Chemistry

Skin Bleaching: How Lead Cosmetics Poisoned 18th-Century European Socialites

Eighteenth-century socialites have been depicted as vain, silly women who were poisoned by their white lead makeup. The Countess of Coventry, Maria Gunning — a society hostess renowned for her beauty — is said to have refused to stop wearing foundation co ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 27 2022 - 11:55am

Why Your Expensive Restaurant Mac And Cheese Probably Has Velveeta

I make macaroni and cheese quite a lot. I like to eat it on Fridays and for friends and family on holidays. I have sampled mac and cheese all across the country. I am no Guy Fieri, but I have gotten around, and I can tell you with a great deal of confidenc ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 16 2022 - 9:39pm

Canadian Activists Wants To Ban Decabromodiphenyl Ethane- That's Bad News For The Public Worried About Fire Safety

The activist group Environment and Climate Change Canada has gotten political allies inside the government's Health Canada division to try and lobby for bans on decabromodiphenyl ethane- without having a replacement for a flame retardant used to keep ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 20 2022 - 5:35pm

Advil, Grilled Food, And Disinfectants: 3 Anti-Science Scare Stories We Can Leave In The Past

The year 2018 began much like every year does, full of promise and hope. And it ended like almost every year does, jaded and weakened by compromise.  Though a budget shutdown is in the news, hyperbolic claims about science being left behind are just politi ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 30 2022 - 12:35pm

Detecting Seafood Fraud Using Chemical Maps

Food fraud is common. Probably 25 percent of imported food with an "organic" label is just conventional food and even in America some organic farmers are just selling regular food. In Europe, everyone knew that Russia was not magically producing ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 13 2022 - 12:18pm

Does Organic Food Cause Cognitive Decline?

A new paper accompanied by a scary-looking map claims "people who lived in cities with lead-contaminated water as children had worse baseline cognitive functioning at age 72" and may make every new parent worry their child's grades can be b ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 17 2022 - 2:49pm

Is Life On Earth Due To Extraterrestrial Causes?

List most planets, Earth was once a newly formed, sterile planet, so a philosophical and scientific question is, how did that change? Its randomness is the best argument for why we may be the most advanced civilization in this galaxy, if not the universe, ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 7 2022 - 10:05am

A Sign The Pandemic May Be Over: Media Tout Study Claiming Nutrasweet Gave A Mouse Anxiety

Things are getting back to normal because even though activist journalists are now covering a Tripledemic of COVID-19, flu, and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) they have also found time to promote a story that claims a zero-calorie sweetener, asparatame, ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 9 2023 - 9:39am

Decaf Coffee Using Biology Instead Of Chemicals- Which Science Will Activists Hate More?

Coffee of any kind requires beans and those beans contain caffeine. If you don't want caffeine your choice to remove it is a chemical or...a chemical. Yes, I know some companies claim they use only water but they really use water and “supercritical ca ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 21 2023 - 6:03pm

That Cream In Your Bowl May Give Coffee Super Anti-Inflammatory Powers

A new study found that a cup of coffee with milk may create a combination of proteins and antioxidants that doubles the anti-inflammatory properties in immune cells.  That doesn't mean you should listen to 'food is medicine' advocates and st ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 12 2023 - 5:01am