chemophobia

English

Etymology

chemo- +‎ -phobia

Noun

chemophobia (uncountable)

  1. An irrational fear of chemicals
    • 1962, John Clifton Ayres, Chemical and Biological Hazards in Food:
      By chemophobia I mean an exaggerated fear of toxicity brought about by the widespread use of chemicals in food production and processing.
    • 2018, Hans Rosling, Factfulness, page 118:
      Chemophobia also means that every six months there is a "new scientific finding" about a synthetic chemical found in regular food in very low quantites that, if you ate a cargo ship or two of it every day for three years, could kill you.
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