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Toxic chemicals found in common scented laundry products, air fresheners

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 23, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (48) | comments 9

A University of Washington study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals. All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous ...





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Garmin reveals program to chart cheapest route

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Navigation isn't just about getting there. It also can be about getting there green.


New and improved right to the last drop

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 26, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Biomolecules have become almost ubiquitous in laundry and personal care products. Biological washing powders usually contain enzymes to help digest stains while the latest shampoos and conditioners often use proteins to add ...


Researchers Examine the Environmental Effects of Silver Nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 09, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Realize it or not, it's a nano world. Many everyday consumer items now utilize the emerging science of nanotechnology, and so, researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia will examine whether the technology poses future ...


Knocking nanoparticles off the socks

Knocking nanoparticles off the socks

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists in Switzerland are reporting results of one of the first studies on the release of silver nanoparticles from laundering those anti-odor, anti-bacterial socks now on the market. Their findings, scheduled ...


Hunting for new zeolites

Hunting for new zeolites

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In all the world, there are about 200 types of zeolite, a compound of silicon, aluminum and oxygen that gives civilization such things as laundry detergent, kitty litter and gasoline. But thanks to computations ...


findNano app puts nanotech in your pocket

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nanotechnology, ...


FDA warns Web companies not to sell flavored cigs

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online.


Student Proving Walls (Even Sofas) Can Talk

Student Proving Walls (Even Sofas) Can Talk

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Most college students will admit to searching their couch cushions for extra coins to do laundry. But Jon McKinney's cushion hunt isn't about finding money. He wants to help epidemiologists identify what's ...


Future for Internet retailers: Compete on niche products advises management insights study

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In their competition with brick-and-mortar stores, online retailers will do best if they promote the ability to search out and obtain niche products online, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue ...


Study shows flavanol antioxidant content of US chocolate and cocoa-containing products

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A recent study confirms that the antioxidants and other plant-based nutrients in chocolate and cocoa products are highly associated with the amount of non-fat cocoa-derived ingredients in the product. The study expands on ...



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