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Rebecca Altman

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As seen in: Nature, Post Outlook, The Atlantic, Science Magazine, Australian Financial Review, Aeon, Internazionale, RealClear Science, Utne Reader, Orion Magazine and
🏭 Environmental sociologist writing about plastics, toxics (PCBs, PFAS) Bylines: @theatlantic @sciencemagazine @orionmagazine 📝 Rep’d by @grimmlit🌲 she/her
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Constructing ultrafast labs in the modern era

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By Andrew Carpenter, Rebecca Altman
| Nature Verified
As ultrafast laser laboratories modernize, researchers have the opportunity to leverage recent advances in equipment and artificial intelligence to develop the next generation of ultrafast systems.
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Breve storia della plastica e dei danni che causa

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By Rebecca Altman
| Internazionale Verified
Il treno merci deragliato nel febbraio 2023 a East Palestine, nei pressi del confine tra Ohio e Pennsylvania, trasportava diversi tipi di verdure congelate, liquore di malto, semolino e alcune sostanze chimiche utilizzate nella produzione della plastica, come il cloruro di vinile monomero (cvm).
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From War Machine to Supermarket Staple: A History of the Plastic Bag

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By Rebecca Altman
| Orion Magazine Verified
THE HISTORY OF the plastic carrier bag—the kind so often found caught on a tree branch and flagging in the wind—is a story of persuasion. For over a century, the paper bag held dominion over how groceries were hauled home. By the 1980s, the plastics industry saw the grocery bag—a lucrative market, over $600 million at the time—as “the last stronghold” of the American supermarket, said Ronald Schmeider, marketing manager at Mobil Chemical, a subsidiary of what is now ExxonMobil.
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