The dye industry, heavy on the use of petrochemicals, is one of the world’s biggest polluters. Now dyes can be made by microorganisms that -grow- colors.

    • EvilBit@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I hate the “chemicals bad” nonsense. It’s ignorant fearmongering. Meanwhile I eat chemicals for breakfast.

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        9 months ago

        Oooo, quercetin, so spooky like myricetin and kaempferol. I can’t even go outside for fear of the chemical cyanidin. Wait. Those are just banana flavour compounds. My bad.