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Peanut Butter's History Goes Back to the Incas

20 Dec 2024

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette....

It All Comes Out in the Wash

11 Dec 2024

Unless you are in the habit of reading the ingredients list on your laundry detergent, you are not likely to be familiar with sodium carbonate. Yet this industrial chemical of great importance has...

Murder Most Foul!

5 Dec 2024

One of my favorite detective stories is Agatha Christie's "The Crooked House." The plot revolves around an elderly tycoon who requires daily insulin shots. He also suffers from glaucoma for which...

The Fluoride Controversy

27 Nov 2024

The nomination of Robert Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services is a travesty. His ideas about vaccination, raw milk, hyperbaric oxygen, HIV, Wi-Fi and COVID fly in the face of...

Wolfsbane Has a Long, Dark History

22 Nov 2024

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette....

A Bite into the Science of Venoms

22 Nov 2024

You are likely aware of the large number of drugs that have been developed from chemicals found in plants, including aspirin from willow bark, atropine from deadly nightshade, and both morphine and...

Sometimes Luck Serves as a Springboard for Science

15 Nov 2024

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette. It is a lifesaver, stocked in every emergency room! N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is amazingly effective as an antidote to acetaminophen poisoning.

Chemistry Lesson for a Farmer

6 Nov 2024

The farmer had purchased some potassium permanganate. Exactly why he needed it isn’t clear but using it as a disinfectant to clean the udders and teats of cows before and after milking is a...

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