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Residential exposure to petroleum refining could be related to strokes in the southern US

A new study has found a strong link between exposure to pollutants from petroleum refineries and stroke rates in the southern United States. The...

What makes cobalt essential to life?

Cobalt sits in the centre of the corrin ring of vitamin B12 and we derive important cobalamins from it. Two of our enzymes use...

Plant-based component could boost bacterial production of biodegradable plastic

Less than 10 percent of synthetic plastics are being recycled. This petroleum-derived, non-biodegradable materials accumulate themselves across the planet. This accumulation covers stretches of...

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