Chemicals & Chemistry

Researchers from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) have published results of a large-scale field experiment, paid for by neonicotinoid (also shortened as "neonics") manufacturers Syngenta and Bayer, to assess neonico

Just to satisfy my inner chemist I like to write about interesting elements now and then. Then happens to be now.

   

In Part One, we examined the findings of the 2015 meeting of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), during which a panel of

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.