So Brun and his colleagues turned to liquids with foams, because the foams amplify those tiny effects.
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Military and civilian firefighters can continue to use PFAS firefighting foams that slowly seep into drinking water supplies, although some have pledged to use alternative foams when they train.
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These metal foams can be made in many different ways.
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It just foams the runway to ensure a safe landing.
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Polystyrene is like all the foams, and all the coffee lids.
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Add the butter, and when it foams, add the olive oil.
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Distraught, she starts having a stroke and foams at the mouth.
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It foams, and you can find it at the French pharmacies.
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He foams at the mouth — and eventually collapses while his captors watch.
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Metallic foams are often used to provide high strength with low weight.
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First of all, it foams (which always makes for a fun time).
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CNN: We watch cooking shows on TV where they're making things into foams.
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It froths and foams, glimmers and reflects the light, or takes on shadows.
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"There are some birth control foams and jellies that are spermicidal," she says.
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Melt the butter in a sauté pan over medium heat, until it foams.
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Gillette razors, gels and foams are some of P&G's most internationally distributed products.
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The mattresses are made in Ohio from locally-sourced materials and eco-friendly foams.
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According to the company, all of the foams are hypoallergenic and Certi-PUR certified.
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Because these foams have been used for decades, hundreds of military installations are contaminated.
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Add the cubes of butter and cook until the butter foams, about 3 minutes.
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Melt butter in deep skillet over medium-high heat; whisk in flour when butter foams.
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On top is a stratum of cooling gel foam and denser foams (more info here).
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This mattress combines high-quality foams with pocket springs to offer your body proper support.
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It's also found in food packaging (to make things grease-resistant) and in firefighting foams.
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So I started with foams in the '90s, and I'm still amazed that they're around now.
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Michelin-starred chefs of the world take note: lignin also can improve the texture of foams.
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This one smells good, foams up nicely, and leaves my hair feeling both clean and hydrated.
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The bed is made in the USA of CertiPUR-USA-approved foams and locally-sourced materials.
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They successfully created 3D graphene aerogels and foams that can be shaped to suit various needs.
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BASF competes with DowDuPont in areas such as pesticides, engineering plastics, nutrition, insulation foams and petrochemicals.
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The products studied included some 3,000 varieties of shampoos, bath foams, baby wipes, creams and so on.
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If you've ever done this, you will see that the resulting mixture foams and produces some gas.
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The material is denser than traditional foams, which can add to shipping costs when shipping lightweight items.
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Covestro has enjoyed rapid earnings growth in recent years following supply shortages of chemicals used in foams.
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It has a medium-firm feel packed with "supernatural comfort" thanks to three layers of different foams.
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Those foams have leached into the groundwater at the military facilities, and often the drinking water supply.
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I'm so used to foams and scrubs that I was taken aback by its lotion-like consistency.
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When the butter foams, cook the sandwiches until golden-brown, 2 to 3 minutes on each side.
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We may like highfalutin foie gras deconstructions and ambitious ramp foams, but really our tastes our pretty simple.
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They can also be found in firefighting foams used on military bases, on airfields and by municipal firefighters.
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Make the cocktail: Mix all ingredients except beer in a cocktail shaker until the egg white foams. 3.
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Reading the letter on stage, the Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe-winning actor Benedict Cumberbatch practically foams at the mouth.
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Meanwhile, in a 14-inch skillet, heat the butter over high until it foams and subsides creating brown bits.
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This is what allows for relatively long-lived foams and, ultimately, delights like meringues, soufflés and angel food cakes.
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Pebax also delivers 30 percent more energy return than the foams used in most running shoes since the 1970s.
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The study was recently published in Soft Matter, a journal dedicated to liquids, polymers, foams, gels and similar things.
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The FDA tested a dairy farm near a US Air Force Base where firefighting foams containing PFAS have been used.
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The products have a broad range of industrial uses, such as the production of speciality foams for trim and seating.
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Click here to view original GIFGif from a video by North Carolina State UniversityMetal foams are light and surprisingly tough.
