KCTS 9

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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