CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Acrylamide, Lemonade, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Ariel Fenster

Document Summary

Carnauba wax: from tropical plant, used in shoe polish: emulsified with morpholine reacts with ammines in body minute amounts of nitrosomorpholine (cancer causing in animals), naturally synthesized from nitrates in vegetables. Smog from coal in london 1952 for a week 8000 died. Cuyahoga river 1970 caught fire due to so much oil in the water. No sewage control until 1984, everything went into st lawrence before that. In roman times added lead acetate to sweeten wine. Copper salts were used to make veggies greener. Plaster of paris (caso4) was added to flour to extend the shelf life, sometimes arsenic was used instead. Almonds, fruit seed, lima beans, cassava roots (every so often there is poisoning in. Safrole (sassafras leaves): used to be flavouring in root beer, carcinogenic in animal. Genuine popcorn, pure vegetable oil, natural salt, real artificial color (?) #1 food additive in canada, ca 10lbs/person/year (10x more than we need)