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They turned to natural and recycled rubber, which are durable, but also considerably heavier than plastic-derived foams like EVA.
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"Foams are unusual in nature and are typically made of inactivated proteins," Paul Hoskisson, who led the research team, said.
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Plus, it gets even more complicated when you think about why some of us turn to the foams and creams.
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One of those contaminants was PFAS, a class of chemicals used in everything from non-stick pans to firefighting foams.
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PFAS are used in a variety of non-stick products as well as firefighting foams frequently utilized by the military.
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It grinds the coffee right, brews your coffee, and foams the milk to suit the specific drink you asked for.
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PFAS is used in a variety of non-stick products as well as firefighting foams frequently utilized by the military.
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An explosion in September last year at a Chinese plant has disrupted Wanhua Chemical's supplies of rigid foams for insulation.
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Face wash formulas come in a Willy Wonka variety of forms: foams and balms and gels, mousses, milks and clays.
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The warning targets the marketing efforts by the company, Gojo Industries, related to its alcohol-based gels, foams and sprays.
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It will be ready when the butter foams and begins to brown and the mustard seeds might begin to pop.
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All 13 samples had detectable levels of PFAS that were of similar chemical structure as what was used in firefighting foams.
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Firefighters use similar sprays and foams up north, but these variants used at McMurdo are rated for 40 degrees below zero.
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These chemicals were found in a lot of older foams, so replace products such sofas and pillows that have exposed foam.
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Covestro's products include coating ingredients, transparent plastics for headlights and sunroofs in cars and chemicals for foams used in vehicle seats.
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On our last visit, the children's menu had been a kid version of the adults' with lots of foams and bubbles.
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Since releasing their milks, Ripple has also released half and half, barista style foams and froths, protein shakes, and kids' beverages.
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Melt a few knobs of unsalted butter into a sauté pan and, when it foams, slide the cutlets into the fat.
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Several states have passed laws restricting the use of firefighting PFAS foams to actual emergencies, prohibiting its use in training exercises.
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Either way, metal foams—which have existed in one form or other for decades now–seem to finally be coming of age.
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It's a hybrid design with a combination of cooling gel foam (with a titanium coating), high density foams, and individually wrapped coils.
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At his restaurant El Bulli, in Catalonia, Adrià had devised novel scientific techniques to produce a "deconstructivist" cuisine that centers on foams.
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The final edible product is typically made up of foams, gels and oils with added bulk from coagulation that occurs during cooking.
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Some of the samples also contained materials used in insulation foams and upholstered furniture that are potentially toxic to the nervous system.
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Shred has developed what it calls "NoShock" padding, a proprietary, shock-absorbing technology for helmets and pads, which pairs two protective foams.
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They've been manufactured since the 1940s and can be found in non-stick products, stains, paints, cleaning products, food packaging and firefighting foams.
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By Mahetab Amer - University of Nottingham (Image via EPSRC)This image demonstrates the behavior of soap bubbles to study the formation of foams.
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There are a million different kinds of hand sanitizer: gels, foams, alcohol-based, all-natural, ones that smell like pumpkin spice, and more.
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Girl's first desire not so much her own but in relation to—wanting to be the body he foams at the mouth for.
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The Minnesota-based company also makes firefighting foams that are used at military sites and airports, and leach PFAS compounds into the environment.
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These man-made chemicals have been used for decades in products ranging from food wrappers to clothing, nonstick cookware and fire-fighting foams.
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The chemicals are used to make food packaging materials, such as pizza boxes and popcorn bags, fabrics, nonstick cooking pans and firefighting foams.
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These are often near chemical plants or near airports or military sites where fire-fighting foams containing the compounds are used in training exercises.
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We use waterless shampoo—you put a little water in your hand, it foams up and you can dry it off with a towel.
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Shares in the maker of chemicals for heat insulation foams and transparent polycarbonate plastics fell as much as 5 percent in early Monday trading.
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The plant, Wanhua Chemical, which produces chemicals used to make foams and paint, among other things, pledged to investigate the cause of the accident.
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Expensive gels or foams were generally used to thicken the fluid, and biocide was added to kill the bacteria that can clog the cracks.
