Chemicals & Chemistry

Trial lawyers are cheering that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California ordered EPA to finalize its proposed ban on chlorpyrifos but the science is even less settled t

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Companies left and right are banning plastic straws because ocean critters are important - with no evidence getting rid of plastic straws is really helping marine critters at all. While I shake my head at that, I am not surprised.

The Atacama Desert is an inhospitable place.

Carvone is terpene (See Essential Oils - Not What The Name

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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) just issued a policy statement about common chemicals found in trace amounts in food, all of which have been in use for at least 50 years.

I'm in New York City and a storm just finished. Though the forecast had only shown a slight chance of rain a few hours earlier, suddenly there were flash flood warnings and the Yankees went ahead and postponed their game.

Do you use plastic bags? Do you drink from plastic straws?

Do-gooders in America, typically of the Millennial variety, think of themselves as smarter, more worldly, and far better informed than you. They are woke. You are not.