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Description: Cellulose is everywhere. In fact, it is the most abundant organic molecule on the Earth! It’s in (but not limited to) our food, clothing, and plastics, and the cellulose compound nitrocellulose is used in explosives but also in things like x-rays, early silent films and nail polish. In this episode of #Untold, a new #YouTubeLearning series from ACS, PBS, and YouTube, we get into how this tiny molecule holds up so much of our modern world. You might also like: UNTOLD | What Meteors Reveal About Earth’s Hidden Past youtube.com/watch?v=3TE1eedWO9w UNTOLD | Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole? A Story of A/C, Atoms, and CFCs youtube.com/watch?v=XGDU6RvUVuk UNTOLD | What Could An Explosion On the Sun Do Here On Earth? youtube.com/watch?v=i7mZBaleCFE UNTOLD | The World's Biggest Batteries Aren't What You Think youtube.com/watch?v=TIWIXzCwC8g Credits: Executive Producers: George Zaidan Hilary Hudson Producer/Editor: Darren Weaver Writer/Host: Alex Dainis, PhD Assistant Editor: Brett Kuxhausen Animator: Shea Lord Fact Checker: Bob Hunt Archive Producer: Annalea Embree Coordinating Producer: Samantha Jones, PhD Scientific Consultants: Michelle Boucher, PhD Wolfgang Glasser PhD Martin Hubbe, PhD Gerald Kagan, PhD William MacCrehan, PhD Michael Marletta, PhD Brianne Raccor, PhD Sources: air handling systems Dust explosion CBC News Sawmill Explosion Sources: docs.google.com/document/d/15WqwID5--W0BhK-Hs2XWL_vmSm8gz_awz-C6FKbRLXQ/edit?usp=sharing Produced by the American Chemical Society. Join the American Chemical Society! bit.ly/Join_acsmembership