Robin McKie points out in the Guardian (22.1.2006) that indeed chemical products for foods or medicine are better known (regarding effects and side-effects) than natural products. Well, that's a very general hypothesis. But the image of chemical is bad, while that of natural remedies (they are also chemicals!) is good. British chemists and toxicologists highlight growing fears about people's misconceptions about chemicals in everyday life in a paper called Making Sense of Chemical Stories.
Nature's Chemicals
29. Jan 2006, 1:27 (by martin_)
*** tags: chemicals, environment, nature, communication, in the media
*** tags: chemicals, environment, nature, communication, in the media