#chemical suit manufacturer

[8health]

Valuable Tips For Choosing High Quality Medical chemical Suits

Chemical suits are protective suits that are often used in medical settings. They help to protect the wearer from being exposed to hazardous materials, like toxic substances, liquids and chemicals. Doctors and nurses often need to work in contaminated environments, and as a result, they must have protective gear that enables them to manage their professional responsibilities safely. While buying…

[vamshi11]

Exploring MS Plates: Varieties, Applications, and Their Design Impact with Top Brands from SteelonCall

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[kemystery-chemicals]

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[asegroupindia]

Industrial safety is of utmost importance in today's fast-paced and rapidly growing world. Whether you are a manufacturer, a supplier, or an end-user, ensuring the safety of your workforce is crucial. One of the most effective ways to ensure safety is by selecting the right protection. In India, there are many industrial safety products suppliers, safety equipment manufacturers, and safety equipment and products suppliers in Vadodara India. But, how do you choose the right protection? In this blog, we will discuss five features that you should consider when selecting protection in India.

[odinsblog]

Traccye Love used hair relaxers for years and believes the chemicals in those hair products are related to her uterine fibroids. Love, of Oak Park, had a hysterectomy two years ago and is one of thousands of women who have filed suit against the hair care companies.

Growing up in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood in the late 1990s, Traccye Love wished for the long, smooth tresses of pop star Aaliyah.

“That was the look then — smooth and straight,” said Love, of Oak Park. “My mom would press it (with a hot comb), but I wanted it to stay straight.”

Love wasn’t allowed to get her first chemical hair relaxer until she turned 18. For most of the women in her close-knit, predominantly Black community, the rite of passage of using relaxers to straighten their naturally kinky, thick hair had come much younger. Love’s mother worried about the dangers of using a relaxer: chemical burns or brittle hair caused by lye and similar chemicals in hair-straightening products.

Throughout college, and well into her 30s, Love slathered on chemicals from home straightening kits every six weeks or so. Then, in her late 30s, she began to feel knee-buckling abdominal pain during her menstrual cycles — on her worst days each month, Love downed five 200-milligram tablets of ibuprofen every four hours.

“It felt like someone was taking my ovary and twisting it like a balloon,” Love said.

After several years and trips to three different doctors, tests revealed Love had multiple, golf ball-sized fibroid tumors in her uterus. In 2022, at the age of 38, she had a hysterectomy. She was still using hair relaxers until her husband spotted a social media post about lawsuits targeting the manufacturers. She now thinks the relaxers caused her tumors.

“It had never occurred to me that there was serious risk to using relaxers,” Love said. “I thought the risk was getting scalp burns.”

In October 2022, the first of several thousand lawsuits was filed at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in the Loop by a woman from St. Louis claiming that chemicals in hair relaxer products she used — such as Soft Sheen, Just for Me and Dark & Lovely — caused her cancer.

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[jennsterjay]

Can you imagine the chaos that would be Miles G and Peni interacting?

Like when Miles G joins the group to help fight the Spot for the big finale and he just kind of shuffles himself to the back of the group and Peni is there

And they both look at each other with resting depressed / bitch face and size each other up and scrutinize each other's tech and gear with their eyes and then at the same time they look at each other and say

"Huh... cool"

And then during the fight with The Spot, the whole time they're asking each other questions about each other's tech while attacking and dodging effortlessly because they're cool like that, and they get so engrossed in their tech conversations that the fight becomes more of an annoying background thing so they just lock in and do joint team duo attacks to help Miles so they can wrap up the fight and get back to their conversation on hydraulics faster

And after the group wins the fight and Hobie makes everyone secret watches- oh its so over

They both just drop into each other's dimensions at random times of the day and help each other with whatever tech or engine or weapon or gizmo or what have you and create the most tech thing ever that even regular Spider-Man villians couldn't understand

Miles G teaches Peni about present day tech (which is old tech to her) and Peni teaches Miles G about her present day tech (which is future tech to him) and they gain a wider understanding of the origins and mechanics of past and future tech and now with this knowledge they learn to build anything (Miguel has ranked them higher on the 'people to watch' list again) and Margo is involved in their shenanigans too.

