Chemicals have played a major role in building the modern world. They have also played a major role in trashing the Earth and the lives of humans – especially the youngest and the poorest. But neither can we manage life today without chemicals. So this section focuses on a complex issue: balancing the use of chemicals with personal and planetary well-being.

In order to figure out how we can do this balancing act, we need to first of all understand the nature of chemicals in our food, personal care products and many other things we use. So presented here are a range of resources to learn as well as to come to conclusion as to how we can protect ourselves.