Rick Keil, from the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington, talks about how the concentration of cooking spices (e.g. vanilla, cinnamon,thyme) in Puget Sound is higher than in less urbanized waterways. Ethyl-vanillin, a synthetic compound found in artificial vanilla, is the most abundant spice in Puget Sound. Keil also talks about a series of emerging pollutants found in ‘green’ products.
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Posted by Guest (not verified) on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 10:50am
Amazing research - good to see sucn fun and accessibler material coming from UW. Great topic for Science on Tap.
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