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At Baar Baar, which means "again and again," he dabbles in sous-vide, foams, gels and such, but they do not dominate the menu.
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Instead, scientists like Dr. Hillmyer are focusing their attention on higher-value materials like the polyurethane foams commonly found in mattresses and car seats.
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The Department of Defense has cited the absence of a "hazardous substance" designation when refusing to clean up sites contaminated by fluorinated firefighting foams.
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But it focuses instead on the ingredients and their intrinsic tastes rather than revolutionary techniques, like the foams and spheres that distinguished El Bulli.
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Baader Bank analyst Markus Mayer said the results confirmed his view that automotive customers and users of polyurethane foams were continuing to run down stocks.
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However, before our airports can consider switching to safer fluorine-free foams, the Defense Department's Milspec rule needs to be updated to allow their use.
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I'm referring to the current UN talks in Rwanda to tackle hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), an extremely potent greenhouse gas found in air conditioners, refrigerators, and foams.
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Cincinnati-based P&G, which operates in 80 countries, sells Gillette razors, gels and foams worldwide and said the writedown was due primarily to currency fluctuations.
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"Our biggest limitation was that we weren't able to test the same shoe with and without a plate, or two versions with different foams," he said.
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The chemicals can be found in a range of products from cleaning products, paints and fire-fighting foams to stain- and water-resistant fabrics and carpeting.
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MOL said it would invest in propylene production and propylene oxide-based polyols used in polyurethane foams used in furniture and car seats, insulation and packaging.
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Activists say non-fluorinated fire-fighting foams are effective and cost-neutral alternatives which are already in use at major airports including Copenhagen and London's Heathrow.
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When the butter foams, add the fennel, leeks and onion and cook covered until they are very, very soft and the onions translucent, stirring often. 2.
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They've been manufactured since the 1940s and can be found in Teflon nonstick products, stains and water repellants, paints, cleaning products, food packaging and firefighting foams.
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The next step is for the team to commercialize PDK plastics and find ways to apply their uses to things like textiles, 3D printing, and foams.
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I was impressed to see that Kylie's foaming face wash did not contain that harsh surfactant and hoped it wouldn't dry my skin like other foams had.
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The Leesa mattress is engineered with three premium foams for cooling, body contouring, and pressure-relieving core support, meaning you can fully recharge your batteries this January.
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The Philips Series 3000 electric shaver provides 50 minutes of cordless shaving from a one-hour charge, and is 100% waterproof for use with gels or foams.
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If the food smells or looks bad or the container squirts or foams when opened, throw it out immediately and use bleach to wipe up any spills.
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German chemicals group Covestro was up 5.4 percent as traders and analysts said Chinese rival Wanhua hiked its prices for MDI - a material used in polyurethane foams.
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Researchers from NC State have been testing metal foams in extreme conditions to see if they could be used for containing nuclear material or potentially explosive products.
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A team at Purdue University recently announced a technique to turn polyolefins — plastics used in foams, electronics, tennis racket strings, and shoes — into fuels and other products.
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The midsole of the Vaporfly was thought to give 30 percent more energy return than most foams that have been used in running shoes since the 1970s.
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A rise in global construction activity also led Covestro , a maker of materials for insulation foams and transparent plastics, to post higher-than-expected fourth-quarter core profit.
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That's made them valuable ingredients in a diverse array of products, including outdoor gear, carpets, furniture, firefighting foams, cosmetics, dental floss, microwave popcorn bags, and non-stick cookware.
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Competitors in chemicals for foams that go into mattresses, car seats or heat insulation have suffered a number of technical setbacks amid growing demand, which has boosted prices.
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The family goes out for dinner and the anorexic daughter asks for an entree with a maximum of 10 calories; she receives a plate of mousses and foams.
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Global production of CFC-11, which has been used as a refrigerant and in insulating foams, has been banned since 113 under an environmental pact, the Montreal Protocol.
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P&G has innovated with Dawn in the past with different foams and liquids, but says this is the first completely new form of soap since the 4.993s.
