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Asking the Right Questions

This is a "This I Believe" essay from green chemist John Warner.

Organization: Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry

In this "This I Believe" audio essay, I explain how I started asking questions about why chemists aren't trained to think about health impacts when we design chemicals: 

"Now, I believe the most important question — the right question that has not been asked — is a simple one, really: "Why?" "Why do we have hazardous chemicals?"  "We need armies of students to go into chemistry and materials science to learn to invent safer products."