Chemistry

For Christmas, 600,000 Kids Should Get A Biopesticide Against Mosquitoes That Kill

GMOs had quietly been in use for decades when they became controversial- for saving a fruit in Hawaii that legacy techniques like breeding and chemicals had not. The Rainbow Papaya became a home run for genetic engineering, the first genetically rescued or ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 25 2024 - 9:49am

Homeopathic Effects Of Pesticides? And Climate Change Will Make It Worse

A recent paper claims that even at low doses pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides are changing the behavior of insects. Though they are not able to show how it is happening, the authors use 'needs more testing' rhetoric to call on governments t ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 1 2025 - 4:52pm

Homeopathic Chemophobia- Pregnant Women Impacted Most

Blood samples of pregnant women have detectable levels of chemicals and that 'chemical cocktail' may pose "neurotoxic risk", according to a paper published in Science whose senior author is strangely on the board of reviewing editors at ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 6 2025 - 8:46am

The Science Of The Root Beer Float

A few days ago, while talking about mundane business issues, I learned that today, August 19th, was the birthday of that famous childhood delight, the 'black cow', what would later be called a root beer float. If you are not up on your carbonated ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 8 2025 - 7:02pm

USDA Awards Grant To Study Acidic Coatings To Protect Organic Food From Bacteria

Have you purchased organic food and wondered what the chemical is that you need to wash off? Those are alkaline wax-based coatings, designed to preserve food so it looks nice longer. Just like conventional growers use. But chemical wax coatings made includ ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 23 2025 - 12:44pm

Chemical Looping Plastic And CO2: Science Even Environmental Groups Can't Hate

The US Environmental Protection Agency estimates about 35 million tons of plastics are generated just in America, and 12.% of that becomes is garbage like plastic containers and bags and even appliances. Sorry folks, politicians in states like California w ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 31 2025 - 2:27pm

Cheminformatics: NIH Funds A More Scientific Mosquito Repellent

Today, the best way to prevent malaria remains DDT. Though banned in the US by a politician over the objections of scientists, it is still recommended by the United Nations for use where malaria has not been wiped out. Our FDA even wrote the book on how to ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 12 2025 - 7:23am