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PFAS chemicals have been manufactured since the 1940s and can be found in Teflon nonstick products, stains and water repellants, paints, cleaning products, food packaging and firefighting foams.
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I also ordered a cheap immersion blender for mixing and a whipped cream canister for food foams (like whipped cream, but with beans) and blasting whippits while cooking (kidding!).
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Made with premium foams to ensure your highest level of comfort and ergonomic alignment to promote deep sleep, it's very, very popular and has disrupted the entire mattress industry.
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This usefulness means these chemicals are used to make such items as food packaging materials (such as pizza boxes and popcorn bags), fabrics, nonstick cooking pans and firefighting foams.
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The manmade compounds can be found in nonstick cookware, waterproof clothes, carpet sealants and firefighting foams, according to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, which is monitoring the situation.
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The main driver will be a new 1.5 billion euros plant in Texas to produce chemicals for rigid insulation foams, taking up a challenge posed by rivals' growth plans.
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Several investigations, including one by The New York Times, found evidence that factories in that part of China were making the gas or using it to make insulating foams.
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Also Thursday, the House Armed Services Committee approved provisions in the defense policy bill that would force the agency to phase out the use of firefighting foams with PFAS.
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BASF is struggling to ramp up a major new plant in Germany for the production of a chemical known as TDI for soft foams for mattresses and car seats.
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If a sample burns too fast, you have to go back to the drawing board and use different flame retardant or change your foams until you get it right.
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The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration also received this letter, because firefighting foams used at military bases and airports are responsible for a major share of the contamination.
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This Helix has a plush top with just the right amount of cushioning thanks a variety of high-quality foams and a bed of individually wrapped springs under them.
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Such long-lived "fluorinated" compounds have been measured in the drinking water in over 2120 locations in 210 states, near factories or military bases that use them in firefighting foams.
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If a television series is like a meal, in that it could be satisfying or nourishing or delicious, Twin Peaks is 18 courses of complicated molecular gastronomy soils and foams.
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The company said last October it was considering the sale for up to 240 million euros of its Ottobock Kunststoff division, a maker of engineering foams, to focus on healthcare.
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In between the two layers of foams, there's an Affinity layer for even more comfort, and a layer of textured channels to keep body heat from stagnating inside the mattress.
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Major sources of contamination are PFAS-based firefighting foams, industrial discharges of PFAS into the air and water, as well as PFAS in food packaging and other everyday consumer products.
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Lower volumes and prices for basic petrochemicals made from oil distillates contributed to the decline, as did marked down prices of intermediate chemicals used in heat insulation slabs and upholstery foams.
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They did it using acoustic levitation, a technique often used to study bubbles and foams, among other applications, suspending them in mid-air to keep gravity from causing them to coarsen.
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But military personnel and veterans are particularly at risk, because PFAS compounds are in firefighting foams, which have been used in training exercises at military bases across America since the 1970s.
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If your skin is sensitive but you also just don't feel clean unless your cleanser foams up into a fine froth on your face, try the Neutrogena Ultra Gentle Foaming Cleanser.
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Melt butter in a large pot over medium-low heat, stirring often, until butter bubbles, foams, turns golden brown and then a darker brown and starts to smell nutty, about 4 minutes.
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At a United Nations conference in Rwanda, 197 nations agreed to drastically reduce their use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), an obscure but extremely powerful greenhouse gas used in air conditioners, refrigerators, and foams.
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For decades, these man-made chemicals have been widely used as a key ingredient in hundreds of consumer products, which includes everything from fire-fighting foams to stain repellents and nonstick cookware.
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The rest is cooking: Melt a lot of butter in a big pan and when it foams, slip the peaches into the fat, cut sides down, and sprinkle them with brown sugar.
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Soy Face Cleanser foams up a little bit when wet, so it's a nice middle ground for people who just don't feel totally clean unless their face wash kicks up some lather.
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Although CFC-11 and similar gases have been banned for years, they still leak in small amounts into the atmosphere, largely as buildings and equipment containing insulating foams are demolished or destroyed.
