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Bamboo is a wise alternative to wood products. But there are still a few toxic snakes in the grass.
  • Chemistry?

    There's a bit of confused chemistry in this article - sodium hydroxide is neither "volatile" or "organic". (It may be the main ingredient in Drano - oooh, scary - but it's also used to make soap and lots of other products.) The rayonizing process is environmentally problematic, but not because of sodium hydroxide specifically.