Friday, December 09, 2005
I Hate This Headline
How about "Some Chemicals...," of "Chemicals That...Discovered," or "Newly Found Chemicals...." There is enough paranoia in this world about "chemicals," we don't need to feed it. For the record, water is a "chemical." Medicines are "chemicals." Your skin is a rather complex "chemical formulation."
But no, we have to use the word in a way that makes it look evil, making chemists, like yours truly, look like they dabble in the black arts somehow. I like chemicals -- they're interesting, hey they can even be fun from time-to-time.
