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3 things you should know about plastic-wrapped cucumbers, the James Webb telescope, and inflammation

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Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Jul 14, 2022
For the July edition, they discuss how plastic wrap on cucumbers might soon be unnecessary, the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope, and how inflammation helps with healing.
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3 things you should know about living inoculants, space debris, and an ocean of plastic waste

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May 5, 2021
For the May edition, we examine a new product that could give your garden a boost, the growing issue of space debris, and the urgent need to address plastic waste in our world ocean.
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The great imitator: Cellulose nitrate in the twentieth century

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Caitlin Walsh
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Jun 11, 2020
Discover more about cellulose nitrate objects, and how Ingenium conservators work to identify these objects to prevent degradation.
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Ditching the plastic: How to live a “zero waste lifestyle”

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Jan 6, 2020
Ditch the disposables! From buying in bulk to frequenting local markets, Laurence Pechadre offers the Ingenium Channel advice on how to live a “zero waste lifestyle” environment.
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A Frenchman and an ocean full of plastic

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Lindsay Wolcott
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Jul 3, 2018
Ever heard of plastic smog? This article calls attention to the global use, pollution, and production of single-use plastics – and the undertaking of Benoit Lecomte, a French swimmer, to swim across the Pacific Ocean. Lecomte’s feat, if successful, will not only make him the first person to do so, but the journey will act as an opportunity to study (and as a glaring reminder of) pollution in the ocean. Among the threats and obstacles Lecomte will face as he traverses the ocean are densely

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