They get into discussions about dubbed vs subbed anime, and Peni reintroduces Miles G to My Chemical Romance. Miles G is vibing with it, and Rio is entertained because Miles G has randomly entered his 'No one understands me' phase again

These two dimension hop to 1610B every other week just to go to the arcade house and kill it in some Dance Dance Revolution. They invite the others later (Miles: So you just invited me after you already did stuff without me in my dimension??).

They watch Big Hero Six together, and immediately try to figure out how to make those little magnet things (they do it in a day) and help each other upgrade Sp//dr with Baymax related protocols they like

Peni helps Miles upgrade his own suit of course and it gets the coolest most badass design known to man, his mask can translate 1000 different languages, has built in 'prowler-sense' to detect danger, and God knows what else and Kingpin, Doc Ock, Scorpion, Lizard, and the rest of the Sinister Six and related villians are baffled because they have no idea how someone could've built or manufactured a suit like that on their own (and they can't replicate it).

Eventually they become so airtight that they just start chillin and talking to each other in Spanish and Japanese and they both understand each other and meanwhile the others in the Spiderband Ensemble (Miles and the others) are wracking their brains trying to figure out how they defeated over 20,000 villians on their own over the past year with just the two of them, and how they have 3 successful self published mangas about their Ocs together in 3 different dimensions

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

In late May, 19 Republican attorneys general filed a complaint with the Supreme Court asking it to block climate change lawsuits seeking to recoup damages from fossil fuel companies.

All of the state attorneys general who participated in the legal action are members of the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), which runs a cash-for-influence operation that coordinates the official actions of these GOP state AGs and sells its corporate funders access to them and their staff. The majority of all state attorneys general are listed as members of RAGA.

Where does RAGA get most of its funding? From the very same fossil fuel industry interests that its suit seeks to defend. In fact, the industry has pumped nearly $5.8 million into RAGA’s campaign coffers since Biden was elected in 2020.

The recent Supreme Court complaint has been deemed “highly unusual” by legal experts.

The attorneys general claim that Democratic states, which are bringing the climate-related suits at issue in state courts, are effectively trying to regulate interstate emissions or commerce, which are under the sole purview of the federal government. Fossil fuel companies have unsuccessfully made similar arguments in their own defense.

RAGA’s official actions — and those of its member attorneys general — closely align with the goals of its biggest donors.

The group, a registered political nonprofit that can raise unlimited amounts of cash from individuals and corporations, solicits annual membership fees from corporate donors in exchange for allowing those donors to shape legal policy via briefings and other interactions with member attorneys general.

A Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) analysis of IRS filings since November 24, 2020 shows that Koch Industries (which recently rebranded) leads as the largest fossil fuel industry donor to RAGA, having donated $1.3 million between 2021 and June 2024.

Other large donors include:

• American Petroleum Institute (API), the oil and gas industry’s largest trade association

• Southern Company Services, a gas and electric utility holding company

• Valero Services, a petroleum refiner

• NextEra Energy Resources, which runs both renewable and natural gas operations

• Anschutz Corporation, a Denver-based oil and gas company

• American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, a major trade organization

• Exxon Mobil, one of the largest fossil fuel multinationals in the world

• National Mining Association, the leading coal and mineral industry trade organization

• American Chemical Council, which represents major petrochemical producers and refiners

Many of these donors are being sued for deceiving the public about the role fossil fuels play in worsening climate change: many states — including California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Rhode Island — as well as local governments — such as the city of Chicago and counties in Oregon and Pennsylvania — have all filed suits against a mix of fossil fuel companies and their industry groups. In the cases brought by New York and Massachusetts, ExxonMobil found support from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who filed a friend-of-the-court brief in defense of the corporation.

Paxton has accepted $5.2 million in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry over the past 10 years, according to data compiled by OpenSecrets and reviewed by CMD.

Fossil Fuel Contributions to the Republican Attorneys General Association Includes aggregate contributions of $10K or more from the period November 2020 to March 2024.

Note: This funding compilation does not include law firms, front groups, or public relations outfits that work on behalf of fossil fuel clients, many of which use legal shells to shield themselves from outright scrutiny. For example, Koch Industries, through its astroturf operation Americans for Prosperity, has deployed a shell legal firm in a major Supreme Court case designed to dismantle the federal government’s regulatory authority.

CARRYING BIG OIL’S WATER

This is far from the first time RAGA members have banded together to try to defeat clean energy and environmental regulations. In 2014, the New York Times initially reported on how RAGA circulates fossil fuel industry propaganda opposing federal regulations.

