First of all, let鈥檚 point out that this trial dealt with occupational exposure to glyphosate and had nothing to do with trace amounts of the chemical in our food supply. Nevertheless, the...
As a trained entomologist (insect biologist) I am innately irked when one of my beloved insects is mis-named in public, but especially so when a beneficial one is maligned by association with a...
When it comes to chemical composition, tires are extremely complex. Different kinds of rubber, carbon black, vulcanizing agents, antioxidants, antiozonants, polymerization accelerators,...
If you feel like your recent periods of coughing, sneezing and shaking your fists at the trees for producing so much pollen are getting longer, you鈥檙e probably right.
It鈥檚 springtime which means it is time for the Environmental Working Group (EWG) to send the media into a frenzy with its annual release of the 鈥渄irty dozen鈥� conventionally produced fruits or...
Science fiction movies are usually a little more fiction than science, but you never know where you might catch a glimmer of the real world. For instance, take the bona fide space classic: Star...
Why not? Because you risk being sprayed聽with a hot solution containing irritant chemicals known as benzoquinones.聽 In all likelihood it would be a memorable, but unhappy experience.聽 Based on their...
Eventually we will run out of oil.聽 There is no doubt about that.聽 The earth is of a fixed size, and the amount of oil stored in the ground is not infinite.聽 We take it out of the ground and do not...
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