Organic CHemistry: Improving existing products

[jessiedog_03]

Can anyone provide and briefly explain 2 examples of how organic chemistry can be used to improve existing products, and thus provide solutions to newly identified health or environmental problems?
One example I was given was unleaded instead of leaded gasoline, but I need 2 others!

 

[gabriels-horn]

Can anyone provide and briefly explain 2 examples of how organic chemistry can be used to improve existing products, and thus provide solutions to newly identified health or environmental problems?
One example I was given was unleaded instead of leaded gasoline, but I need 2 others!

Drug research is essentially organic chemistry.

 

[jippetto]

Biodegradable polymers versus non-biodegradable polymers. Polymerization is pretty much in organic chemistry's domain.

 

[chemisttree]

I believe that BASF has an ad campaign that states, "We don't make the products you use. We make the products you use better."