One thing I hear a lot of nowadays is, I can’t eat that it’s got chemicals in it.
I agree that some things are not good for you. But that’s not because of ‘chemicals’. Why? Because unless you try and live on sunshine (some people do, believe it or not ) everything is made of chemicals, that’s because it’s made of atoms and molecules that make up the basic building blocks of the world.
Atoms and molecules? Single chemicals are elements, and if you have more than one sort, joined together they make compounds.
Oxygen is an element, hydrogen and oxygen is water, H2O. The air we breathe is made of chemicals… Nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon and other trace elements.
Food is made of chemicals, mixtures and aggregations of elements and compounds, from meat to yoghurt, lettuce to lemon merangue to coffee or tea. It’s only when things are added that food can become bad for you. Like if you treat vegetable oil (made if chemicals) to make it harder you get hydrogenated vegetable oil, which is bad for you as it can clog arteries.
We have to be aware of what is good and bad for you, but using a generic term about chemicals does not help clarify the issue.
Mallaband-Brown 
A really interesting and informative post!
Well, I am a dreamer and have somehow managed to personify the chemical elements. 😅
Currently I am writing stories with my favourite one, Fluorine, and my drawing copy is flooded with his pictures… Do you have a favourite element? 😅
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I like carbon because it can come in so many forms, from graphite, diamond, but also buckminsterfulerine. Some very strange molecules….
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Most people like Carbon… In my fictional series, Carbon wears a t-whirt telling “I am everywhere” and another t-shirt telling “I can be anything” 😃
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Interesting, I’d also nominate silicon because I read somewhere that there could be silicon based lifeforms
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Silicon, ah, I like it a lot too… In our world, silicon is a guy with long hair and a high-pitched voice. You can easily mistake him as a girl. (Because silicon is a metalloid)
He is highly skilled in digital sriff and very active in social media. 😃
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Sounds like a wonderful place
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You are always warmly welcomed in their places 🙂 I am sure Fluorine, (Shota) the leader, would be more than happy to tell you about all their journeys and adventures! 🙂
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😊
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Hi! I asked Fluorine and he just set out an introduction for you…
https://verbalcreation.home.blog/2019/07/20/welcome-to-our-periodic-table-a-guest-post-by-shota/
Hope you enjoy!
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