
Researchers Discover Cleaner Way to Make An Important Chemical | Newswise
Few people have heard of the chemical ethylene oxide, but all of us have used products that rely on it for their production, from antifreeze and plastics to textiles and disinfectants. It’s a “platform chemical”—the basis for many other chemicals—and there’s a $40 billion annual worldwide market for it. The ethylene oxide production process emits…