Since the 1960s a strange, pervasive fear has swept across the developed world, the illusion that there is a miasma of poison threatening to invade our bodies. It's changed the food we eat, the air we breathe, the toys we give our children. 1
This strong fear of 'chemicals' often belies the evidence. Chemophobia, gnosphobia, and most recently chemonoia are terms that have been used to describe this irrational fear of chemicals in the environment: that no matter how tiny an exposure one faces, it is to be avoided at all costs.
