Urban Barcode Project Team henna girls
Program:
Urban Barcode Project
Year:
2015-16
Research Topic:
Biodiversity & trade
Taxonomic Group Studied:
Plants

Project:

Beauty Stores are Breaking the Lawsonia
Students:
JiSue Park, Jennifer Kustanovich
School:
tenafly HS, Other
Mentors:
anat firnberg

Abstract:

We wish to analyze henna dye and prove that what companies are selling and representing is fraudulent. Many women and men walking on the streets of NYC use different materials to dye there hair; henna has become a very popular hair dye because it is supposedly organic and natural, thus, no chemicals are used

Poster:

DNA Barcoding Poster
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