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California’s Green Chemistry Initiative Leading the Way: What it means for labs and states across the country

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Joe Doolen

72 billion pounds of chemicals are produced in or imported int the United States every day. New chemicals are being invented at the rate of 1000 per year, adding to the list of 82,000 chemicals currently in existence. Having worked … Continue reading →

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Redox Chemistry: the Glutathione Connection

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Joe Doolen

Biochemistry teaches us that the production of free radicals from aerobic metabolism in the mitochondria is what dictates everything from homeostasis to pathology. Intermediaries (also called reducing equivalents)between the free radicals and the structures of our bodies are required to buffer … Continue reading →

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