Everyday Items, Complex Chemistry
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Holiday shoppers may worry about whether the toys they buy contain lead, but some scientists are urging consumers to focus on the thousands of chemicals in everyday household items.
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In life, there are certain things that are beyond indispensable. Like brake lights, hot showers, birthday candles and second chances.
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Blog: Add carbon dioxide, water, heat. Serves cars.
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A COCKTAIL of chemicals, some at levels above legal limits, has been found in samples of fresh fruit and other foods.   Some apples, grapes, aubergines and yams carried pesticide traces above the legal threshold, according to the official Pesticides Residues Directorate.
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A British chemist bases his table on the established atomic weight of each element. He doesn't get everything right, but he's in the ballpark.
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Also: Molecular 'extension cord' for chemical computing. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- A clear vial filled with amber fluid rests on scientist Ilya Raskin's desk, glinting in the autumn sunlight streaming through his office window. The container, a small glass bottle with a plain white screw-top, contains a substance Raskin calls 006. "Double-zero-six" is potentially more precious than the rarest topaz....
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Some chemicals should be re-assessed after new evidence that they accumulate in food chains, scientists say.
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Any chef worth his weight in sodium alginate needs the proper instruments to create tasty, molecularly balanced meals. Here is our list of holiday gift ideas for the nanogastronomic bon vivant currently building citrus compounds in your kitchen. By Paul Adams.
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By Virgil Williams; Ron Eisenberg  SEARCHING through the shelves at the supermarket, it seems as if all household cleaning products contain harmful chemicals that are dangerous to breathe or handle. This raises the question: Are there any alternatives that are safer and not toxic.
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By Marty, Diane  CONSUMER NEWS  Are You Walking on 120 Chemicals?  People spend 90 percent of their time inside buildings and the majority of those hours in their homes.
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The chemicals go down the drain, but in the environment they remain. Researchers have found that a complex brew of everyday compounds &#151; from products as ubiquitous as shampoo, bug spray and even that morning cup of coffee &#151; lingers in Minnesota waters even after they're showered off or dumped down the sink.
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A new spectrometer lets scientists learn more about the planet's chemistry.
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WASHINGTON -- From sunscreens to drugs that ease nausea to the promise of a lipstick that changes color, consumers can expect to see more products based on technology that harnesses the tiniest specks of material.
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A glimpse into the cast of Flavours.
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By KEVIN MILLER; OF THE NEWS STAFF  Environmental and health groups say the presence of dozens of industrial chemicals in 13 Mainers who volunteered for a study underscores the need for new policies to protect the public from potential toxins found in everyday consumer products.
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Momentum has been building for greater oversight of the chemicals in everyday products, with Europe and California taking the lead in imposing new rules for monitoring what is in the perfumes, creams, nail polish and hair sprays.