Sand won’t save you this time (2008)
This is from Derek Lowe's blog "In The Pipeline" on the pharmaceutical industry via chemistry, and it's the best.It's bounced around a couple hosts over the years, and sadly this latest incarnation on science.org doesn't preserve the tags from the original.Nevertheless, look up "Derek Lowe things I won't work with" for a great and hilarious series of posts on "fun" chemicals.For example:* Peroxide Peroxides:https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-wor...* Dioxygen Difluoride, or FOOF to its frenemies (let's put the two strongest oxidants together just for fun):https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-wor...* Triazadienyl Fluoride:https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-wor...