/oss/taxonomy/term/1607/all en /oss/article/controversial-science-environment-health-news-quirky-science/all-nonsensical-worries <p>I thought this was a joke, but it turns out that it is very real. Officials in Portland, Oregon drained a reservoir, at considerable expense, because a teenager urinated into the water. This is pathogenophobia and chemophobia run amuck.</p> Fri, 18 Apr 2014 02:26:49 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2129 at /oss