Comments on: What we don’t know about chemicals in the environment could fill the North Pacific Gyre http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/05/11/what-we-dont-know-about-chemicals-in-the-environment-could-fill-the-nroth-pacific-gyre/ Science served wet and salty Wed, 22 May 2013 20:47:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Prasobhthayyil http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/05/11/what-we-dont-know-about-chemicals-in-the-environment-could-fill-the-nroth-pacific-gyre/#comment-18029 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:42:47 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.wordpress.com/?p=353#comment-18029 The unit for the reaction csnntaot would be whatever you graphed. If you graphed mg/L versus minutes, then the unit is mg L-1 min-1Generally speaking, you should use molar concentration and seconds. The language of chemistry is in moles, as you know, and most chemical reactions are studied in short time frames, where seconds is the most appropriate unit.So, yes, convert to molar concentration and seconds, then plot that data. If there is a reason to do it differently, then that gets spelled out clearly in your discussion of the data.

]]> By: Eric Wolff http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/05/11/what-we-dont-know-about-chemicals-in-the-environment-could-fill-the-nroth-pacific-gyre/#comment-1509 Thu, 15 May 2008 01:40:40 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.wordpress.com/?p=353#comment-1509 Yeah, I’m not sure we’ll adapt to chemical toxicity so much as just die younger from it. I don’t even want to think about what kind of gunk is floating in my bloodstream.

]]> By: Justin http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/05/11/what-we-dont-know-about-chemicals-in-the-environment-could-fill-the-nroth-pacific-gyre/#comment-1508 Tue, 13 May 2008 19:30:49 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.wordpress.com/?p=353#comment-1508 I also have a favorite Nalgene which has been everywhere with me. I for one will probably not give it up.

Still, it is disturbing that we know so little about the effects of these chemicals. Our lives are so saturated with this stuff, what can we do? Hope that human tolerance to foreign and persistent substances adapts?

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