alternatives
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One promising approach involves testing plant-based essential oils, beneficial microorganisms, and other biological products as possible alternatives to conventional chemical treatments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Researchers have identified potential alternatives — including seaweed, cassava waste, single-cell proteins produced by fungi and even sewage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
That decision, they said, would focus on binding agreements like one towards electrification -- replacing technologies that burn fossil fuels directly, like diesel cars and gas heating, with electric alternatives.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
“The U.K. government will decide on the deal before the end of October, but given the lack of alternatives we would expect it to be approved,” they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Happily he let out that for years organic chemists had been arbitrarily favoring particular tautomeric forms over their alternatives on only the flimsiest of grounds.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
