Cadmium contaminated rice

As some of you may have heard last month, Cadmium was found to have contaminated rice in China. There was an interesting article about it in the

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Safety & Effectiveness of Triclosan in Household Products

I saw this interesting article about the antibacterial ingredient triclosan (5-chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenol)  by CBS news.  

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California: call to open access action!

California people – call to action to support the California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research

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Health and safety testing

Chemistry affects the public’s health and safety numerous times a day.  Every product you use, drink, eat, take, touch, and smell  has a

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Running dry: Water and sanitation crisis threatens Syrian children

From reliefweb: “A UNICEF-led nationwide assessment – the first covering the water and sanitation sector since fighting began – reveals

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Liberia outlines priorities for rebuilding water and sanitation sector

via Global News Network: Liberia Liberia today unveiled a five-year investment plan which outlines priorities for rebuilding the country’s

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Conference Call

Conference call August 2, 2012 On the call: Bego, Nazneen, Lois (partial notes, I had to leave half-way through) Discussion began about distribution

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Un-Damn it!

Here is some good news for salmon… Here is the live link:

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Chemists Without Borders in Bangladesh

Chemists Without Borders representatives were invited to Bangladesh University by the Board of Trustees to offer ideas for consideration as the

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Education on your mobile device

The Chronicle on Higher Education had an interesting article about textbook manufacturers developing content for mobile phones. McGraw-Hill to

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Speak with Conviction

Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo. Typography Animation project for class Poem by Taylor Mali

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National Research Council Estimates Impact of Human-Caused Global Warming

Image via Wikipedia The NRC issued a report on July 16, 2010, entitled, “Near-Term Emissions Choices Could Lock in Climate Changes for

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