c/medicine · by FlyingSquid@mander.xyz · 3yScientists make ibuprofen and other common painkillers from paper industry waste https://www.engadget.com/scientists-make-ibuprofen-and-other-common-painkillers-from-paper-industry-waste-182758699.html?guccounter=1Were you aware that ibuprofen is made from petroleum byproducts? I had absolutely no idea. 28 points · 3 comments · view on lemmy.world
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regulatorg@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y
Great to know that my headache is cured by something in crude oil or turpentine will just sniff petrol next time
Mudflap@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y
This reads more like "an interesting fact" than a headline
kindenough@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
Well today I learned. That's why it is so dirt cheap here then I guess.