Few words evoke such terror in some people as does the word chemical.

If you're of a scientific mindset, you're well aware that everything is chemicals,

and that's not a fact to be frightened of.

But others consider anything chemical to be poisonous and artificially produced.

Which is the better way to regard this weighty word?

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Chemicals The very word bubbles with all sorts of associations.

It could trigger memories of a childhood chemistry set, or brutal chemistry exams in college.

Maybe you think of environmental disasters such as chemical spills, heinous chemical weapons,

or that lengthy list of scientific words in tiny print on your candy bar wrapper.

Are chemicals the life-giving vaccines that eradicate disease, or the junk, profit

by the pusher man?

Are they vitamins and nutritional supplements at the wellness aisle, or the vial phomy

liquids cooked up in chemical weapons labs?

Basically, are chemicals friend or foe?

The simple answer is yes.

Chemicals are all that and more.

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