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    PAINT

    Apr 01, 2020 2 minutes

    made using plant oils and tree resins to form a binder until, in the middle of the 20th century, manufacturers started making paint from plastics, by ‘cracking’ the petrochemical by-products from refining crude oil. Paints became cheaper and more usable, but also hazardous – not only were they not good for the environment but bad for our health as they contained harmful volatile

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