The Times investigation revealed thousands of documents exposing how oil and gas companies cozied up to Republican attorneys general to push back against President Obama’s regulatory agenda. “Attorneys general in at least a dozen states are working with energy companies and other corporate interests, which in turn are providing them with record amounts of money for their political campaigns,” the investigation found. That effort, which RAGA dubbed the Rule of Law campaign, has since morphed into RAGA’s political action arm, the nonprofit Rule of Law Defense Fund (RLDF).

Since then, RAGA’s appetite to go to bat for the industry has only grown.

In 2015, less than two weeks after representatives from fossil fuel companies and related trade groups attended a RAGA conference, Republican AGs petitioned federal courts to block the Obama administration’s signature climate proposal, as CMD has previously reported. Additional reporting revealed collusion between Republican AGs and industry lobbyists to defend ExxonMobil and obstruct climate change legislation.

There was also the 2016 secret energy summit that RAGA held in West Virginia with industry leaders, along with private meetings with fossil fuel companies to coordinate how to shield ExxonMobil from legal scrutiny. Later that year, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey — aided by 19 other Republican AGs — successfully brought a case before the court that hobbled Obama’s signature climate plan.

Morrisey is currently leading the Republican effort to take down an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation that targets coal-fired power plants.

Often, the attorneys general bringing these cases share many of the same donors who backed the confirmation of Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices, as pointed out by the New York Times.

And in 2021, Republican attorneys general from 19 states sent a letter to the U.S. Senate committees on Environment and Public Works and on Energy and Natural Resources hoping to persuade senators to vote against additional regulations on highly polluting methane emissions, a leading contributor to global warming.

Since 2022, RLDF’s “ESG Working Group” has been coordinating actions taken by Republican AGs against sustainable investing. Communications from that group obtained by CMD show that it was investigating Morningstar/Sustainalytics and the Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Republican AGs announced investigations into the six largest banks for information on their involvement in the Net-Zero Banking Alliance later that year.

LEGACY OF RIGHT-WING ACTIONS

It’s not only about fossil fuels. Attorneys general who are members of — and financially backed by — RAGA have a long track record of pursuing right-wing agendas. In Mississippi, Attorney General Lynn Fitch helped bring the legal case that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade. In Texas, Paxton has attempted to overturn the Affordable Care Act and sued the federal government over Title IX civil rights protections, and safeguards for seasonal workers, among other policy irritants to the far Right. With support from fellow Republican AGs, he also led one of many efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

In recent years, other pro-corporate major donors have included The Concord Fund, which is controlled by Trump’s “court whisperer” Leonard Leo, Big Tobacco, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform.

[pencil-peach]

G Witch Onscreen Text: Episode 6

GRAAAHH!! This is part SEVEN in my attempt to transcribe and discuss all the onscreen text in G Witch!! Because I CAN!!! GRAHH!! We're on episode 6, halfway through season 1!! Grah Graaaahh!!!

Click here to go back to Episode FIVE!! Grahhh!!!

Let us begin.

Not text, but during Bel and Prospera's initial confrontation, the building they're in has art pieces on display. Maybe it's some kind of museum?

Not text again, but we don't get very many looks into the common areas of the 3 branches, so here's Jeturk House's. It's really flashy and gold, huh? It also matches the aesthetic of Vim's office.

During the scene with Bel and El4n, Bel consults the data on this monitor when she tells him that he'll be fine piloting the Pharact for the duel against Suletta. We get a couple of shots of this monitor, so I'll do my best to glean what information I can from it.

On the left side of the monitor is a mockup of the Pharact. TEXT: (Top Left) REGISTERED NAME: PHARACT MS: FP/A-77 PMET CODE: P017-0046

(Bottom Left) MANUFACTURER: PEIL TECHNOLOGIES STATUS: IN TEST OPERATION

We see the Pharact's Permet Code here, that being PO17-0046. The 'P' probably stands for 'Peil.' Also, have you noticed the the MS IDs for all of Peil's mobile suits have a '/' in them? The 3 branches all have their own unique naming conventions when it comes to their MS codes. It's obvious, sure, but it's something you might not have noticed unless you were looking at it.

