Why do onions make you cry?

Chemistry For Your Life · Nov 30, 2023 · 34m

#016 Rebroadcast

This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of onion tears, the emotional reaction we all have, against our will, when cutting onions. Grab some tissues, this one's gonna burn.

References from this episode

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf60174a009

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acschembio.7b00336

https://www.nature.com/articles/419685a

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/science/onions-crying-chemicals.html

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/pso/psov.htm

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170620122950.htm…