Sunday, March 05, 2006

Where will America's future scientists get their chemistry sets if chemistry sets are banned?

Don't think it cannot happen? Think again. I remember quite well my first and only chemistry set at about the age of 13. When I ran out of candles as a heat source I scraped pine resin and used that. Stinky, smoky and my Dad finally put a stop to that.

The amount of the chemicals listed that a chemistry set would contain is insignificant. But what about our schools' ability to teach chemistry (and physics)? At College of the Siskiyous in 1967, Mr. Kinkade, the Teacher, required the students to identify various metallic samples. I remember that mine was aluminum and I had a heck of a time getting it to react to the acid.

This country MUST encourage more people to enter the sciences. For many of the below listed materials I can figure out substitutes and alternative methods of manufacturing them using nothing more than an electric sander and lots of time grinding into fine power the aluminum cylinder head from a car or the magnesium parts from a motorcycle.

http://www.unitednuclear.com/legalaction.htm

The United States CPSC has initiated criminal legal action against us and other chemical suppliers.
In short, the CPSC would like to ban the public from all access to chemicals. This would mean an end to hobbies such as model rocketry, pyrotechnics and of course chemistry. One by one, our freedoms are slowly being taken away from us - this action must be stopped now.
Specifically, the CPSC is focusing on certain chemicals and metals at this time. The current CPSC injunction would require:

"Not sell, give away or otherwise distribute any of the following Metals for which the particle size is finer than 100 mesh (or particles less than 150 microns in size) to any recipient who does not possess a valid
manufacturing license for explosives issued by the ATF:"

Aluminum and Aluminum alloys
Magnalium metal
Magnesium metal
Magnesium/Aluminum alloys
Titanium and Titanium alloys
Zinc metal
Zirconium metal

"Not sell, give away or otherwise distribute any of the following chemicals to any recipient who does not possess a valid manufacturing license for explosives issued by the ATF:"

Antimony and antimony compounds
Benzoate compounds
Nitrate compounds
Permanganate compounds
Chlorate compounds
Perchlorate compounds
Salicylate compounds
Sulfur

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