What do the following have in common: Birds and cigarette filters, tequila, and ExxonMobil? You鈥檒l need to read Mark Jones鈥� piece called 鈥淩eason for Optimism鈥� to find out. I can report that 鈥榤otivated reasoning鈥� plays a role
Mark Jones has little use for the word 鈥榯oxic.鈥� He explains why, pointing in part to a recent decision by Canada, which now considers plastic articles to be toxic under Canada鈥檚 primary environmental law鈥攖he Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA). Mark struggles with toxic articles made from non-toxic materials
Dow鈥檚 Mark Jones retired from the Dow Chemical Company on March 31, and is back with three new reasons to be grateful for chemistry (the initial three reasons he addressed in a previous ACS Industry Matters comment