tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471283390110412729.post4484209443223158822..comments2024-03-10T04:28:24.753-04:00Comments on A Chemical Sabbatical: ChemophobiaChemist Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471283390110412729.post-3277867984911668732013-05-23T13:29:22.043-04:002013-05-23T13:29:22.043-04:00Well, i'm a chemist, and i'm proud about i...Well, i'm a chemist, and i'm proud about it :) Life is chemistry, there is no life without chemistry :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14564840097977288084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471283390110412729.post-54066796282195438362008-06-27T22:39:00.000-04:002008-06-27T22:39:00.000-04:00During summer our DHL packages are delivered to a ...During summer our DHL packages are delivered to a main reception area. Today I got a phone call. With a sound of desperation in her voice she said quickly, "um.. we have package here and the box says 'toxic.' Could you please come and pick it up!"<BR/><BR/>She did not want a box labeled "Toxic" anywhere near her. It was deuterated chloroform. While ingesting the stuff is probably a poor idea, I doubt there was any danger while it was in it package.Chemgeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07803297898913358147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471283390110412729.post-40739744591594423672008-06-26T17:09:00.000-04:002008-06-26T17:09:00.000-04:00The woman who works in the business office for my ...The woman who works in the business office for my lab is afraid to open the boxes things are shipped in and stick labels on chemicals that arrive. (WTF?! This is the ANALYTICAL lab...most things we get in are standards...I mean, I wouldn't eat them, but...)Ψ*Ψhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089754859676425655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471283390110412729.post-26533751388249980072008-06-26T12:04:00.000-04:002008-06-26T12:04:00.000-04:00Back at the start of my career in science writing ...Back at the start of my career in science writing (very early 90s), I wrote a feature article on chemophobia for one of the big popular science magazines. Unfortunately, their features editor was probably one of the biggest chemophobes around and even after three rounds of revisions the feature was spiked. I should resurrect it for Sciencebase at some point, although, the writing style may be a bit embarrassing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471283390110412729.post-35897558482129728352008-06-26T10:26:00.000-04:002008-06-26T10:26:00.000-04:00I use the "everything is chemicals" defense all th...I use the "everything is chemicals" defense all the time but I usually get a "you know what I mean" back inferring that they meant the dangerous, bad, scary chemicals. It bugs the hell out of me.<BR/><BR/>The DHMO story cracked me up.Katie Collettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727402494799099736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471283390110412729.post-84777927371940013412008-06-26T08:16:00.000-04:002008-06-26T08:16:00.000-04:00[Homer voice on]Mmmmmmm...... Tungsten tomatoes......[Homer voice on]<BR/><BR/>Mmmmmmm...... Tungsten tomatoes... (add apopropriate drooling noises here)<BR/><BR/>[/Homer voice off]Chemist Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471283390110412729.post-60053071216296825432008-06-26T01:38:00.000-04:002008-06-26T01:38:00.000-04:00Great blog. Thanks for the link to my site.I can'...Great blog. Thanks for the link to my site.<BR/><BR/>I can't say I'm a chemist, but I work with chemistry every day through the work I do at my evil global biotech company. I'm not a chemophile, but I'd say I've overcome most of my chemotension. I've even been known to suggest inventive new structures (for the chemists in the company to synthesize, I might add).Angry Lab Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04334223535468392600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471283390110412729.post-40831993896274949832008-06-26T01:20:00.000-04:002008-06-26T01:20:00.000-04:00Great post. Sadly, it's so true. Over the years I ...Great post. Sadly, it's so true. Over the years I have become more jaded and have become less considerate when it comes to people's chemophobia. At times I try to freak them out and scare them with my talk about scary chemicals. <BR/><BR/>I am also annoyed by the use of the word "organic" to describe a type of farming. I'm pretty sure I didn't plant any tungsten tomatoes in my garden this year.Chemgeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07803297898913358147noreply@blogger.com