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Bayer, which invented Aspirin and polyurethane foams, last year listed its plastics business on the stock market to focus on its more profitable life-science businesses around human, animal and plant health.
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At Casamia, the modernist British restaurant where Mr. Sanchez-Iglesias and his brother, Jonray, made their reputations, experimentation might take the form of foams, liquid nitrogen and other sorts of kitchen wizardry.
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Still, the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations dragged organic sales down by 2% at P&G's grooming business, which makes Gillette razors, gels and foams, some of the company's most internationally distributed products.
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It conforms to your body, but you don't really sink in much, and it's comprised of four layers of dense, high-quality foams—the top two of which are gel-infused for cooling.
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MANNHEIM, Germany, May 3 (Reuters) - BASF's first-quarter operating profit dropped 24 percent as the firm's basic chemicals business was hit by a slump in prices for precursor materials used in polyurethane foams.
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Because those foams are routinely used in military training exercises, 126 military facilities across the U.S. have nearby water supplies containing levels of PFAS above the EPA's standard of 70 parts per trillion.
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Still, the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations dragged organic sales down by 1% at P&G's grooming business, which makes Gillette razors, gels and foams, some of the company's most internationally distributed products.
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Where you may find it: Cyclic aliphatic bromide cluster is a group of chemicals found in flame retardants, plastic additives and certain polystyrene foams used in the construction industry for thermal insulation boards.
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According to the International Association of Firefighters, 60 percent of firefighters will die from cancer caused by inhaling smoke filled with toxins from the plastics, foams and flame-retardant coatings common in every household.
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Dr. Montzka and colleagues reported in 2018 that worldwide CFC-11 emissions were rising, following years of steady decline as new production was outlawed and most emissions came from existing foams as they aged.
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The maker of petrochemicals, coatings, catalytic converters and foams warned full-year earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) excluding special items would fall up to 30% below 2018 levels, instead of showing modest growth.
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The chemicals have been used for decades on military bases and in industrial areas in the manufacturing of thousands of consumer items, such as food packaging materials, fabrics, nonstick cooking pans and firefighting foams.
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According to the third provision in the NDAA, the department is required to submit a report on its development of new firefighting foams and phase out of old varieties of foam within six months.
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Samouil Stoyanov, one of the Kammerspiele's most exciting actors, practically foams at the mouth as he yells at Adam, Eve, Lilith (and even the Serpent) to stop blaming the Almighty for humanity's own failings.
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Gels dried faster than foams in general, with 3ml of gel taking 37 seconds to dry while the same amount of foam took an average of 57 seconds - both times exceeding the WHO recommendation.
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The maker of chemicals for heat insulation foams and transparent polycarbonate plastics reported first-quarter EBITDA plunged to 442 million euros ($493.23 million), in line with the average estimate by analysts in a Reuters poll.
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It might just be that chefs don't typically come into contact with a siphon on a daily basis, now that we've moved beyond non-dessert 'foams' and 'whips' that dominated the trend of molecular gastronomy.
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I love this gel because it foams into a gentle lather that removes makeup without leaving my skin feeling overly tight or overly greasy (that's thanks to the aloe and shea butter in the formula).
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Still, the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations dragged organic sales down by 1% at P&G's grooming business, which makes Gillette razors, gels and foams, some of the company's best-selling products in international markets.
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The other directions is this very, very, very, very, tech-oriented approach to food, all the chemical gases and the foams, and they're pretty much the difference between writing a letter and using a computer.
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It has a medium firmness and a cloud-like softness thanks to its combination of memory foams and innerspring coils, and it successfully dissipated heat in our testing to keep a hot sleeper feeling cool.
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"Heads for the bar?" sounds what we would like to do after a long day, but in this case, it refers to the heads found on drinks inside the bar, and the answer is FOAMS.
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Insulation specialist Kingspan made the unsolicited approach earlier this month when it said it had also struck a deal with Austrian manufacturer Greiner to sell on the flexible foams businesses if the acquisition went ahead.
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"While foams like these are a long way from hitting the clinic, they could help in burns and wound treatment, providing support and protection for healing tissue and delivering drugs at the same time," Hoskisson said.