This info here, on the right side of the monitor, is much more interesting. TEXT (Header) No. 4 ENHANCED PERSON >PILOTING DEPARTMENT >ID. NO: KP002 NAME: ELAN CERES

This screen is how we learn that El4n is indeed the 4th Enhanced Person in the show proper.

Underneath the header is this info box and a graph. The box on the left says DECISION CRITERIA D2 ***EXAMINATION

What this box means is mostly speculation on my part, but I believe this is a grading system that evaluates the remaining health/usefulness of an enhanced person. There's a red arrow pointing down, implying that this grade, D2, is worse than the grade from the previous evaluation.

The graph to its right is a bit harder to analyze.

It's exceedingly similar to the graph shown during the Shin Sei Inquiry by Shaddiq, that measured Aerial's Permet Influx, but they probably aren't measuring the same thing.

I think it's probably closer to the little bit of this graph we see in the prologue, that I speculated was a measurement of a pilot's exposure to a data storm.

The graph has no title, it only says PHASE on the header, followed by Sys REC Ver. 2.0, which means this data was either recorded from the Pharact of El4n's body. The highlighted point is labelled CHH.

My BEST guess is it's measuring the amount of Permet radiation his body is suffering from.

Underneath the graph is this subfield TEXT (top to bottom.) PMET LINK COMPATIBILITY TEST TEST CASE: 04 | STATUS PMET LINKED CNS | CONTROLLED PMET LINKED PNS | CONTROLLED PMET-CNS INTEGRATION | NO ABNORMALITY MOTOR FUNCTION TEST | NO ABNORMALITY HEMANALYSIS | NO ABNORMALITY CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION TEST | NO ABNORMALITY NERVE DAMAGE TEST | CONDITIONALLY ACCEPTABLE CELL SURVIVAL TEST | CONDITIONALLY ACCEPTABLE

This is an evaluation of El4n's body, and from this we get a really good look into the true danger of piloting a Gundam.

To start, CNS stands for Central Nervous System, and PNS stands for Peripheral Nervous System. The first box is analyzing the status of the artificial nervous system implanted into El4n's body.

PMET-CNS INTEGRATION can thus be assumed to be analyzing its integration with the rest of El4n's body. MOTOR FUNCTION TEST is self evident, an analysis of El4n's motor skills. HEMANALYSIS is an analysis on the chemical composition of one's blood. CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION TEST is a test evaluating the strength and health of your heart and lungs.

NERVE DAMAGE TEST and CELL SURVIVAL TEST are self evident, but what's most important about them is that, unlike the rest of his results, they're labeled CONDITIONALLY ACCEPTABLE. If he hadn't been disposed of by Peil, we can see that this is probably what would have killed him. A combination of Cellular Necrosis and Nerve Damage.

We can glean from this chart that over exposure to Permet primarily affects the Nervous, Cardiovascular, and Pulmonary systems, as well as cause cellular necrosis.

Finally, though we unfortunately never get a closer look at it than this, there's this final box here, labeled EEG[???], and contains what i think is a CT scan of El4n's brain.

TEXT: PROPULSION CONTROL SYSTEM HIGH MANEUVER MODE

When Suletta is piloting the Aerial to test out the thrusters, we can see the system and mode being tested.

When talking to Miorine and Nika in their shuttle, we can see SS/O.M is added to the com screen on Suletta's phone. Not sure what it means !

Not text but I love Mio's face here after she finishes giving Suletta the pep talk, but before she responds to Nika. She's like, hm! Helping Suletta felt really good. I hope this doesn't awaken anything in me.

El4n doesn't have anything in his room whatsoever.

When Suletta asks to talk to El4n, they can't get a hold of him directly, so they just do a HOUSE WIDE BROADCAST instead.

TEXT: MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT ID No: KM079 NAME: EARLTON WELLS.

Not important, but one of the two students Suletta speaks to is named Earlton Wells.

During the duel, Bell can tell that El4n isn't doing well because his flight path is jagged, he can't fly straight anymore.

We can't read this error message, but we can read PMET SCORE 4, so its most likely an error related to that.

We can see the alert message on El4n's screen when he's about to run into the meteor. It just says ALERT.

When Suletta is trapped and Aerial increases its Permet Score, we can see little whispy things on the main monitor. Oooohhh..pretty...

