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Activated Charcoal

Activated Charcoal also called Activated carbon is  created by heating high carbon rich materials such as coconut shells or wood in an oxygen deprived environment to create a char. The char is then put through high temperatures and steam  or oxidizing gases that creates a porous  structure ideal for absorption. Activated charcoal is used medicinally…

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Appalachian wildflowers an ecological guide to flowering Plants From Quebec to Georgia By Thomas Hemmerly

Author’s Notes Amazon Basin, Black Forest, Caribbean Islands, Sea of Galilee, Point Pelee, Okefenokee Swamp, Mount Sinai, Rio Grande, County Limerick, and Appalachian Mountains—all these names and the special places they designate are among those that fascinated and intrigued me as a youngster. But the word Appalachian especially captured my fancy, even though those mountains…

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