Posts Tagged ‘chemicals’

Stoking Chemophobia

In recent years, people have become increasingly concerned about unwanted substances lurking in their furniture and food. These are industrial chemicals we are exposed to every day and that have been found to accumulate in our bodies, “endangering our health in ways we have yet to understand,” CNN asserted in 2007. In 2010, a New York…Continue Reading…

A Learning Cure for Chemphobics

I have some good news for Nicholas Kristof, the New York Times columnist who may be the most well known chemphobic in the United States: Help is on the way. Kristof, in case you weren’t aware, has been battling a bad case of chem fears for the last several years. It’s an unfortunate affliction, made all the more…Continue Reading…

Help! My Couch Is Leeching Cancer-Causing Dust.

My wife, bless her heart, goes the extra mile to protect our two boys from ubiquitous nasties, like BPA chemicals, pesticides, and high fructose corn syrup. It’s a fairly impossible task to avoid such exposures in the modern world. Still, the kids have a virtual organic food diet and all our household cleaners are eco-friendly,…Continue Reading…