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How to counteract chemophobia

Michelle Francl ponders ways in which we can talk about chemistry without triggering chemophobia.

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Francl, M. How to counteract chemophobia. Nature Chem 5, 439–440 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1661

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