- Department:Comprehensive Planning Division
Chemicals can be found everywhere in modern life. However, do you find it confusing, technical and difficult to understand these chemicals that are closely related to our lives? The Chemicals Administration of the Ministry of the Environment recommends this book, which is easy for everyone to read: "Elementary and Junior High School Students Can Easily Understand! The Chemical Substances in Our Lives", which helps people to understand chemical substances in their daily lives. In addition, the Chemicals Administration indicates that this book has also been selected for the 85th "Good Books for everyone" Outstanding Children's and Young Adults' Book Award for the second half of the year 2023.
According to the Chemicals Administration, chemicals are indispensable to modern life. All kinds of chemical issues are involved in food, stationery and household products. Although chemicals are an integral part of life, they may also cause risks. Therefore, it is very important for the public to understand the chemicals in their lives and to learn the safety concepts of proper use of chemicals. This is the first chemistry and popular science book published by the Chemicals Administration in cooperation with the Mandarin Daily News, aimed at elementary and high school students, with the goal of helping them learn about chemicals in their daily lives at an early age.
Chemicals Administration further explains that this book is based on daily life scenarios, combining easy-to-understand text with lovely illustrations. In addition to describing common chemical substances in our daily life, such as food additives, detergents, medicines, cosmetics, etc., this book also contains a lot of interesting contents, such as "The best way to keep pearls from being too soft", "Old Fashion Traditional Black Tea with Charming Aroma", "Why do we need to use laundry detergent to wash clothes", and "How to choose mosquito repellents when it's hot and mosquitoes are everywhere", which help readers to deepen the understanding of the chemicals in our daily life, and at the same time, learn the knowledge of chemical substances.
Chemicals Administration points out that in order for the public to understand chemical substances in daily life, it has published two books, "Chemical Substances in Our Lives" and "Chemical Substances in Our Lives, Part 2" since 2018, and "Elementary and High School Students Can Easily Understand! The Chemical Substances in Our Lives" is the third book. In addition to books, the Chemicals Administration has also produced a variety of videos, lazy person's guides, interactive games, teaching materials, etc., and welcomes the public to browse online and download them!
Website: https: //www.cha.gov.tw/mp-1.html.
