Letters from Chemistry World readers
Have your say on the topics covered in Chemistry World.
Chemistry World welcomes letters, which should be concise (normally fewer than 300 words) and timely. Those selected for publication are subject to editing for clarity and length. Letters should be marked ‘for publication’ and sent to chemistryworld@rsc.org.
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OpinionLetters: October 2025
Readers discuss chemistry degree uptake, isotope analysis best practice and green cosmetics
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OpinionLetters: August 2025
Readers continue celebrating benzene and debating the use of glyphosate
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OpinionLetters: May 2025
Readers share memories of home chemistry and concerns about carbon capture, and more
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OpinionLetters: April 2025
Readers highlight Serbian opposition to lithium mining, the need for more practical chemistry, and the influence of the Greek alphabet
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OpinionLetters: March 2025
Readers remember Graham Richards, celebrate a classic textbook and show how to use your Chemistry World magazines for outreach
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OpinionLetters: February 2025
A reader argues for greater use of quantum chemistry in Iupac definitions
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OpinionLetters: January 2025
Readers discuss the fentanyl problem, ethanol regulations and Reading’s continuing success
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OpinionLetters: December 2024
Readers share concerns over classifying ethanol as reprotoxic, celebrate undergraduate practical innovation, and more
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OpinionLetters: October 2024
Readers celebrate an MSc course, manufacturing and multi-dimensional space
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OpinionLetters: September 2024
Readers discuss antidepressants, industrial disasters and what Humphry Davy inhaled
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OpinionLetters: August 2024
Readers share their connections to the Flixborough disaster, discuss the importance of inorganic neurochemistry and more
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OpinionLetters: July 2024
Readers discuss DDT, reveal new information about Humphry Davy and ponder how to deal with errors
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OpinionLetters: June 2024
Readers find answers in industry, celebrate Eiji Osawa and continue the Z-DNA debate
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OpinionLetters: May 2024
Readers call for cross-industry support, celebrate variety and debate the evidence for Z-DNA’s handedness
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OpinionLetters: April 2024
Readers discuss the handedness of DNA, celebrate the Explosives Act and reminisce about childhood experiments
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OpinionLetters: March 2024
Readers provide an update on a band keratopathy project, share their love… and then there’s fireworks