So, bit of a mixup here, before, when Suletta defeated Guel in the rematch, it said she had 2 wins, which made it seem like her previous win had been reinstated. That wasn't true! It was just a mistake, because when she defeats El4n here, she still only has 2 wins. Can't win em all !

Here, we can see that time and temperature in Asticassia's simulated environment. It says 26 degrees and is sunny, which means that Asticassia uses Celsius and not Farenheit.

When Bel begs the Peil Witches to reconsider, if you look at the monitor, you can see Elan hanging up in front of the laser. They're watching him die here, and Bel saw it too.

AND THATS IT!!! HUAAAAHHH!!! THANK YOU FOR READING! I NEED TO GO! YOUR FINAL GIFT:

You ever notice how since the beginning the Enhanced Persons were alluded to be like Eri because only 4 and 5 were ever able to see and hear her when they're overloaded with Permet?

Click here to go to Episode 7!

Click here to go to the Masterpost!

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from DeSmog Blog:

Environmental groups are teeing up a legal challenge to new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules on pollution from chemical and plastics plants, citing concerns the EPA relied too heavily on lowball industry estimates as it sized up the risks to people’s health posed by ethylene oxide (EtO), chloroprene, and other toxic air pollution.

The EPA just announced the new rules in April, saying they’re intended to “significantly reduce” dangerous pollution from chemical plants and some plastics plants.

But the Environmental Integrity Project, Earthjustice, Sierra Club, California Communities Against Toxics, Air Alliance Houston, and others filed suit this week in the federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, with attorneys for the groups telling DeSmog they believe the EPA’s rules remain too weak.

“The EPA’s underestimation of the risks posed by chemical facilities puts nearby communities in grave danger,” Earthjustice attorney Deena Tumeh said in a statement announcing the litigation. “By downplaying ethylene oxide emissions, the EPA fails to protect public health adequately.”

When contacted by DeSmog, the EPA declined to comment, citing pending litigation.

Roughly 200 plants, dotted across the country but heavily clustered along the Gulf Coast, are covered by the new rules. Those plants primarily make chemicals and “polymers and resins,” or plastics — and they release dangerous chemicals into the air in the process.

The new rules, years in the making, update Clean Air Act standards on a half dozen pollutants from those plants, including the highly carcinogenic EtO and benzene, chloroprene (used to make the neoprene that’s found in wetsuits), vinyl chloride (which was notoriously burnt off in the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment), a vinyl chloride precursor known as ethylene dichloride, and 1,3 butadiene (used to make synthetic rubber).

The EPA has said its rule “will provide critical health protections to hundreds of thousands of people living near chemical plants.”

The environmental groups’ lawsuit comes shortly after Denka Performance Elastomers asked the D.C. Circuit to block the rules from going into effect in May. Denka, a Japanese company, alleged that the EPA allowed too little time for the company to slash chloroprene emissions from its LaPlace, Louisiana, operations, giving the company just 90 days, while other chemical manufacturers would be allowed two years to curb their emissions. 

Denka’s claims have drawn public support from the state’s governor, Jeff Landry, and Louisiana attorney general Liz Murrill, who also filed a D.C. Circuit challenge, citing concerns that the Denka plant could be shut down.

Back in April, DeSmog first reported on concerns that loopholes in the rules, combined with plans from companies like Koch Industries to expand their operations, could mean Louisiana’s Cancer Alley won’t see a decrease in total toxic air pollution.

A July 16, E&E News investigation found that tightened EPA regulations governing hazardous air pollution from oil refineries – a similar set of rules to the ones covering chemical and plastics plants – successfully tamped down dangerous emissions from most of the 130 refineries reviewed. Dozens of other refineries, however – mostly located in communities of color – saw emissions rise. Troy Abel, a Western Washington University professor of environmental policy, faulted “less stringent rules enforcement in some states versus others.”

This week’s legal challenge to the rules for plastics and chemical plants doesn’t specify what criticisms the groups intend to raise before the court.

But attorneys for environmental groups behind the new lawsuit filed July 16 said that while EPA’s rule marks an improvement in many ways, it also contains some dangerous flaws. 

“The basic structure of the rule is good, we just don’t think it runs far enough,” Abel Russ, a senior attorney for the Environmental Integrity Project, told DeSmog.

