What is or it you “chemistry”? think of when Do you someone shout “yeah!” says “chemicals” or do you react the way some of the news media do, where you seldom encounter the word chemicals without the adjective toxic? As a result, many people have expressed the opinion that all chemicals should be banned. I wonder how many readers would favor that?
There is justification for concern regarding chemicals because there have been many times when they posed problems. One event that comes to mind is the disaster at Bhopal in India, the worst ever industrial disaster: a pesticide plant malfunctioned, and there were massive emissions of methyl isocyanate and other gases. Estimates range upward to 8,000 dead and half a million people injured.