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In a small, nondescript office park in North Austin, scientist George Bittner bombards baby bottles with UV rays, blasts sippy cups with steam and microwaves deli containers. The idea is to recreate the way consumers use and abuse common plastic products. After stressing the products, Bittner and his 10 employees at PlastiPure and CertiChem, two […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402