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Article: Using technology to tap birch bark's potential
AP Worldstream;  December 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... touting it as a skin toner and restorer, add birch bark extract to various products. And a birch bark compound, betulinic acid, is being tested ... isolate pure betulin and other compounds from birch bark in very large quantities. Building on university ...

Birch-bark tar at Neolithic Makriyalos, Greece. (News & ...
Antiquity;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... of molecular markers consistent with birch-bark tar. These results are the first evidence ... 700. The molecular identification of birch-bark tar Partial reconstructed ion chromatograms ... betulin) identify all three residues as birch-bark tar. Components 1 ([C.sub.30 ...

Middle Palaeolithic birch-bark pitch. (News & Notes).
Antiquity;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Anhalt, Germany, has revealed that birch-bark pitch was already produced in Neanderthal ... The finds are not only the oldest birch-bark pitch known, they also demonstrate that not ceramic but birch-bark pitch is the first synthetic material ...

Article: Birch Bark Wrapped Candles Recalled by Roost Due to ...
M2 Presswire;  November 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION: Birch Bark Wrapped Candles Recalled by Roost Due ... otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Birch Bark Wrapped Candles Units: About 1,200 ... firm has received three reports of the birch bark wrapping igniting as the candle burned ...

Article: Jewelry doesn't grow on trees - or does it? ; Make your own ...
Concord Monitor;  May 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... All these qualities, and the fact that birch bark is easily peeled from the trunk in large ... Denmark. Buried along with her was a birch bark container, which, thanks to its natural ... time to make a family trip to gather birch bark from fallen trees to use for crafts projects ...

Article: Birch bark filled needs both practical and sacred.
Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN);  May 4, 2007 ;     640 words ... ... Long ago, the Ojibwe people noticed birch bark outlasted the wood it surrounded. The ... is a sacred symbol in Ojibwe culture. Birch bark was easy to obtain and was pulled off ... things the Ojibwe did really well -- make birch bark canoes, make wild rice, make maple ...

Article: Using birch bark won't hurt the trees
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... finishes. Could you tell me how to do a faux birch-bark paint effect? This would save trees and ... effective. A. Instead of painting a birch-bark effect, why not use the real thing? Birch bark is commonly used on Adirondack-style ...