The contributions of chemistry to society are vast and almost numberless. An in-exhaustive list would include:

• Vaccines
• Food safety practices
• Treatment programs for diseases
• Diagnostic tools in healthcare
• Plastics
• Synthetic fibers
• An understanding of oil
• Cosmetics and cleaners.

Vaccines and immunization were first popularized in the 1770s by Edward Jenner, who took pus from the hand of a victim of cowpox, … Read more