Clay Cansler

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Clay Cansler is managing editor of Distillations. He previously worked as a journalist and book editor.

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Styrofoam, a Practical and Problematic Creation

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The good and bad of an everlasting invention.

From Ancient to Art Nouveau

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Decay makes beauty in an ancient bottle.

Graphic History

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Comic books have been wrestling with the consequences of the atomic age for as long as their readers.

Making Sense of Making Meth

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Anthropologist Jason Pine offers an up-close view of methamphetamine culture in small-town America.

The Petroleum World

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A government oilman maps a hidden realm.

The DDT Collector

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In the 1980s Phil Allegretti found an unusual hobby. His collection of old DDT cans, sprayers, and diffusers tells the story of our contradictory approach to pesticides.

Conversation Piece

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It’s not often that art literally highlights pollution.

Where’s the Beef?

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Mix a 19th-century chemist with a road builder in South America. Add cows and boil.