Everyday Items, Complex Chemistry
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Holiday shoppers may worry if the toys they buy contain lead, but some scientists are urging consumers to focus on the thousands of chemicals in everyday household items.
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By Cai, Dawen Verhey, Kristen J; Meyhofer, Edgar  ABSTRACT Understanding dynamic cellular processes requires precise knowledge of the distribution, transport, and interactions of individual molecules in living cells.
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Swarovski crystals have created a trend in consumer technology.
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More than 200 times each day, authorities detect radiation in containers arriving off cargo ships at Port Newark. It's in ceramic tiles, granite, pottery, kitty litter &#151; all natural products made from Earth's elements.
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On a whim, two parents got in on a bloodstream study to find out what kinds of chemicals are in their children's blood. It turned out that in just 18 months, their toddler had amassed more man-made gunk in his body than they'd gotten in decades. It all came from the environment in which he lives, from mattresses, fabrics, and plastic spoons and plates.
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Nanoparticles allow researchers to initiate biochemical events at will.
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By KEVIN MILLER; OF THE NEWS STAFF  Environmental and health groups say the presence of dozens of industrial chemicals in 13 Mainers who volunteered for a study underscores the need for new policies to protect the public from potential toxins found in everyday consumer products.
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Scientists in Hong Kong said yesterday they had devised a new way to identify chemicals that can counter new and dangerous viruses, such as SARS, and these chemicals may be developed into drugs.
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They're not obvious and they're not always cheap.
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Â· Third of all food products tested had chemical tracesÂ· Very small percentage of samples posed health risk
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A British biochemist says women who use make-up daily are absorbing almost five pounds of chemicals a year.  Richard Bence, who advocates the use of organic beauty products, said people should question the products they put on their skin, The Telegraph newspaper said Thursday.
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These products don't come without serious risks.
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The poisoning death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has turned the world spotlight on polonium. But other potentially deadly radioactive substances are also around us, in smoke detectors and other household, industrial or hospital items.
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They're not obvious, and they're not always cheap.
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A beautiful chemical reaction is still a mystery to scientists more than 35 years after its first demonstration.
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By Roberts, Lissa  JONATHAN SIMON, Chemistry, Pharmacy and Revolution in France, 1777-1809. Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. Pp. vi+189. ISBN 0-75465044-8.
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What seem to be ordinary, everyday objects to some people can carry a storehouse of information about the ownerâs ideology.