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What are the risks of an MRI scan? - MRI: Get the Facts and Risks of Magnetic Resonance... - 0 views

  • There are no known side effects of an MRI scan.
  • Metallic chips, materials, surgical clips, or foreign material (artificial joints, metallic bone plates, or prosthetic devices, etc.) can significantly distort the images obtained by the MRI scanner.
hmyers96

HowStuffWorks "How Nuclear Fusion Reactors Work" - 0 views

  • Deuterium-deuterium fusion requires higher temperatures that may be possible in the future. Ultimately, deuterium-deuterium fusion will be better because it is easier to extract deuterium from seawater than to make tritium from lithium. Also, deuterium is not radioactive, and deuterium-deuterium reactions will yield more energy
charlottecr

Tox Town - Phthalates - Toxic chemicals and environmental health risks where you live a... - 0 views

  • The human health effects of phthalates are not yet fully known but are being studied by several government agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the National Toxicology Program's Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction. 
  • Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate is listed as "reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen" in the Twelfth Report on Carcinogens published by the National Toxicology Program. 
charlottecr

CDC - NBP - Factsheet - Pthalates - 0 views

  • hthalates are a group of chemicals used to make plastics more flexible and harder to break.
  • Once phthalates enter a person's body, they are converted into breakdown products (metabolites) that pass out quickly in urine.
charlottecr

Antimony (Sb) - Chemical properties, Health and Environmental effects - 0 views

  • Antimony compounds are used to make flame-proofing materials, paints, ceramic enamels, glass and pottery
  • Human exposure to antimony can take place
  • by skin contact
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  • As the exposure continues more serious health effects may occur, such as lung diseases, heart problems, diarrhea, severe vomiting and stomach ulcers.
franklind2015

HowStuffWorks "Nonstick Cookware History" - 0 views

  • searching for a less toxic chemical to use as a new refrigerant.
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      Roy Plunkett tried to produce tetrafluoroethylene and instead produced polytetrafluoroethylene. It was a slippery substance. Patented in 1941. Trademarked by DuPont as Teflon in 1945.
franklind2015

Why do we use microwaves? - 0 views

  • They do not fit through tight spaces and they do not have penetrating power.
  • More things are capable of absorbing microwaves
franklind2015

Science Week - What's the Chemistry of Cooking? - 0 views

  • casein
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      Found in milk and dairy products will affectively wash away capsaicin the chemical that makes things spicy.
charlottecr

Toluene | Technology Transfer Network Air Toxics Web site | US EPA - 0 views

  • he central nervous system (CNS) is the primary target organ for toluene toxicity in both humans and animals for acute (short-term) and chronic (long-term) exposures.
  • narcosis have been frequently observed in humans acutely exposed to low or moderate levels of toluene by inhalation;
  • Cardiac arrhythmia
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  • Following the ingestion of toluene a person died from a severe depression of the CNS. Constriction and necrosis of myocardial fibers, swollen liver, congestion and hemorrhage of the lungs, and tubular kidney necrosis were also reported.
  • Physical Properties
charlottecr

NRDC: Learn About Mercury and Its Effects - 0 views

  • ce in the human body, mercury acts as a neurotoxin, interfering with the brain and nervous system.
  • s brain is still developing and rapidly absorbing nutrients. Ev
  • arly hazard
palmerij2015

HowStuffWorks "Passive and Active Matrix" - 0 views

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    AMLCD vs. LCD
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    AMLCD vs. LCD
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    AMLCD vs. LCD
palmerij2015

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    AMLCD - basic concept
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    AMLCD - basic concept
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    AMLCD - basic concept
charlottecr

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emfennelly

HowStuffWorks "Photovolatic Cells: Converting Photons to Electrons" - 0 views

  • Photovoltaic cells are made of special materials called semiconductors such as silicon,
  • when light strikes the cell, a certain portion of it is absorbed within the semiconductor material. This means that the energy of the absorbed light is transferred to the semiconductor. The energy knocks electrons loose, allowing them to flow freely.
palmerij2015

HowStuffWorks "Backlit vs. Reflective" - 0 views

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    some info on backlight vs reflective - not great
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