Chemistry

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

Celiac Sufferers Get More Choices With Gluten-Free Flour Made From Sweet Potatoes

For as long as wheat flour has been used for food, a small number of people have been allergic to the gluten in it. These celiac disease sufferers experience stomach pain, nausea and even intestinal damage. More recently, gluten-free food became a new diet ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 13 2023 - 8:51am

PFAS Chemicals Can Be Detected In Canadian Food Packaging- Should You Be Worried?

A new paper notes that they can detect per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances- deemed by environmental activists as "forever" chemicals because they persist from to eight years- in 42 samples of food packaging. Like food bowls that are compostable ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 30 2023 - 4:03pm

EPA To Ban Half Of Methylene Chloride Uses In 15 Months

In 2016, The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and created a mandatory requirement for EPA to evaluate existing chemicals using transparent methodology and risk-based assessment. No ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 20 2023 - 6:33pm

Weekend Science: The Chemistry Of Pairing Food And Beer

After spending thousands of years converging on the perfect beers, this century culture went crazy and overdid hops, tinkered with grains, and generally made niche beers at high cost. Yet there is no question craft beers are big business, a growing segment ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 29 2023 - 5:04am

NRR May Finally Put Haber-Bosch On The Back Burner

Most of the world relies on a 113-year-old chemical reaction used every day. It is the Haber (or Haber-Bosch) process and while its contribution to energy usage and emissions is negligible compared to its benefits, the private sector is always looking for ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 30 2023 - 5:03am