Did you know that there are organic molecules found in space? This video discusses how they were first detected.
https://chemistry.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/156/first-organic-molecule-found-in-space/
This video discusses Fentanyl and why are so many people overdosing on it?
https://chemistry.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/154/fentanyl-death-related-rates/
This video discusses the how and why many bacteria, including Gonorrhea, have become resistant to antibiotics. Also, this video discusses the chemistry behind how antibiotics actually kill bact...
https://chemistry.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/152/super-bugs-there-are-here-closer-than-you-think/
Most people do not know that the active ingredient in common over-the-counter diarrhea remedies is actually an opioid. This fact has led to many accidental overdoses and even death. If you wo...
https://chemistry.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/146/diarrhea-drug-overdose/
Even if one does not die from alcohol intoxication in a single large dose, it can still kill from smaller doses over a long period of time. One of the most insidious aspects of alcohol abuse is t...
https://chemistry.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/133/alcohol-cause-cirrhosis/
You may have read the about the incident back in February of 2017, where a customer purchased a deadly herbal tea blend from the Sun Wing Wo Trading Company in San Francisco. Her resultant deat...
https://chemistry.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/128/contaminated-tea-threatens-lives/
Dr. Farmer is the author of the book: Strange Chemistry: The Stories Your Chemistry Teacher Wouldn’t Tell You https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Chemistry-Stories-Teacher-Wouldnt/dp/1119265266/ Str...
https://chemistry.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/123/awesome-book-strange-chemistry/
It seemed like a nice gift at the time for the family in Salinas, California. The friendly stranger who been up in the mountains foraging for mushrooms earlier in the day had gifted a young woman...
This is not something that happens often, but it happened. A Car battery which was broken or damaged caused the death of mother and 3-year-old daughter. They were found with no signs of life in t...
https://chemistry.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/109/cars-battery-can-deadly/
The answer is Radon gas. Radon is an odorless, tasteless, radioactive gas which comes from the natural decay of uranium in the ground. Because uranium is found virtually everywhere in the earth�...