There has been tremendous media coverage of the plastic polycarbonate and the evils of the chemical BPA, a component used in the manufacturing of polycarbonate. Many consumers are hearing conflicting evidence regarding the effects of BPA on adult humans. Some experts may say the exposure is within safe FDA limits and others say [...]

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We’ve talked a lot in this blog about our office being in “The Combat Zone” of Raleigh. We even made our own map highlighting the area. Well, our friend Susan just tipped us to some interesting and visually humorous (despite the content) information design called SPOT CRIME which maps different types of scary things like [...]

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This is not news to the world, but is news to me. Humans dumping waste into the oceans has had unexpected results.

Currents of the oceans have accumulated the waste into concentrated zones of floating plastic called Gyres. There are 5 major swirling pools of plastic in our oceans. The most discussed one is the North [...]

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Ok you don’t get much cooler than this: aquaculture that uses all of nature’s natural systems while maintaining a protective and somewhat controlled environment for fish.

The inventors claim this eliminates sea lice and other health problems for the fish compared to conventional fisheries. It was created by Ocean Farm Technologies and is of course recognized [...]

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Though ethnically ambiguous in my own gene pool, I really love “Stuff White People Like.” Just for highlighting the “whiteness” of New Balance shoes made from good ol’ USA workers.

and then peppering it with quotes like:
“white people who jog are generally viewed as being better than white people who don’t. Although perhaps it’s more [...]

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