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Blog / Xenoestrogens: Foreign Hormones on Familiar Ground

October 26, 2022October 26, 2022 / Siena Mantooth / 1

What’s so hazardous about BPA, and why choose organic? Xenoestrogens may be the answer, and avoiding them is becoming a necessity.

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Blog / The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

August 12, 2021 / Syed Masood /

How does plastic end up in the ocean, and what is the negative impact on ocean ecology and marine life?

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Blog / Living in a world gone plastic

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 / Eliza Thulson /

Ever since the invention of plastic, disposal of the billions of pieces produced each year has been a global problem. Scientists have uncovered two bacterial enzymes that eat plastic – could this be the answer we’re looking for?

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Blog / Our Plastic Problem

November 3, 2019November 4, 2019 / Marguerite Little /

Biomedical research currently relies on single-use plastics but how often do we actually consider the effects of that reliance?

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