Chemistry

The Name Game: How Toxic Terrorists Use Words To Confuse

By Josh Bloom in Pfired but still kicking
Here are three experiments. I don't recommend that you try any of them, but, since we are adults, and presumably still have some free choice about our actions, do as you see fit.Experiment #1  Purchase a can of pure sodium metal Go to New York Stand in front of the Empire State Building Using a knife, cut the sodium into a cube, roughly one inch per side Place the cube in your mouth, bite down firmly, making sure that your lips are sealed Record the results. OK, #6 is not realistic. You won't be recording any results, but the bomb squad will. Their results will look something like this:

Here are three experiments. I don't recommend that you try any of them, but, since we are adults, and presumably still have some free choice about our actions, do as you see fit.
Experiment #1

  1.  Purchase a can of pure sodium metal
  2. Go to New York
  3. Stand in front of the Empire State Building
  4. Using a knife, cut the sodium into a cube, roughly one inch per side
  5. Place the cube in your mouth, bite down firmly, making sure that your lips are sealed
  6. Record the results.

OK, #6 is not realistic. You won't be recording any results, but the bomb squad will. Their results will look something like this:

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Josh Bloom, Ph.D. Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Ph.D. at the American Council on Science and Health, New York. He earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Virginia, and was and NIH Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a researcher in drug discovery for more than 20 years at Wyeth. Sample interview: src="//www.youtube.com/embed/TgDtv35EmxM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

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