Edward Kenneth A.

Dragas

2015-46053

BA- Political Science

From the moment we were born and to the moment we die chemistry plays a major role in our daily lives .
We must realize the importance of chemistry in our daily life. Chemistry moves with us like our shadow and even
while we sleep. When we walk , when we take food, when we inhale & exhale ( breathe ), when we bath, when we
drink , when we do any work that we do in our everyday life, everywhere and everytime, chemistry is always with
us . Now lets have a glance at the presence of chemistry in every subject of our life.
The diagnostic tests carried out in laboratories, the prognostic estimations, medical prescriptions, pills, the
vaccines, the antibiotics play very vital role in health monitoring, control of diseases and in alleviating the
sufferings of the humanity. Right from birth control to enhancement of life expectancy- all have been made
possible using the unequivocal services of chemistry. From simple sterilization surgical instruments with antiseptic
solution to Chemotherapy and Genome sequencing are all nothing but applications of chemistry.
From cloth mills, lather factories, petro-chemical industries and refineries to metal industries- all use
numerous fuels for power generation and chemical products for processing their product and improve the equality
and simultaneously produce pollution. Now-a-days chemical effluent treatment plants use chemicals to control or
neutralist he hazardous impact of pollutants produced by the industries. Aviation and shipping industries generate
power through power plants which burn fuels. Petrol and diesel emit out green house gases dangerous for the
survival on earth which damage the ozone layer that protects us from UV rays. As a result global warming has
taken place which is a destroyer of the planet earth. But again Chemistry paves the way with bio-fuels.
Chemistry can also be useful in solving crime. Forensic science- the comprehensive scientific analysis of
material evidence in the context of the law uses principles of chemistry to facilitate crime investigation.
It is very important to understand basic chemistry so that we can understand how vitamins, supplements,
and drugs can help or harm us. Part of the importances of chemistry lies in developing and testing new medical
treatments and medicines.
Chemistry is also at the heart of environmental issues. What makes one chemical a nutrient and another
chemical a pollutant? How we can clean up the environment? What processes can produce the things our need
without harming the environment? We're all chemists. We use chemicals every day and perform chemical
reactions without thinking much about them. Chemistry is important because everything you do is chemistry! Even
our body is made of chemicals. Chemical reactions occur when we breathe, eat, or just sit there reading. All
matter is made of chemicals, so the importance of chemistry is that it's the study of everything.
The marvels of chemistry are endless. The chemist is the magician who can turn waste products into
things both beautiful and useful. Thus from coal one gets coal-gas and its bye-product, coal-dyes, saccharine and
many more substances. Waste products like saw-dust can be made to yield oil and acids. Marvelous indeed are
the achievements of modern chemistry