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Value of high-tech 'vegetable steel' catching on
Boosters call it "vegetable steel," with clear environmental appeal. Lighter than steel, but five times stronger than concrete, bamboo is native to every continent except Europe and Antarctica.
WHERE bamboo was once considered 'poor man's lumber,' a material more suitable for mats and cheap musical instruments, it is growing in acceptance as a powerhouse construction material also boasting environmental benefits, writes Joshua Goodman.
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World Bamboo Day 2010
