This week, the Grand CENtral blog features a guest post by Andrew Bissette defending the public's anxiety about chemicals . In lots of places (including here ), this anxiety is labeled "chemophobia"; Bissette spells it "chemphobia", but he's talking about the same thing. Bissette argues that the response those of us with chemistry backgrounds often take to the successful marketing of "chemical free" products, namely, pointing out that the world around us is made of chemicals , fails to engage with people's real concerns. He writes: [More]














Source: When #chemophobia isn't irrational: listening to the public's real worries.