Stories
- Article
Sharing Nature: Plastic fantastic
There are serious concerns about plastics in the environment. Yet they make our lives much easier, even in the natural world.
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Delusional recycling and the problem with plastic
Many of us are guilty of wishful thinking when it comes to our rubbish. Arianne Shahvisi exposes shaky recycling infrastructure and overseas dumping, arguing for an end to waste colonialism.
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Why even plastic surgery can’t hide you from facial recognition
Once upon a time, plastic surgery allowed a few notorious criminals to evade the law. But today, sophisticated facial-recognition technology has turned dreams of anonymity to dust.
- Book extract
A doctor, his community and coronavirus
Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.
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Catalogue
- Books
Plastics for food contact applications : a code of practice for safety in use.
British Plastics Federation.Date: 1969- Books
Plastics as an art form / Thelma R. Newman.
Newman, Thelma R. (Thelma Rita)Date: [1965]- Books
Plastics materials in surgery / by Bernard Bloch and Garth W. Hastings.
Bloch, Bernard.Date: [1972]- Books
Plastics in surgery / by Bernard Bloch and Garth W. Hastings.
Bloch, Bernard.Date: [1967], ©1967
- Books
- Online
Plastics and orthopedics : a report republished from the transactions of the Illinois State Medical Society, for 1871 / by David Prince.
Prince, David, 1816-1889.Date: [1871]
