Archana

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

I’m a chemist. I need to say this - because it’s getting dangerous out there. The biggest health myth in the world isn’t about vaccines.

Or GMOs. Or fluoride.

It’s the root of all of them.
It’s called chemophobia - and it’s killing science.

Fear of “chemicals” now drives vaccine rejection, GMO bans, food hysteria, and entire political movements.

From tampons to tap water, people have been taught to fear chemistry - the very thing that keeps us alive.

Chemophobia tells us:
“Natural is good.”
“Synthetic is bad.”

That’s a lie.

Botulinum toxin is 100% natural and one of the deadliest molecules known.

Aspirin is synthetic and life-saving.

We’ve gone from banning harmful substances for good reason…to banning safe, well-tested molecules for emotional reasons.

You’ve seen the slogans:

“If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.”
“Paraben-free.”
“Clean beauty.”

They sound empowering. But they’re not science - they’re marketing.

And they’re making the world dumber, poorer, and sicker.

Your body doesn’t care if a molecule comes from a plant or a lab.
Vitamin C is vitamin C.

Formaldehyde is formaldehyde and your body makes more of it every day than any vaccine ever could.

Dose matters. Source doesn’t.
This fear isn’t harmless.

It shapes public policy.
It blocks innovation.
It raises food prices.
It slows down cancer treatments.

Chemophobia is now mainstream and it’s costing lives.

Scientists aren’t losing because we’re wrong. We’re losing because fear spreads faster than facts.

Because influencers sell fear for clicks. Because lawyers monetize doubt.

And because scientists are too tired to fight back. So here’s my message, as a chemist and as a citizen:

Learn how toxicology works.
Call out chemical fear-mongering.
Support policies based on evidence, not emotion.

Chemistry isn’t the enemy.
It’s the reason you have clean water, safe food, and modern medicine.

If we let fear win, we lose all of it.

[Archana @arch_gop]

@realChrisBrunet Thick Indian accent, for sure. The English is fine though - grammatical correct and standard politician speech.

[Archana @arch_gop]

@BestBuyCanada stop selling Electrolux washer/dryers if there are no stacking trays available! No point. Just wasted an hour buying & cancelling the order. @ElectroluxGroup why wouldn’t you automatically have enough parts??

[Ontario Medical Association @OntariosDoctors]

Family doctors are speaking out.
The time to act is now before they vanish forever.
Everyone in Ontario deserves access to a family doctor.

Like and repost if you agree. #Onhealth

[Julia Malott @AlottaMalotta]

Dear @fordnation, @SylviaJonesMPP and our entire Provincial Government.

I've written you this video essay—recorded while my child underwent surgery—only after 36 hours of sleep deprivation and social maneuvering to get our healthcare system to pay attention to my daughter's acute appendicitis.

This would be unacceptable if my daughter were unique—but she's not. Her case of appendicitis is as routine and standard as emergency surgeries can get. And if we botch it so badly on something so straightforward, then all Ontarians should be very, very concerned about our future health prospects.

In my anger from the last 24 hours, it's tempting to blame @StMarysGenHosp and @grhospitalkw. Both hospitals did an atrocious job of prioritizing care for my daughter. But I know that blaming these institutions, and especially the healthcare professionals within them, would be misplaced. These are good, hardworking, caring people, who have been trapped in the impossible place of running emergency departments that are so wholly under capacity there's simply no way for them to meet their mandate.

That is unacceptable.

For as long as I've been alive, @ONThealth has provided the healthcare system that we all know and hate. During the triage at Grand River Hospital—I told the triage nurse that I was going to very publicly share our experience.

Do you know what her response was? "Good. Please do!" Was her reply. She's spent much of her career raising the alarm of how our emergency rooms are failing our citizens and her—along with her colleagues—have been entirely ignored.

For our children and for our seniors. For our doctors and our nurses.

Do better. For all of us.

[Archana @arch_gop]

@airindia AI573 least you can when the flight is delayed is to communicate with the passengers!! Instead zero news & no making us wait in the transit corridor so we can’t complain. #fail #neverairindiaagain

[Archana @arch_gop]

@AirCanada why bother having flights on long holidays if you can’t service them? 45 mins & waiting for AC841 luggage (business & economy) #inefficient #Mediocre

[Archana @arch_gop]

@hudsonsbay Please fix your display windows in Toronto to “Return to Office” vs “Return to Work”! Everyone has been working! Very different implications #thebay

[Archana @arch_gop]

@Deelanmv @Mizhakwad14 @grahamctv @VIA_Rail And also just updating their systems and information!

[Archana @arch_gop]

@VIA_Rail glad you let me know about train 40 being canceled (Toronto to Ottawa) ahead of time! Thanks. Better to stay warm VS being stuck on the train!

[Archana @arch_gop]

@KCroweToronto @VIA_Rail This is terrible! @VIA_Rail cancel your trains or at least give people the option to cancel instead of this torture!

[Archana @arch_gop]

@VIA_Rail are your trains running today (Toronto to Ottawa)? Tracks cleared? Did train #50 leave & on time? How much delay?

[Archana @arch_gop]

@edanderson101 Maybe this will help your idli journey

[B Padmanaban ([email protected]) @padhucfp]

Idli ATM in Bangalore...

[Archana @arch_gop]

@WINNERS not allowing pay and hold any more for items?? ‘Cept furniture?? Just walked away from buying a bunch of stuff cuz I thought I could bring a car to pick up later. Instead I leave empty handed. At least some sort of announcement, mailer?

[Archana @arch_gop]

@AirCanada no point in uploading vaccination proofs, ArriveCan, etc & getting “green ticks” & boarding pass, if at boarding you have to re-check again #inefficientprocess #wasteoftime

[Archana @arch_gop]

@Starbucks can we pls fix “Chai tea latte” to “Chai latte”? It’s silly to read “Tea tea latte”. Chai = tea+milk. Not perfect but better.

[Archana @arch_gop]

Cars are getting stuck but this person’s sailing through! #snowTO #snowday

[Archana @arch_gop]

#snowTO #snowday

[Archana @arch_gop]

@edanderson101 Love that you understand Indian cuisine so well!