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FRANKFURT, Feb 1 (Reuters) - German chemicals maker BASF said it was temporarily ramping down a U.S. plant making chemicals for soft foams used in car seats and mattresses after supplies of a raw material were disrupted.
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Since then, the pair have critiqued countless steaks with red wine foams, stacks of lobster ceviche, and chocolate mousses with cherry coulis drizzles as hopeful chefs battle to win the judges' affections and avoid a blasting.
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If the makeshift foams and "artistic" sauce smears that have filtered their way down from Michelin-starred kitchens into the homes of Come Dine With Me contestants are anything to go by, he might be right.
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Razors and brushes are featured in Father's Day gift guides and arranged in store displays — neat little pyramids, stacked next to foams and creams and balms, all those male grooming products lined up in orderly rows.
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It's meant to be poured from on high, so it foams in the glass; the air it catches on the way down is said to enhance the flavor, and the height is a gesture of respect.
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DUBLIN, April 26 (Reuters) - Belgium's Recticel rejected a 700 million euro bid from Ireland's Kingspan for its insulation and flexible foams units on Friday but said it was open to a takeover at the right price.
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Industry-wide investments in new output capacity for basic chemicals - the building blocks for more advanced products such as insulation foams or engineering plastics - have not kept up with solid growth in demand so far this year.
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The company, which makes chemicals for insulation and upholstery foams, is banking on better usage rates at its large chemical sites, which Bayer has kept in shape over recent years and which do not require considerable upgrades.
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That stake in Covestro - a maker of transparent plastics and materials for insulation foams - would be worth about 530 million euros based on Tuesday's closing price, taking the combined value of the transactions to 2.53 billion euros.
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Rapid earnings growth over the last two years was driven by supply shortages mainly in chemicals that go into foams, for uses such as heat insulation and mattresses, because suppliers had underestimated the pace of demand growth.
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That quality led to their use starting in the 1950s on nonstick cookware, stain-resistant fabrics, carpets, cleaners and paints, and as a key ingredient in firefighting foams used at many military bases, among many other uses.
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The Irish-based pharmaceutical firm invested about $46 million to expand its facility in the remote desert town of Yeruham, which specializes in products more difficult to produce than oral medications, such as foams, creams and nasal sprays.
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That is due to tiny bumps on the eyes, arranged in a hexagonal pattern, that work much like sound-proofing foams in architecture—except instead of preventing echoes or sound reflections, those bumps prevent the reflection of light.
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PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) and other fluorinated organic compounds known as PFAS are used widely, including in non-stick kitchen ware such as Teflon, textiles, food packaging, photo-imaging, and fire-fighting foams on oil rigs and at airports.
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A persistent problem The chemicals have been used for decades on military bases and in industrial areas in the manufacturing of thousands of consumer items including food packaging materials, water-resistant fabrics, nonstick cooking pans and firefighting foams.
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Earlier surveys have linked water contamination with these chemicals to firefighting foams and Teflon, but the new independent lab results, which detected PFAS chemicals in 43 of 44 cities tested last year, point to a more widespread problem.
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The insulation business made up 18 percent of Recticel's 1.5 billion euros of annual sales in 2017, compared to the 41 percent made up by the flexible foams but was more profitable, driving 33 percent of its earnings.
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Get $150 off a luxury mattress and a free $153 Amazon gift card The Sapira hybrid mattress is designed to perfectly fuse pocket springs and high-performance foams for an excellent sleep experience at a surprisingly low price.
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Fourth-quarter operating profit plunged almost 60 percent to 630 million euros ($715 million) as the firm's basic chemicals business was hit by a slump in prices for isocyanate - used in making polyurethane polymers and foams - and supply disruptions.
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The two types of foam also hold different types of gas: Open-cell bubbles are often filled with water vapor, while closed-cell foams are filled with a variety of other chemicals with better insulating properties, such as pentane.
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Cincinnati-based P&G, which operates in 25 countries, sells Gillette razors, gels and foams worldwide and said the writedown was due primarily to currency fluctuations - enduring strength in the U.S. economy in recent years has strengthened the dollar.
