Green Chemistry: NYT Gets It Wrong

“The New York Times Needs Chemistry Lesson (Badly),” By American Council on Science and Health.
An op-ed in the November 9 New York Times, entitled “Making Chemistry Green,” by Robert S. Lawrence and Rolf U. Halden could have been entitled “Green in Chemistry.” based on some rather obvious errors. … “We should regulate chemicals as we understand them: in groups. Instead of regulating one compound at a time..” Bloom: “No: that’s exactly what we should not do. Within classes of chemicals, very small changes in the molecule can lead to significant differences in properties.” Here’s an example from their own editorial—grouping triclosan and triclocarban together gives the impression that they are the same. Not true.Read more.