olestra

• Holly Doremus
• April 16, 2009

Less fattening, and less toxic, paints

Industrial chemistry really is going green. Remember olestra, the fat substitute that was briefly used to make fat-free potato chips, until its unappealing side effects dampened consumer enthusiasm? Now some olestra relatives may be back, for uses that don’t threaten to produce gastrointestinal distress. According to Scientific American’s 60-Second Science blog, a new line of …

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