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There are four varieties, all nicely creamy: original (lightly sweetened), unsweetened and unsweetened vanilla (both pleasant), and latte de barista (designed for coffee shops, fairly sweet, foams well): Milkadamia, $4 to $5.50 per quart, depending on the store, milkadamia.com.
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PFAS have been used for decades in "non-stick cookware, water-repellent clothing, stain-resistant fabrics and carpets, some cosmetics, some firefighting foams, and products that resist grease, water, and oil," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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At the beginning of the year, Evonik wrapped up the acquisition of Air Products' specialty additives division for $3.8 billion, a maker of ingredients for insulation foams, sun lotion and coatings, to reduce dependence on the volatile animal feed business.
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BASF, a maker of petrochemicals, coatings, catalytic converters and foams, last month said it was aiming for growth in 2019 operating profit at the lower end of a 1-10% range, despite analyst predictions of a decline in full-year earnings.
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The former Bayer unit, which makes chemicals for heat insulation foams and transparent polycarbonate plastics, stuck with its 2019 EBITDA target of between 1.5 billion euros and 2.0 billion euros, against the backdrop of darkening outlook for the German chemicals sector.
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Scientists discovered decades ago that CFC-2000 and other manufactured chemicals used as refrigerants and aerosols and in the production of insulating foams were destroying the ozone layer, which shields humans, crops and animals from the most damaging solar rays.
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In 20183, at a United Nations summit in Kigali, Rwanda, President Barack Obama's administration agreed with 196 other countries to phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, an extremely potent greenhouse gas used in air-conditioners, refrigerators and foams.
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BASF, based at Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, said in a statement that the profits decline "is mainly attributable to the chemicals segment", where prices for isocyanate - used in making polyurethane polymers and foams - and steam cracker margins were lower than expected.
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Our recent test of 20 foam mattress models suggests that Mr. Carlitz has a point: Models priced over a thousand dollars had higher-density foams, and our testers found them to look and feel more substantial than the under-$1,000 mattresses.
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BASF, a maker of petrochemicals, coatings, catalytic converters and foams, said last month that it was aiming for growth in 2019 operating profit at the lower end of a 1-10% range, despite analyst predictions of a decline in full-year earnings.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Negotiators from more than 180 countries are nearing agreement on a global ban on a toxic chemical linked to cancer and other health issues, but China is pushing for an exemption for use in firefighting foams, campaigners said on Wednesday.
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We also have announced a series of commitments around our limited use of PFAS, including the eliminating the use of all PFAS-based firefighting foams from our facilities and granting royalty-free licenses to those seeking to use innovative PFAS remediation technologies.
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Brudermueller is under pressure from investors to show a decline in the company's basic chemicals business, which makes materials for products such as heat insulation foams and coatings, can be offset by growth in more advanced products such as pesticides, catalysts and engineering plastics.
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But excluding a forecast-beating earnings increase of more than 200 million euros at its Wintershall oil and gas division, operating income from its core chemicals products, which include vitamins, catalytic converters, engineering plastics and insulation foams, would have been down by 5 percent.
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That, in the end, is what Quentin Tarantino loves more than anything; more than crappy old TV shows, more than boxes of cereal, more than violence so rabid that it practically foams, and more, if you can believe it, than the joys of logorrhea.
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But instead of using that technology to achieve such goals, our brightest minds are currently deploying it to cook elaborate pea foams, help Nazis find each other online, and manufacture wine glasses that will survive Aunt Petunia drunkenly walking from the kitchen to the foyer.
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You can use it immediately after opening since it balloons to its typical size after the wrapping is removed, but I let it air out throughout the day (a habit with foams that can smell slightly like chemicals upon arrival, though this one wasn't very noticeable).
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We've covered both their bread-and-butter Leesa mattress as well as their luxury option, the Sapira, in our best mattress buying guide, but the break down is pretty simple: The Leesa Mattress: engineered with three premium foams for cooling, body contouring, and pressure-relieving core support.
