Chemical Education contra Chemophobia

Alexander Rulev

doi:10.2533/chimia.2021.98

Chemical Education contra Chemophobia

Authors

Alexander Rulev A. E. Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1, Favorsky St., 664033, Irkutsk, Russia;, Email: rulev@irioch.irk.ru

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2021.98

Keywords:

Chemistry, Chemophilia, Chemophobia, Education, Ignorance

Abstract

Where does a negative attitude towards chemistry come from? How does a person begin to fear chemicals and how can one fall in love with chemistry? The problem of chemophobia and the role of education in decreasing its levels are discussed.