From the UK comes this:
School lab health and safety rules 'could stop future scientists' -
Times Online -
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/school_league_tables/article6861136.ece
I was about to mention that as a scientist and educator I have long
bemoaned the unavailability any more of chemistry sets and add-ons
that I was able to get back in the back in the 60s when the ad for
College Choice came on
http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2009/09/offspring-of-idiots-need-college-savings-too.html
(the top one on that page). Of course, they could also have done
that about HCl (which apparently is one of the ingredients used now
to turn Sudafed into crystal meth), which back then I could and did
order on multiple occasions, along with other things that today would
be considered as most likely to be used in making drugs or explosives
or just to annoy the postman if he ignored the "FRAGILE" stickers all
over the package and dropped or kicked it enough to cause a leak . . .
. . . ronn! :)
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