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A decade ago, Dr. MacPherson and a collaborator formulated an equation describing how, in three and higher dimensions, individual bubbles evolve in live foams — the fleeting foam at the meniscus in his champagne flute, for instance, or the more enduring head on a pint of beer.
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The group, whose products include engineering plastics, catalytic converters and insulation foams, has been focusing on cost cuts but last month took a long awaited step to secure growth and struck a deal to buy Albemarle Corp's surface-treatment unit Chemetall for $3.2 billion, bolstering its automotive coatings business.
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IN THE 1970s, when those behind America's manned space programme were trying to keep it alive as people got bored of moon landings, one fantasy was that there were products which might be made easily in space that were hard to create on Earth—metal foams, for example.
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COLORADO In an early sign of the economic effects of PFAS, Venetucci Farm near Colorado Springs stopped all agricultural production and let go of staff after PFAS chemicals were discovered in 2016 in the water used by the property, linked to firefighting foams used at Peterson Air Force Base.
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Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Thursday announced the agency's Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Action Plan, a series of short- and long-term steps to help states exposed to these common chemicals found in Teflon and foams used by firefighters linked to cancer and other health risks.
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Acting EPA Adminstrator Andrew Wheeler on Thursday announced the agency's Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Action Plan, a series of short- and long-term steps to help states exposed to these common chemicals found in Teflon and foams used by firefighters linked to cancer and other health risks.
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Amid a media firestorm about the administration's immigration policy, the ATSDR—a division of the Department of Health and Human Services—quietly published its 852-page review of perfluoroalkyls, or PFAS, which are "used in everything from carpets and frying pan coatings to military firefighting foams," according to ProPublica.
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Because HFCs are now used as a substitute for ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, in refrigeration, air conditioners and foams, the cuts would happen via the Montreal Protocol, which is a U.N. Treaty that addresses harm to the stratospheric ozone layer, rather than under the separate U.N. treaty system set up for addressing global warming specifically.
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Since that first hospital stay, I've had colonoscopies, biopsies, CT scans, X-rays, blood and stool tests, enemas, suppositories, rectal foams, antiemetics, antidiarrheals, antivirals, antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, opiates, steroids, immunoglobulin, biologics and three fecal transplants (if you want to hear a story about my 9-year-old poop donor and a blender, find me on Twitter).
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Other lustworthy features that might help you justify the Elysium's $26,000 price tag include a carbon fiber frame designed to better support the human form, a strategic mix of durable but viscoelastic (it can be smooshed, but will eventually return to its original shape) foams for added comfort, and an outer layer of Scandinavian leather available in your choice of 70 different colors.
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The pioneer of molecular gastronomy is Futurist in his use of high-tech gadgets and esoteric techniques lifted from the food-chemistry lab ("spherification," freezing in liquid nitrogen, the transformation of food into foams and "airs"), but Surrealist in his fascination with hybrids and juxtapositions, Duchampian "decontextualization [and] irony," Dalínian "spectacle [and] performance," according to a manifesto of sorts on his restaurant's website.
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Well trust us, the Casper mattress is also a high-quality product that should keep you comfortable all through the night: Designed to help align your spine for a deep and restorative sleep Premium foams for luxurious comfort Breathable and cool Airy layers help keep you nice and cool As the battle for the mattress world rages on, it's time to pick a side.
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A place where farmers sell crops via unmanned, roadside stands to customers who pay on the honor system; where crows are formidably enormous, and the summer growth is so explosive it foams right into passing traffic; where every summer morning Asian lilies open with a pop(!)—scenting the air with licorice—and every summer night bush-league yakuza rattle past your windows, gunning motorcycle engines.
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Long anticipated by the sort of runner who devotes his free time to scouring Facebook groups, Instagram pages, and online message boards for news about foams, colorways, heel-toe offsets, and inventory restocks (and who is willing to part with hundreds of dollars to gain a competitive edge), the Next%, which was unveiled this week, is the successor to Nike's Vaporfly 4%—a shoe the company claims can make runners 83 percent more efficient on their feet, translating to precious minutes over the course of a race like the marathon.
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