Everyday Chemicals

A lady told me not to use hand sanitiser because it contains chemicals. She was trying to convey that the sanitiser was harmful to health. A survey in 2010 in Britain found that 52% of women and 37% of men ask for “chemical-free” personal products. Bombay High Court, in a 2010 taxation legal case, declared that “steam is not a chemical.” Royal Society of Chemistry, in the same year, announced a reward of One Million Pounds, for a product which does not contain a chemical. It has not been claimed by anyone so far. Most people, including some of the educated ones, are ignorant or confused as to the fact that things we use in our homes are made up of chemicals. This book attempts to remove such misunderstanding that chemicals, in general, are bad or toxic...