Sigma-Aldrich Corporation

Unregulated spaces are a lot easier.

You can go buy a kilogram of oxytocin on Sigma-Aldrich chemical supply right now, and if you do that, maybe you won't die alone.

I can't.

Mark, you in on that one? Yeah, yeah.

Unregulated spaces are a lot easier.

You can go buy a kilogram of oxytocin on Sigma Aldrich chemical supply right now.

If you do

that, maybe you won't die alone.

And, um, because I had been pulled in as a independent expert to the European debate over dietary su- food supplements, um, I got involved and led a campaign to try and prevent the Food Supplement Directive coming through on the basis that it was gonna make it very, very hard to have natural sources of vitamins and minerals.

When I was first presented with a positive list from the European Food Supplements Directive, I s- I said, "Well, these, these things exist in a Sigma-Aldrich catalog.

They don't exist in nature.

They don't exist in real plants." And so we had, um, a company in the US that was selling natural sources and said, "What are we gonna do about it?" And if they went through the front door, they'd have to pay hundreds of thousands for each ingredient to prove safety.

She's also been an ACS member for over 40 years.

[audience applauding] And Jeffrey Whitford is vice president for sustainability and social business innovation at MilliporeSigma, the life science business of Merck.

He says his goal over the past 20 years has been embedding sustainability as a core business driver across every aspect of the business.

Welcome.

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Sigma Aldrich, which are used in laboratories-

This is-

... as blocking agents.

They probably know that calcium gluconate gel should be available, and hopefully they know that an exposure requires an immediate response.

I pulled a safety data sheet for forty-five to seventy percent hydrofluoric acid from Sigma Aldrich.

A link is included in the show notes.

This SDS was last revised on July 22nd, 2025.

While this is well-meaning, it can lead to increasing risk tolerance and a rather relaxed approach to handling items that might surprise folks who haven't regularly worked in chemistry labs.

This attitude probably bleeds into a little bit of what I am about to say next.

When looking at the Sigma Aldrich SDS, I am seeing toxic and corrosive.

Great.

From Merck Group, we have Andre Silva.

From MilliporeSigma, we have, uh, Sarah Powell-Price, Sally as we're gonna be calling her.

From Vireo Advisors, we have Joanne Shatkin.

Uh, we have Rene Vinas, he's a corporate toxicologist at Upside Foods.

Thank you for joining today.

My name is Sally Pal Price.

I'm a regulatory expert in public health and food safety with MilliporeSigma.

Um, I'm just gonna talk to you a little bit today.