[Mitch]

http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/News/PressReleases/2008/ChemicalFree.asp

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The Royal Society of Chemistry is today reclaiming the word chemical from the advertising and marketing industries.

It has been misappropriated and maligned as synonymous with "poison". The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) recently defended an advert which perpetuated the myth that natural compounds are free of chemicals.

The truth, as any right-minded person will say, is that everything we eat, drink, drive, play with and live in is made of chemicals - both natural and synthetic chemicals are essential for life as we know it.

If, as the ASA says, the public believes materials can be "100% chemical free", the RSC will soon be inundated with examples from people wishing to claim the £1 million pound bounty announced today by the RSC.

Dr Neville Reed, a director of the RSC, said today: "I'd be happy to give a million pounds to the first member of the public who could place in my hands any material I consider 100% chemical free.

"Should anyone do this, we will see thousands of years' worth of knowledge evaporate before our eyes. We would have to tear up the textbooks, burn the degree certificates and retrain the teachers."

The manufacturers of a popular "organic" fertiliser recently drew the attention of the public when it claimed in promotional materials the product contained no chemicals whatsoever.

The product's manufacturer makes the fantastic claim to be "100% chemical free" in its advertising and on its packaging. The back of the packaging lists its chemical-free ingredients, which include phosphorus pentoxide and potassium oxide.

Contact and Further Information
Jon Edwards
Media Relations Officer
Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 432366 or +44 (0) 7770 431013
Email: Jon Edwards

[enahs]

I sent an e-mail stating how easy it would be. We will see if he will stick to his boast  and give me a million pounds, or say because I did not physically do it, just told him how, it does not count; and cancel the challenge.

If he really does agree to do what he says, I am taking a vacation to an exotic island and will pay for you to come Mitch, in thanks for exposing me to his challenge.

[nj_bartel]

*Shines flashlight*

[Mitch]

You better take me!

[DrCMS]

I sent an e-mail stating how easy it would be. We will see if he will stick to his boast  and give me a million pounds, or say because I did not physically do it, just told him how, it does not count; and cancel the challenge.

If he really does agree to do what he says, I am taking a vacation to an exotic island and will pay for you to come Mitch, in thanks for exposing me to his challenge.

So how can you do it then?

[enahs]

I sent an e-mail stating how easy it would be. We will see if he will stick to his boast  and give me a million pounds, or say because I did not physically do it, just told him how, it does not count; and cancel the challenge.

If he really does agree to do what he says, I am taking a vacation to an exotic island and will pay for you to come Mitch, in thanks for exposing me to his challenge.

So how can you do it then?

Hadron particles are not chemicals.
A material is a substance that has mass and definite proportions (simplified, made up of smaller particles); hadron particles satisfy all these requirements, and are thus materials.
It is rather trivial to bombard somebodies hand with neutrons, protons, etc.

I agree with his sentiment, 100%. But his statement is flawed. I want my 1 million pounds of currency. I am serious.
If he wants to use science to boastfully make silly grandiose arrogant claims demeaning somebody else silly grandiose arrogant claims, he better make damn sure he is very specific and correct.

I can tolerate people without scientific knowledge making stupid scientific statements; but I do not want to tolerate scientific leaders responding in kind.

[Mitch]

How are you going to put it in his hand?

[enahs]

Any piece of radioactive material that is a neutron emitter will put neutrons in his hand.
I am not responsible if he is not capable of holding onto the material.
 

[Astrokel]

So how did it goes?

[enahs]

Never got a response, the bastards!