Category Archives: chemistry

Nicholas Kristof and the Bad, Bad Chemical World

By Deborah Blum
Posted: May 9, 2012

Category: chemistry, consumer protection, Speakeasy Science | Tagged Atrazine, autism, BPA, endocrine disruptors, herbicides, Momma Data, Nicholas Kristof, PFOA, Polly Palumbo, Round Up, toxins | 76 Comments

The Chemical Me (2011 edition)

By Deborah Blum
Posted: December 31, 2011

Category: chemistry, Speakeasy Science | Tagged arsenic, chemical-free, David Dobbs, Dorothy Sayers, Ed Yong, International Year of Chemistry, Ivan Oransky, Jennifer Ouelette, John Rennie, Matthew Harper, pepper spray, The Poisoner's Handbook | 7 Comments

Periodic craziness

By Deborah Blum
Posted: December 4, 2011

Category: chemistry, Speakeasy Science, The Poisoner's Handbook | Tagged chemistry, Hugh Aldersley-Williams, lead, Marie Curie, Periodic Tales, polonium, radiation, radium, Sam Kean, thallium, The Disappearing Spoon, The Elements, The Elements (song), The Periodic Table of Elements, The Poisoner's Handbook, The Radium Girls, Theodore Gray | 17 Comments

So, 268 chocolate chip cookies later…

By Deborah Blum
Posted: September 29, 2011

Category: chemistry, science communication, Speakeasy Science | Tagged American Chemical Society, Bassam Shakashiri, butter, chocolate chip cookies, flour, gluten, Joe Schwartz, protein, Shirley Corriher, sugar, Theodore Gray | 12 Comments

Dr. Oz and the Arsenic Thing

By Deborah Blum
Posted: September 20, 2011

Category: arsenic, chemistry, poison, Speakeasy Science | Tagged arsenic, arsenic and apple juice, Dr. Oz, FDA, Forbes, inorganic arsenic, Mehmet Oz, organic arsenic, Pharyngula, Steve Salzberg, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Senator charles Schumer | 29 Comments

Et tu, Science Magazine?

By Deborah Blum
Posted: September 2, 2011

Category: chemical-free, chemistry, science communication, Speakeasy Science | Tagged American Chemical Society, Bassam Shakashiri, chemical-free, Science magazine, The New York Times | 14 Comments

The Protochemists Among Us

By Deborah Blum
Posted: August 15, 2011

Category: chemistry, science history, Speakeasy Science | Tagged American Chemical Society, Bassam Shakashiri, chemistry, IUPAC, lead, Liliana Mammano, protochemistry, Puerto Rico, Roald Hoffmann, San Juan, University of Wisconsin, World Chemistry Congress | 17 Comments

Chemical Free Crazies

By Deborah Blum
Posted: June 12, 2011

Category: chemical-free, chemistry, science communication, Speakeasy Science | Tagged Chemical & Engineering News, chemical-free, chemistry, The New York Times | 31 Comments

Jessica Alba and the Chemistry Thing

By Deborah Blum
Posted: May 27, 2011

Category: chemistry, consumer protection, lead, Speakeasy Science | Tagged bisphenol A, BPA, Frank Lautenberg, Healthy Families, Jessica Alba, lead toxicity, Safer Chemicals, Senate Safe Chemicals Act, toxic chemicals, Toxic Substances Control Act | 14 Comments

A Chemical (Battle) Cry

By Deborah Blum
Posted: May 15, 2011

Category: chemistry, consumer protection, Speakeasy Science | Tagged American Chemistry Council, asbestos, bisphenol A, BPA, chemical safety, dioxins, EPA, Frank Lautenberg, hazardous chemicals, House Toxic Chemicals Safety Act, PCBs, Scientific American, Senate Safe Chemicals Act, Time, Toxic Substances Control Act, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 21 Comments