“The well-known fact that the form of a specific substance, e.g. water, and hence its properties can alter without a change in composition was disposed of by the formal view that a physical, not a chemical, process was involved.” WellsFactsFormProcessWaterViewsKnownInvolvedPropertySubstanceChemicalsCompositionFormalWell Known Author:Wilhelm Ostwald
“You can analyze a glass of water and you're left with a lot of chemical components, but nothing you can drink.” ThinkingLeftWaterDrinkGlassesChemicalsComponents Author:John B. S. Haldane
“Since chemical fertilizer burns out the soil organic matter, other farmers struggle with tilth, water retention, and basic soil nutrients. The soil gets harder and harder every year as the chemicals burn out the organic matter, which gives the soil its sponginess. One pound of organic matter holds four pounds of water. The best drought protection any farmer can acquire is more soil organic matter.” GivingYearsMatterWaterStruggleFourLandHarderProtectionSoilAcquirePoundsChemicalsFarmersDroughtBurn OutNutrientsFertilizerRetention Author:Joel Salatin
“Life from nonlife, like wine from water, has long been considered a miracle wrought by gods or God. Now it is seen to be the near-inevitable consequence of our thermal and chemical circumstances.” LongWaterCircumstancesConsequenceMiracleWineInevitableChemicalsThermal Author:Ursula Goodenough
“Buying phosphate-free soap allows you to say, 'My detergent doesn't have the harsh chemicals others do.' The question is, how are you washing with it? The very worst thing for the Earth about detergent is that we heat water to use it.” UseEarthWaterWorstHeatBuyingChemicalsHarshWorst ThingsSoapWashing Author:Daniel Goleman
“Before sight and sound hijacked our attention, we shared with all life a sort of common sense, a chemical sense that depended on direct contact with matter in the water or the air.” MatterSoundWaterCommonAttentionAirDirectSightCommon SenseContactChemicalsSight And Sound Book:Jacobson's Organ: And the Remarkable Nature of Smell Source: Jacobson's Organ: And the Remarkable Nature of Smell
“Water is at the center of every chemical reaction, and therefore should be the earths most precious gift.” ShouldEarthWaterReactionsChemicalsPrecious GiftsChemical Reactions Author:Janine Benyus
“We do not want actions, but men; not a chemical drop of water, but rain; the spirit that sheds and showers actions, countless, endless actions.” MenWantActionSpiritWaterRainEndlessChemicalsShedShowersDrop Of Water Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“Besides, the sense of safety offered by bottled water is a mirage. It turns out that breathing, not drinking, constitutes our main route of exposure to volatile pollutants in tap water, such as solvents, pesticides, and byproducts of water chlorination. As soon as the toilet is flushed or the faucet turned on-or the bathtub, the shower, the humidifier, the washing machine-these contaminants leave the water and enter the air. A recent study shows that the most efficient way of exposing yourself to chemical contaminants in tap water is to turn on a dishwasher.” WayShowsTurnsWaterStudyAirMachinesSafetyDrinkingEnvironmentalBreathingChemicalsEfficientShowersRoutesExposureToiletsTurn-onWashingExposingMiragesBathtubsPesticidesDishwashersWashing MachinesBottled WaterTap WaterExposing Yourself Author:Sandra Steingraber
“As currently written, the laws require certain manufacturers and users of such chemicals to report any and all environmental releases-either accidental or routine-to air, water, or soil. The Toxics Release Inventory is the main registry of such events, and it is available to the public through the Environmental Protection Agency. It is hardly comprehensive. Toxic emissions reported to the federal government are thought to account for only 5 percent of all chemical releases.” GovernmentLawCertainWaterWrittenAirEventsPercentAccountsEnvironmentalAvailableProtectionReleaseAgencySoilReportsRoutineChemicalsToxicUsersPollutionFederal GovernmentComprehensiveEmissionsEnvironmental ProtectionInventory Author:Sandra Steingraber
“Brothers and Sisters: Our ancient homeland is spotted today with an array of chemical dumps. Along the Niagara River, dioxin, a particularly deadly substance, threatens the remaining life there and in the waters which flow from there. Forestry departments spray the surviving forests with powerful insecticides to encourage tourism by people seeking a few days or weeks away from the cities where the air hangs heavy with sulphur and carbon oxides.” PeopleTodayWaterPowerfulCitiesAirWeekBrotherFlowRiversEnvironmentalAncientSeekingHeavyForestsSubstanceDepartmentChemicalsPollutionCarbonBrothers And SistersSurvivingHomelandTourismDumpSprayNiagaraInsecticides Author:Winona LaDuke
“We can decide that the presence of cancer-causing substances in our air, water, and food is too expensive. A 2009 study, for example, has found that coal miners in Appalachia costs the region five times more in premature deaths, including from cancer, than it provides to the region in jobs, taxes, and economic benefits. In California, the production and use of hazardous chemicals cost the state $2.6 billion in 2004 alone in lost wages and health-care expenses to treat workers and children with pollution-linked diseases.” ChildrenStatesUseCareJobsFoundLostWaterStudyFiveAirEconomicExampleCostTaxesDiseaseBenefitsTreatsEnvironmentalWorkersIncludingCancerProductionsBillionsHealth CareSubstanceCaliforniaExpensiveRegionsExpensesChemicalsPollutionWagesCoalLinkedPrematureMinersAppalachiaCoal MinersPremature Death Author:Sandra Steingraber
“Obviously plastics have served very important purposes and been incredibly convenient but as we begin to witness the long-term consequences of the chemical components leaching into our water and our bodies, we're going to be forced to look for alternatives to how we package goods and food.” LooksLongImportantBodyPurposeTermWaterConsequenceWitnessAlternativesLong TermGoodsChemicalsPlasticComponentsPackagesConvenient Author:Edward Norton
“We do care about planets like the Earth because by now we understood that life as a chemical system really needs a smaller planet with water and with rocks and with a lot of complex chemistry to originate, to emerge, to survive.” NeedsCareEarthWaterRocksPlanetsUnderstoodComplexesChemistryChemicals Author:Dimitar Sasselov