Nothing new here. We ve written about this before.
Once the esteemed New York Times columnist Nick Kristof gets out of his comfort (and knowledge) zone he goes from a really great commentator to an ignorant scaremonger. Sort of a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydrogen.
But even he has outdone himself this time. In an effort to be seen as a superhero against the evil chemical industry he is grabbing for straws that don t even exist.
In a scientifically amateurish attempt to make a ridiculous point, he only succeeds in demonstrating (at least to anyone who has taken a chemistry course) how far he is willing to go to find a villain. But it is what he does...