Chemophobia

Though it literally translates to “fear of chemicals,” this term is used by some psychologists, scientists and organizations to describe those concerned about the “industrial,” “synthetic,” “artificial,” and “man-made” particularly with regards to food and drink. An article by the American Enterprise Institute on chemophobia boldly states “The false idea that our bodies have become ‘toxic waste dumps’ is not just wrong but counterproductive.” Do they really think there’s no correlation between the skyrocketing rates of cancer and the increase of chemical additives in the food supply? It’s probably only a matter of time before psychiatrists use this word to describe people who resist chemotherapy for cancer (i.e. Daniel Hauser has “chemophobia”).


In the third world countries like us, what would we say about this?


Source: Listverse

2 comments:

Rummuser | August 18, 2011 at 4:55 PM

It would be a good idea to research the efficacy of chemotherapy in treatment of cancer. you are likely to be surprised at the rate of failure.

Nema | August 19, 2011 at 1:41 AM

Yes, the rate would indeed be very high..

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