synthetic

Join Dr. Chuck Dinerstein and Cam English on the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

Our team spent some time discussing-- and laughing uncontrollably at times, what they wish the general public would understand about terms that irk them, like: natural, synthetic, microbiome, and healthcare journey, to name a few. Take a look.

Two words used to scare people are impossible to avoid: synthetic and its younger cousin, ultra-processed.

The silly distinction between the terms "natural" and "synthetic" has come to a head because of the even sillier lawsuit against the Natural Beverage Corporation over the wording of the label of its LaCroix sparkling