Tag: Halogens

My TEDx talk was about my flirting with chemistry, particularly group 7 elements of the periodic table. I loved those halogens. Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine and Astatine. I hated people hating them. I had reasons. I lived with them. I lead the global transformation away from halogenated chemicals. In this world of Start-ups, I lived and led Stop-ups. See TEDx Talk on: https://bit.ly/2IB1eQC Abstract of my TEDx talk In one generation, the humanity identified the catastrophic consequences of its invention that was already commercialised massively and was its products were fast growing in their production and consumption. In the same generation, countries scientifically assessed the impacts of the products of the invention, took global action under the convening power of United Nations, and successfully reversed the tide of the disaster that was in waiting. The invention and its products, as a result, were put in history books. The United Nations' global treaty of the Montreal Protocol...