On Nov 19, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Dan M wrote:
Behalf Of Nick Arnett
"Organic gardening" bugs me. Sounds like the opposite would be
"inorganic
gardening."
Like organic food...as though non-organic tomatoes were carbon free.
I like to think of it as Amis
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Behalf Of Nick Arnett
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:26 AM
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
Subject: Re: Nomenclature (was) Chemicals R Us
>"Organic g
On Nov 19, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Alberto Monteiro > wrote:
I think that a more accurate definition is that Organic chemistry
is the chemistry of carbon compounds where carbon has a covalent
bond with hydrogen, or to a replacement of hydrogen.
"Or
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Alberto Monteiro
wrote:
>
> I think that a more accurate definition is that Organic chemistry
> is the chemistry of carbon compounds where carbon has a covalent
> bond with hydrogen, or to a replacement of hydrogen.
"Organic gardening" bugs me. Sounds like the o
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
>
> I agree with you. "Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon
> compounds." Though usually with the omission of most metal
> carbonates, the chemistry of which is usually covered in the section
> on inorganic chemistry. That's how *I* teach it in colleges,
>
On Nov 18, 2009, at 8:09 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
On 11/18/2009 7:00:59 PM, Ronn! Blankenship (ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net
) wrote:
At 11:58 AM Wednesday 11/18/2009, Deborah Harrell wrote:
I'll bet there's a difference of wording -- 'organic chemistry' here
primarily refers to petrochemicals;
On 11/18/2009 7:00:59 PM, Ronn! Blankenship (ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net)
wrote:
> At 11:58 AM Wednesday 11/18/2009, Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> >I'll bet there's a difference of wording -- 'organic chemistry' here
> >primarily refers to petrochemicals; 'biochemistry' refers to
> >life-related
At 11:28 AM Wednesday 11/18/2009, Deborah Harrell wrote:
And no, I who at one point could fill an entire blackboard with the
Krebs cycle and multiple connecting metabolic pathwaysincluding
peptide synthesis, had _no idea_ that some amino acids (not to
mention hormones etc.) were aromatic...
At 01:36 PM Wednesday 11/18/2009, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
But if PVC is carcinogen than we could suffer the same doom
the lead-piped romans suffered...
At least we won't go plumb crazy.
You Can Lead A Horse To Water But A Pencil Has To Be Lead Maru
. . . ronn! :)
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At 11:58 AM Wednesday 11/18/2009, Deborah Harrell wrote:
I'll bet there's a difference of wording -- 'organic chemistry' here
primarily refers to petrochemicals; 'biochemistry' refers to
life-related chemicals. This is an incorrect terminology in my
opinion, but I can't change what is taught
Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
>>> "A new report from the Danish Department of Environment, Food and
>>> Rural Affairs (DEFRA), highlights the critical risks facing toddlers
>>> from gender bending chemicals in everyday products. Chemicals like
>>> phthalates (found in PVC and fragrances),
>
>> In f
> From: Alberto Monteiro
> I think it was established that benzene is carninogen. But
> I am
> not aware that phthalates, just because they are aromatic,
> are
> harmful. In fact, a few aminoacids are aromatic.
I'll bet there's a difference of wording -- 'organic chemistry' here primarily
refe
> Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> Deborah Harrell quoted:
> > "A new report from the Danish Department of Environment, Food and
> > Rural Affairs (DEFRA), highlights the critical risks facing toddlers
> > from gender bending chemicals in everyday products. Chemicals like
> > phthalates (found in PV
Deborah Harrell quoted:
>
> "A new report from the Danish Department of Environment, Food and
> Rural Affairs (DEFRA), highlights the critical risks facing toddlers
> from gender bending chemicals in everyday products. Chemicals like
> phthalates (found in PVC and fragrances),
>
In fact, phtha
I posted an article several years ago about the increase in hermaphrodite polar
bears, which researchers thought related to the increased concentration of
estrogenic chemicals. 'So what?' This:
http://blogs.webmd.com/health-ehome/2009/11/chemicals-in-everyday-products-turning.html?ecd=wnl_day_
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