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- February 13, 2008
Is it true duct tape will remove warts?
Frog Lover in Love
Proponents of duct tape have long held that it has a special and unique ability to remove warts!
Researchers at the University of Minnesota set out to prove, or disprove, the veracity of this thesis. Working with 90 be-warted adults, researchers covered half the warts with moleskin (a heavy cotton fabric used for bandages) and half with duct tape. At the end of the experiment 21% of the warts covered with duct tape were completely resolved, compared to 22% for the moleskin. Statistically, those are identical outcomes.
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Anonymous writes:Any idea which way would kill more germs – hanging clothes out in the sun, or drying them at high heat? Germ A. Titus
Martin "Scienceman" Wolf, Director of Product & Environmental Technology, is responsible for product design at Seventh Generation. Prior to joining Seventh Generation Mr. Wolf was CEO of Cellutech LLC, a venture-funded research and development company involved in developing commercial applications for by-products of the wood pulping industry, and before that, President of Cambridge Analytical Associates, Inc., an environmental analysis laboratory and consultancy. Mr. Wolf has over 30 years experience in environmental product design and evaluation, environmental chemical analysis, and environmental life cycle inventories. He holds an M.S. in Chemistry from Yeshiva University (New York) and a B.S. in Chemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Massachusetts).
