Chemicals & Chemistry

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In 1812, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte of France was considered unstoppable. The weather did not get the memo and he slunk out of a Russian winter, defeated.

It is unlikely that "osmium" is the first thought to enter your head upon waking. And that's a damn good thing because if so, this would not bespeak well of your mental wellbeing. 

The judiciary frequently acts in its role as a counterbalance to executive and legislative action and non-action.

Jurors in California have awarded $289 million to a man who claimed that his cancer was due to Monsanto’s herbicide glyphosate, even though that is biologically impossible. Even the judge acknowledged that there was no evidence of harm.

Poorer people often live in areas with more pollution and crime, that is no surprise, but pollution is relative in 2018.

The air is nasty in Seattle today. A white smog has settled all over the city, as far as the eye can see.

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It's a good thing that the New York Times has the resources to hire someone to cover for its "chemical expert" Nick Kristof, who is qualified to write about toxicity because he is... a lawyer.

Like the word "chemical," the word "pesticide" has been hijacked and then unfairly demonized.