Scientists in China have identified 9 different chemicals in cigarette butts that apparently protect steel pipes (specifically oil pipes) from rusting.
Next time you take a smoking break at work, try to imagine an offshore oil rig. Before reading this, you probably would have thought, who cares about an oil rig? But after reading this article, you will see the significance.
Who would’ve thunk that YOU (the smoker) and an oil rig, had so much in common?
Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy, doesn’t it?
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64C10W20100513
Filed under: Random, World, American Chemical Society, China, cigarette butts, smoking
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