[descenacre]

Nectar-crystallizing plants

These plants gather nutrients from the soil, and crystallize nectar into a single hard pellet that grows atop their stem. They are vital to the food chain, being consumed by nearly every creature on the planet's surface--If I catch a beast during a meal, it may spit out a fully undigested pellet when it is slain! How wild! These appear to be plants at a first glance, but they seem to share the half-beast-half-plant nature of the Pikmin and the Onions...could these be distant evolutionary cousins?

The Pellet Posies try to attract nearby creatures by altering their own chemical makeup in real time-- Somehow, they can sense the colors of nearby creatures and rapidly manufacture nutrients hypertargeted to them, breaking down the old nutrients and reusing them like molecular playing blocks. Through what mechanism, it's unclear, but they appear to be attuned to the Pikmin in particular.

Once a Pellet is felled from its stalk, it remains the color it had originally been, for it can no longer produce new nutrients. The smallest of these pellets, when brought to an Onion of the same color can produce 3 pikmin. Other Onions can't seem to use the nutrients as efficiently, only bearing 1 pikmin.

The Wild Wedelia is a flower with a colorful patterned seed, reminiscent of the Onions in a way. Unlike the Pellet Posies, this flower seems to have a balanced nutritional value, and every Onion is able to produce 3 Pikmin when this seed is retrieved.

Something unique about this flower's seed is how it acts with Onions that had merged with another-- somehow, it produces 3 Pikmin of each type residing within the Onion, doubling its efficiency! I'll never be able to wrap my mind around the inner workings of these strange beings!

The Thorned Thistle is a plant that grows rather tall! Its stem is covered in prickles that most of the Pikmin would rather avoid, but Thorn Pikmin can climb up and retrieve the seeds resting at the very top.

The seeds are covered in tiny, hairlike thorns, that make them impossible to carry for all but the Thorn Pikmin. I tried picking one up myself, and it stuck to my suit and I couldn't put it down! I'm just glad the Onion doesn't seem to mind their barbs…

The River Root grows, peeking its head just out of reach above the water's surface. Its roots reach impossibly deep into the depths…what could be the purpose of such a long stem? I was able to reach it solely with the help of the Lily Pikmin--thank heavens they can float!

These pellets don't seem to have a distinguishable marking on them, compared to their cousins. Perhaps they were swept away in the water's changing currents? The chaotic swirls seem to hint at some hidden order that I'm not yet capable of fully understanding.

The Burst Berry was a terrifying encounter, for what I had considered to be a dormant plant. Normally, I walked by these unassuming red bushes and they sat, like most plants do, inactive. But when I passed them with Candy Pikmin in my party, out of nowhere, a giant Berry burst from the ground! Did it sense their sugary steps?

At first, the Pikmin were unable to bring it back to the Onion--its roots were tucked firmly into the ground, and it did not wish to leave its spot. But when I returned with a Fruiting Candy Pikmin, I found that I was able to "burst" it open, revealing a small pink pearl, tucked away at the center!

I'm still uncertain how these beings benefit from attracting predators, and giving away such vital nutrients...perhaps it is a way of ensuring propagation; coating their true seeds in such an abundance of nutrients ensures that even beyond digestion, the seeds will have more than enough food to grow, themselves...I will have to keep an eye out in order to learn more.

[anarchistin]

Humans have been harnessing the power of yeast for thousands of years. These fungi allow fermentation, the molecular process whereby living cells typically transform sugar or starch into more complex molecules or chemicals. Discovered 10,000 years ago, the technology of liquid fermentation—from mead to beer to spirits—and solid-state fermentation—bread and cheese—helped put humanity on a rapidly accelerating path of evolution and advancement.

Fast forward 9,950 years. Around three decades ago, humans applied the potential of liquid fermentation to create medicines. In 1978 Arthur Riggs and Keiichi Itakura produced the first biosynthetic insulin using E. coli as a single-celled manufacturing plant. The epiphany that single-celled bacteria and yeast are sugar-powered microfactories that can be utilized to synthesize novel compounds is one of the most powerful discoveries of the past 100 years.

Since that revolutionary insight occurred, science has been devoted to understanding, cultivating and ultimately reprogramming single-celled organisms such as yeast, bacteria and algae, and we've been using the process to make more lifesaving drugs, biobased fuels such as corn ethanol, fragrances and a growing suite of small biological molecules.

