Friday, October 12, 2007

Earlier this year, I came across a blog from Derek Lowe. He bemoaned the difficulty that amateurs (and their children) have getting chemicals, lab equipment, and other science supplies these days. I do agree that it is getting inherently difficult to obtain different types of laboratory chemicals. I wanted to let everyone know that all the chemicals and laboratory media will be clearly marked on our website. There are two levels of restrictions that could possibly apply. There are federal restrictions that prohibit the selling of hazardous chemicals and other hazardous laboratory products to licensed pharmaceutical or industrial entities. There is also a second level of state restrictions for said products that applies to different states (currently 11 states have an addition level of restriction). Coming shortly, we will have all the restrictions clearly marked on our website, as well as items that are hazardous and require an extra shipping fee. Starting shortly, if you see a chemical without any type of restricted tag, this will mean that this item is allowed to be sold to anyone. We will indeed carry many types of chemistry kits and biology kits for all the amateur scientists out there.