Karim Kanbar
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Microplastics are Everywhere: Should we be Concerned?
Plastics have become an indivisible part of our daily lives as they can be found in almost everything we use including the device which you are reading this article on. However, that was not always the case. The world’s first plastic, Parkesine, was synthesized in 1862 from cellulose and served as an alternative to ivory…
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Lebanon and Omicron: The Strategy of an Exacerbated Healthcare Sector
Co-written by Adam Najm A few weeks after its discovery in South Africa, the emergence of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron has already taken its toll. To this date, there has been five variants of COVID-19 discovered including the new Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant being responsible for 95% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S and the…