A-peel-ing Carrots

Don’t judge a carrot by its . . . peel? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Gnarly, twisted, scarred or spotted! Billions of pounds of fruits and veggies are thrown away each year. Why? Just because they don’t LOOK picture-perfect! This waste harms our environment,

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A-peel-ing Carrots

Don’t judge a carrot by its . . . peel? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Gnarly, twisted, scarred or spotted! Billions of pounds of fruits and veggies are thrown away each year. Why? Just because they don’t LOOK picture-perfect! This waste harms our environment,

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Peel Power

A pile of orange slices, lemon slices, and grapefruit slices

  Recharge your Apple phone… with an orange peel? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying Yes! It’s Apples AND oranges! Recycling batteries? Now that’s a bright idea! But the harsh acids used to recycle batteries still make nasty pollutants. These include chlorine gas and

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