Meaning of chemophobia | Babel Free

Definitions

An irrational fear of chemicals

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Examples

“By chemophobia I mean an exaggerated fear of toxicity brought about by the widespread use of chemicals in food production and processing.”

“Chemophobia also means that every six months there is a "new scientific finding" about a synthetic chemical found in regular food in very low quantites that, if you ate a cargo ship or two of it every day for three years, could kill you.”

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