals & Chemistry

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).

It's a given that the vitamins are necessary for life; but over the years there have been efforts to demonstrate that they also hold almost magical properties with respect to various diseases and conditions — think Linus Pauling with his theories

I've read some stupid _ _ _ _  (you know the word) in my time here, so nothing really surprises me anymore.

Some media outlets have claimed that air pollution will make you just as unhappy as the death of a spouse.

Not only is spring a beautiful time of year for those of us in the temperate zones, but it is also a financially lucrative period for companies in the business of making tissues, antihistamines, decongestants and other items to help deal with alle