[girderednerve]

i have once more Read a Book !

the book was jim morris' cancer factory: industrial chemicals, corporate deception, & the hidden deaths of american workers. this book! is very good! it is primarily about the bladder cancer outbreak associated with the goodyear plant in niagara falls, new york, & which was caused by a chemical called orthotoluedine. goodyear itself is shielded by new york's workers' comp law from any real liability for these exposures & occupational illnesses; instead, a lot of the information that morris relies on comes from suits against dupont, which manufactured the orthotoluedine that goodyear used, & despite clear internal awareness of its carcinogenicity, did not inform its clients, who then failed to protect their workers. fuck dupont! morris also points out that goodyear manufactured polyvinyl chloride (PVC) at that plant, and, along with other PVC manufacturers, colluded to hide the cancer-causing effects of vinyl chloride, a primary ingredient in PVC & the chemical spilled in east palestine, ohio in 2023. the book also discusses other chemical threats to american workers, including, and this was exciting for me personally, silica; it mentions the hawks nest tunnel disaster (widely forgotten now despite being influential in the 30s, and, by some measures, the deadliest industrial disaster in US history) & spends some time on the outbreak of severe silicosis among southern california countertop fabricators, associated with high-silica 'engineered stone' or 'quartz' countertops. i shrieked about that, the coverage is really good although the treatment of hawks nest was very brief & neglected the racial dynamic at play (the workers exposed to silica at hawks nest were primarily migrant black workers from the deep south).

cancer factory spends a lot of time on the regulatory apparatus in place to respond to chemical threats in the workplace, & thoroughly lays out how inadequate they are. OSHA is responsible for setting exposure standards for workplace chemicals, but they have standards for only a tiny fraction—less than one percent!—of chemicals used in american industry, and issue standards extremely slowly. the two major issues it faces, outside of its pathetically tiny budget, are 1) the standard for demonstrating harm for workers is higher than it is for the general public, a problem substantially worsened during the reagan administration but not created by it, and 2) OSHA is obliged to regulate each individual chemical separately, rather than by functional groups, which, if you know anything at all about organic chemistry, is nonsensical on its face. morris spends a good amount of time on the tenure of eula bingham as the head of OSHA during the carter administration; she was the first woman to head the organization & made a lot of reasonable reforms (a cotton dust standard for textile workers!), but could not get a general chemical standard, allowing OSHA to regulate chemicals in blocks instead of individually, through, & then of course much of her good work was undone by reagan appointees.

the part of the book that made me most uncomfortable was morris' attempt to include birth defects in his analysis. i don't especially love the term 'birth defect'—it feels cruel & seems to me to openly devalue disabled people's lives, no?—but i did appreciate attention to women's experiences in the workplace, and i think workplace chemical exposure is an underdiscussed part of reproductive justice. cancer factory mentions women lead workers who were forced to undergo tubal ligations to retain their employment, supposedly because lead is a teratogen. morris points at workers in silicon valley's electronics industry; workers, most of them women, who made those early transistors were exposed to horrifying amounts of lead, benzene, and dangerous solvents, often with disabling effects for their children.

morris points out again & again that we only know that there was an outbreak of bladder cancer & that it should be associated with o-toluedine because the goodyear plant workers were organized with the oil, chemical, & atomic workers (OCAW; now part of united steelworkers), and the union pursued NIOSH investigation and advocated for improved safety and monitoring for employees, present & former. even so, 78 workers got bladder cancer, 3 died of angiosarcoma, and goodyear workers' families experienced bladder cancer and miscarriage as a result of secondary exposure. i kept thinking about unorganized workers in the deep south, cancer alley in louisiana, miners & refinery workers; we don't have meaningful safety enforcement or monitoring for many of these workers. we simply do not know how many of them have been sickened & killed by their employers. there is no political will among people with power to count & prevent these deaths. labor protections for workers are better under the biden administration than the trump administration, but biden's last proposed budget leaves OSHA with a functional budget cut after inflation, and there is no federal heat safety standard for indoor workers. the best we get is marginal improvement, & workers die. i know you know! but it's too big to hold all the same.

anyway it's a good book, it's wide-ranging & interested in a lot of experiences of work in america, & morris presents an intimate (sometimes painfully so!) portrait of workers who were harmed by goodyear & dupont. would recommend

[maquillajescienced]

Are European Sunscreen's Really Better For Us?

