When you hear the word chemicals in popular culture or in a news story are the first things that come to mind negative such as toxic, pollution, carcinogen, or harmful? What if I put the word natural in front of the word chemical as in all natural chemicals? Does that suddenly change your mindset to think of safe. Can an all natural chemical containing product be less safe than an unnatural product?
For some time I've thought about putting down my thoughts when I hear the way chemicals are talked bout in popular and news media. I was a research chemist for about 20 years. My area of interest was molecular structure analysis. That is I was interested in how atoms and connect together to determine the shapes and sizes of different molecules.
Chemistry is a fascinating, but at times misunderstood, area of science. I want to help anyone who stumbles upon this personal journal better understand this important field. If you were turned off by the way chemistry was taught in your high school or college classes give me another chance to introduce you. For one there will be no tests. Homework is up to you. My goal is to enlighten readers while improving my writing skills.
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