Why do onions make you cry?

#016 RebroadcastThis 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 episodehttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf60174a009  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acschembio.7b00336https://www.nature.com/articles/419685a  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/science/onions-crying-chemicals.htmlhttp://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/pso/psov.htmhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170620122950.htmhttps://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/ignobels-2013-the-tearless-onion/Thanks to our monthly supporters

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