Chemistry

Hand Sanitizers Increase BPA Levels From Cash Register Receipts

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical that is used in a variety of consumer products, such as water bottles, dental composites and resins used to line metal food and beverage containers.  It is also used in thermal paper cash register receipts and a new paper f ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2014 - 4:51pm

4 Things Needed To Make The Perfect Cup Of Coffee

There are four factors to making the perfect cup of coffee. Credit: Andy Ciordia /Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND By Don Brushett It’s hard to get a bad coffee these days. Plenty of baristas have fine-tuned the process of making espresso, but really there are only a ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 27 2014 - 9:07am

Marangoni Effect: Why Your Future GPS Could Be Chemistry

Researchers on an international team recently showed a way to quickly and reliably find the fastest way through a city maze. But rather than using a satellite navigation system, they used chemistry. It needs a little work before UPS can use it, since the c ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 27 2014 - 11:26am

The Organic Smog And Ozone Created By Cleaning Your House

An organic compound called limonene provides the pleasant smell of cleaning products and air fresheners but some byproducts of these sweet-smelling compounds could be adding to the air while they remove germs and odors. By cleaning your house, you could b ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2014 - 1:49pm

QACs In Household Disinfectants Impair Mouse Fertility

I'll have a clean cage with a side of fertility issues. Mouse image via www.shutterstock.com By Anne-Marie Hodge, University of Wyoming ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 11 2014 - 8:00am

Laundry Detergent Pods And Poison Risk

Laundry detergent pods became popular 2010, because they are more precise than liquids or powder. Are they more dangerous than liquids or powder? ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 11 2014 - 9:02am

Organic At Your Own Risk: Whole Foods Almonds Contain Hydrogen Cyanide

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning Whole Foods customers not to consume a line of organic raw almonds due to elevated levels of hydrogen cyanide (prussic acid/formonitrile- chemical formula HCN). Hydrogen cyanide is a natural toxic chem ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 12 2014 - 3:08pm

Fracking Chemicals No More Toxic Than Common Household Substances

In hydraulic fracturing- fracking- a mixture of sand, water and chemicals is injected into deep wells to release fossil fuels. This has led to environmental corporation claims that the reduced emissions from natural gas are being offset environmentally by ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2014 - 3:01pm

Microbicides That Target HIV Don't Work In Presence Of Semen

In the fight against HIV, microbicides, which are chemical compounds applied topically to the female genital tract to protect against sexually transmitted infections, are touted as an alternative to condoms. There's just one problem. They don't ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2014 - 4:30pm

The BPA Paradox – Too Many Studies?

For many years, scientists around the world have been intensely interested in bisphenol A (BPA) ...

Article - Steve Hentges - Nov 20 2014 - 3:50pm