Comments on: Your Basement Chemistry Lab http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/your-basement-chemistry-lab/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:02:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Edward http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/your-basement-chemistry-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-1548264 Edward Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:06:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23242#comment-1548264 Don't worry about police suspicion. At worst they will drop by for a look-see. The couple of times it has happened to me, I offered them a soda and bored them to tears describing my work. Don't worry about police suspicion. At worst they will drop by for a look-see. The couple of times it has happened to me, I offered them a soda and bored them to tears describing my work.

]]> By: just a guy http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/your-basement-chemistry-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-1547929 just a guy Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:42:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23242#comment-1547929 I was going to say... if for some reason a cop or some such came to know about (or suspect) such a lab, they'd probably think it was for making meth or crack or something and then come search your house and break/take your science stuff. I was going to say... if for some reason a cop or some such came to know about (or suspect) such a lab, they'd probably think it was for making meth or crack or something and then come search your house and break/take your science stuff.

]]> By: Ben B. http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/your-basement-chemistry-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-1547708 Ben B. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:43:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23242#comment-1547708 Just keep in mind that the glassware is now considered "drug paraphernalia" and that it is illegal to own in some states, must be registered in others. And that doesn't even begin to address the issues of the chemicals themselves. Here's a depressing, though informative, read on the issue: http://memepunks.blogspot.com/2006/06/americas-war-on-science.html?dupe=with_honor Just keep in mind that the glassware is now considered "drug paraphernalia" and that it is illegal to own in some states, must be registered in others. And that doesn't even begin to address the issues of the chemicals themselves.

Here's a depressing, though informative, read on the issue:

http://memepunks.blogspot.com/2006/06/americas-war-on-science.html?dup e=with_honor

]]> By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/your-basement-chemistry-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-1547682 Skipweasel Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:27:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23242#comment-1547682 If you fossick about on the net you can find a scan of The Golden Book Of Chemistry Experiments, which though banned was actually really good. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Book_of_Chemistry_Experiments If you fossick about on the net you can find a scan of The Golden Book Of Chemistry Experiments, which though banned was actually really good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Book_of_Chemistry_Experiments

]]> By: Edward http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/your-basement-chemistry-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-1547363 Edward Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:19:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23242#comment-1547363 My mother (a retired chemistry professor)has long bemoaned that the day of making significant discoveries in your basement chemistry lab is long gone. Now-a-days it takes isolation chambers and government grants. You go girl! Prove her wrong. My mother (a retired chemistry professor)has long bemoaned that the day of making significant discoveries in your basement chemistry lab is long gone. Now-a-days it takes isolation chambers and government grants.

You go girl! Prove her wrong.

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