The World Health organization recently added aspartame, an artificial sweetener used in diet soda and tea, to its list of possibly carcinogenic substances. But will diet soda really give you cancer? We look at the science behind the...

The IARC has categorized processed meat as a definite carcinogen. But how dangerous is it really? Do we finally have to give up bacon?

What does it actually mean when a label says something ‘causes cancer’? Those labels can be misleading, but knowing the legal and scientific reasoning behind them can help.

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Ames test was developed by Bruce N. Ames in 1970s to test for determining if the chemical is mutagens. Ames test it is a biological assay to assess the mutagenic potential of chemical compounds. It utilizes bacteria to test whether a...

The Ames test, developed by Bruce Ames in the 1970s, is a bacterial reverse mutation assay used to assess whether a chemical is a mutagen by observing its ability to induce reverse mutations in auxotrophic bacterial strains (e.g.,...

I took a boat through 96 million black plastic balls on the Los Angeles reservoir to find out why they're there. The first time I heard about shade balls the claim was they reduce evaporation. But it turns out this isn't the reason they...

Discover the scale and effects of the chemical ingredients in cigarettes. What are smokers breathing in to their lungs, and what effects are these chemicals having on them? Biology - Healthy Living - When a cigarette is burned it...

When we released a recent episode about the artificial sweetener erythritol, many of you brought up questions about recent news on other artificial sweeteners – sucralose and aspartame – so we went to take a look and That’s the topic of...

Is meat going to give you cancer? The answer is a very dubious maybe. Aaron helps you understand the meat announcement from the WHO, and it turns out, you might not need to panic.

Effect of Ethidium Bromide on Supercoiling & Electrophoresis

A California judge has ruled that consumers must be made aware that their coffee could cause cancer. The New York Times reports that a lawsuit filed by the nonprofit Council for Education and Research on Toxics claims Starbucks, Dunkin...

A judge in California recently ruled that coffee would be required to carry a carcinogen warning label, since it contains acrylamide. Well, have the barista make you a double espresso with a shot of evidence, because that coffee probably...

Learn the basics about the incineration of waste and electricity as part of the recycling chapter within environmental chemistry.

Learn the basics about the principles of green chemistry as part of the environmental chemistry topic.

In this video, I explain and differentiate the three main types of skin cancers: basal cell carcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas, and malignant melanomas.

Learn the basics about the properties and chemistry of benzene, as a part of organic chemistry. Benzene is an organic molecule. Benzene is a colourless liquid at room temperature. Its boiling point is 80 degrees C. It’s found naturally...

TikTok is being flooded with claims that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed the pill as a 'class one carcinogen'. Euroverify fact-checks.

Jun.25 -- Bayer AG Chief Executive Officer Werner Baumann discusses the settlement to resolve U.S. lawsuits over its weedkiller Roundup, his firm's acquisition of Monsanto, and investments in the health and nutrition markets. He speaks...

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