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MR MCGUIRE had just one word for young Benjamin, in “The Graduate”: plastics. It was 1967, and chemical engineers had spent the previous decade devising cheap...
REDUCTION IN THE USE OF PLASTICS About ninety percent of the plastic products used every day are used once and then thrown: plastic wrap, grocery bags,...
Harmful chemicals are released by seepage in the groundwater and in the ecosystem especially in the soil from the plastics. Polymer and nylon degrading bacteria like...
Water conservation is already a concern in places, but the world’s water is in great danger because of leaking plastics and waste. If you’ve ever seen a...
RECKLESS DISPOSAL Plastic are among the easily disposed items due to their lightweight and use period. Take for example plastic paper bags, wrappers, plastic water bottles,...
Research has predicted yet unknown beneficial effects for many drugs on different diseases than they were initially developed for. This is of immense value, both for...
THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING DRUG: FROM THE LABORATORY TO SHELF Each year sees a couple of dozen new drugs licensed for use, but in their wake,...
ASPIRIN Aspirin decomposes rapidly in solutions of ammonium acetate or the acetates, carbonates, citrates, or hydroxides of the alkali metals. It is stable in dry air, but gradually hydrolyses in contact with moisture to acetic and salicylic acids. In...
Although plastics have been produced in large quantities since the end of World War 11, it was not until the 1970’s that the existence of widespread...
Antioxidants are substance that inhibits oxidation. Antioxidant enzymes are key players of metabolism that promote healthy cells, tissues, and organisms, the biochemical mechanism by which they...
