Mexican Engineer Turning Prickly Pear Juice into Biodegradable Plastic

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<p>GUADALAJARA, Mexico – On a recent morning, Sandra Pascoe Ortiz, a chemical engineering professor, sat down at a restaurant and ordered one of her favorite drinks: a blend of grapefruit, pineapple, celery, parsley, spinach and prickly pear cactus. Pascoe Ortiz for years has been drinking this blend known in Mexico as jugo verde (&#8220;green juice&#8221;), ...</p>

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