News tagged with water pipes
PCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness
PCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Drinking water from plastic pipes - is it harmful?
Pipe-in-pipe systems are now commonly used to distribute water in many homes. The inner pipe for drinking water is made of a plastic called cross-linked polyethylene (PEX). Are these pipes harmful to health and do they affect ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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More smoke water pipes -- family habits significant
The number of people smoking water pipes is rising dramatically throughout the world. A large proportion of new users are young, and many believe – contrary to facts – that water pipe smoking is less dangerous than ...
Apr 07, 2011 |
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Thermostatic mixer valves could significantly reduce the risk of scalding in children, study finds
Using a thermostatic mixer valve to control the maximum temperature of children's bath water can significantly reduce the temperature of hot bath water and should reduce the risk of scalding, according to researchers at The ...
Jan 05, 2011 |
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Idaho farmers growing vegetables with geothermal energy
Most people know about the geothermal system in Boise's Downtown and Warm Springs area. It's one of the oldest in the country.
Sep 02, 2010 |
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No mere pipe dream
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCI engineers are working on robotic technology to rehabilitate the nation's aging water infrastructure.
Feb 08, 2010 |
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Spying on Plastic Production
(PhysOrg.com) -- Real-time monitoring of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) production is now possible. In an article in the journal Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, Professor Rolf Mülhaupt and his studen ...
Jan 06, 2010 |
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15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species
A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore of Lake Metonga when she felt a nasty sting on her foot.
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Scientists develope new agents to battle MRSA
Experts from Queen's University Belfast have developed new agents to fight MRSA and other hospital-acquired infections that are resistant to antibiotics. The fluids are a class of ionic liquids that not only kill colonies ...
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Buckyballs could keep water systems flowing
Microscopic particles of carbon known as buckyballs may be able to keep the nation's water pipes clear in the same way clot-busting drugs prevent arteries from clogging up.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Quagga mussels are clogging Hoover Dam, colonizing lakes and rivers
It took some of America's best engineers, thousands of laborers and two years of around-the-clock concrete pouring to build the 726-foot-high Hoover Dam back in the 1930s. It took less time than that for the tiny, brainless ...
Mar 02, 2009 |
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