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June 26, 2014 blog post

The Chemical Story Behind Non-Petroleum-Based Plastics

Every year, millions of tons of plastic are discarded into landfills, where they will take hundreds of years to break

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January 28, 2014 blog post

Cleaning without chemicals? Part I – The use and hazards of traditional cleaning chemicals

This is part one of a two (maybe three…definitely four at the most) part series What motivated me to explore

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October 8, 2013 blog post

What do People Think of Science?

As an emerging scientist, I often can’t help but conclude that the public must think science is a bad thing. 

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July 2, 2013 blog post

All Natural Chemicals

“Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every

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