Sarah Houlton

Associate Editor

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Sarah Houlton is a freelance journalist who has been writing about chemistry-related topics since the early 1990s. She has a PhD in synthetic organic chemistry from Imperial College, London. She is the Associate Editor at Urethanes Technology International and UTECH-polyurethane.com. Sarah's area of interest is the North American polyurethane market.

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