Tylenol can be made without coal tar and crude oil
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The popular pain-killing drug paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen, has always been made from chemicals derived from environmentally damaging coal tar or crude oil. Now researchers have devised a greener way of producing the drug using wood from the poplar tree.
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Original Title: Tylenol, also known as acetaminophen, has always been made from chemicals derived from environmentally damaging coal tar or crude oil | Researchers have devised a greener way of producing the drug using wood from the poplar tree.