/oss/taxonomy/term/6158/all en /oss/article/general-science/phthalate-fears <p>I don’t think Einstein had chemical anxiety or the amount of chemicals in our urine in mind when he famously stated that “not everything that counts can be measured and not everything that can be measured counts.” But I think the quote has great relevance when it comes to current chemical concerns. Scarcely a day goes by without some activist organization clamoring about the number of “untested” chemicals to which we are exposed, and lamenting the “fact” that we have become a nation of “unwitting guinea pigs.” True, we are exposed to chemicals, hundreds of thousands every day.</p> Tue, 22 Mar 2022 18:42:34 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9060 at /oss