When it comes to what's for dinner -- or breakfast and lunch for that matter -- many people suffer from chemophobia, an irrational fear of natural and synthetic chemicals that pose no risk to our ...

A new study reveals that nearly 40% of Europeans want to "live in a world where chemical substances don't exist." Another 82% didn't know that table salt is table salt, whether it is extracted from ...

The Guardian axed its science blog in August 2018. Then, apparently, it found a new moneymaker in spreading chemophobia and more with a new series titled "Toxic America." When I was editor of ...

What is the proper balance between crop protection and environmental and public health considerations? AEI scholar Jon Entine explores this question in a new edited volume, Crop Chemophobia: Will ...

Chemistry courses in colleges traditionally are among the largest, in part because chemical training is needed not only for future chemists, but also for doctors, pharmacists, biologists, engineers, ...

Chemophobia is not a new phenomenon in our culture. Since the 1960s, much of the public has been afraid of exposure to chemicals. This is not surprising considering environmental disaster stories ...

Rudy Baum’s editorial “Meet Joe Chemical” is worth further comment (C&EN, June 25, page 3). The Chicago Tribune series “Playing with Fire” states over and over again that flame retardants don’t work.

Opinion pieces from C&EN staff addressing core issues in chemistry. In fact, California and the European Union have banned some flame-retardant chemicals because they pose unacceptable risks. And EPA ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Recently I met with several chemists to ...

When it comes to what's for dinner – or breakfast and lunch for that matter-- many people suffer from chemophobia, an irrational fear of natural and synthetic chemicals that pose no risk to our health ...