(Image: Nast, Condé. “No, You Shouldn’t Skip Sunscreen While at Home.” Teen Vogue, 6 May 2020.)

If you’re a skincare fanatic like me, you’ve likely fallen down the Reddit rabbit holes on skincare and makeup. 

Amongst all the makeup/skincare hacks, dupes, and tutorials, you’ll find there's always one recurring theme: Sunscreen. 

While the importance of sunscreen to our overall health, beyond aesthetics, is immense, it can be really easy to get lost within all the terms thrown around in online forums and blogs. Once you do a little digging, you’ll come to find that not all sunscreens are built the same. They can vary in texture, formula, SPF, consistency, duration, and much more. Furthermore, some sunscreens are specifically for makeup, while others are meant for outdoor sports. 

Thankfully, most if not all of  these aspects of choosing the right sunscreen can be addressed by walking into a store and browsing around the different options in order to choose what best suits your needs. 

However, the intricacies of sunscreen only seem to get deeper, as we delve into the topic of international sunscreens…

So, what are these international sunscreens, and why are they so special? 

One of the two main competitors in sunscreen are European vs. American sunscreens, and these are the ones we’ll be discussing today. 

When considering the differences between these sunscreens, it’s essential to consider the vast differences in regulations between American and European sunscreen manufacturers. 

Some of the main differences between these sunscreens are:

Chemicals

The US FDA has currently approved 3 chemicals that protect skin against UVA rays. In comparison, there are 7 approved chemicals in Europe. This allows for more options, as well as increased levels of protection. (“Why You Should Ditch American Sunscreen.” Healthline, 8 June 2017.) 

UVA vs. UVB

Research conducted by the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, revealed that just 11 out of 20 American sunscreen products complied with the protection standards set by Europe. However, this is specifically impactful in the way that the sunscreen protects us from UVA rays. It has been found that many American sunscreens protect us from UVB rays, but are not as good at protecting us from the more deeply penetrating rays: UVA rays -at least not as well as European sunscreens do! (“Why You Should Ditch American Sunscreen.” Healthline, 8 June 2017.) 

While European sunscreen companies offer more options for protection against the sun’s rays, shopping internationally does not come without its own setbacks. When purchasing online, it's important to make sure that you’re accessing your products from a reputable source. 

However, this blogpost is not to say that American sunscreens are bad, it’s actually the opposite! Wearing any kind of sunscreen is good, especially as the weather heats up and summer approaches us. However, if you’re looking to expand your skincare horizons and try different formulas, it may be a good idea to look abroad at the different options that may not be available regionally. 

Nonetheless, both American and European sunscreen manufacturers offer great and diverse options that are sure to meet any skincare needs that you may have. The main takeaway is to consider the importance of sunscreen to our overall health, as any sunscreen is better than no sunscreen :)

Do you think you would give European sunscreen a try? Why or why not?

[steelindustryman]

Best Manufacturers Offering SS 316 Blind Flanges at Lowest Prices in Delhi

1. Udhhyog

Udhhyog is a leading supplier of SS 316 blind flanges in Delhi, known for providing high-quality products at affordable prices. They cater to various industrial sectors such as chemical processing, water treatment, and oil & gas. Their SS 316 blind flanges offer excellent resistance to corrosion and high temperatures, making them suitable for both demanding industrial applications and standard pipeline projects.

Why Udhhyog?

Competitive Prices: Udhhyog offers the best rates on SS 316 blind flanges in Delhi.

Quality Assurance: Their SS 316 blind flanges are designed to handle extreme conditions with high durability.

Efficient Procurement: Udhhyog provides seamless service with fast delivery and reliable customer support.

Explore their products:

Buy SS 316 Blind Flange

2. Sanjay Metal India

Sanjay Metal India offers a wide range of stainless steel flanges, including SS 316 blind flanges. They are known for providing products that meet international quality standards like ASME and ANSI at competitive prices. Sanjay Metal India serves industries requiring high corrosion resistance, making their flanges ideal for chemical processing, marine, and oil & gas applications.

Why Choose Sanjay Metal India?

Low Prices: Affordable SS 316 blind flanges, especially for bulk orders.

International Certifications: Products that adhere to global standards for quality and performance.

3. Regal Sales Corporation

Regal Sales Corporation is a top supplier of SS 316 blind flanges in Delhi, offering them at competitive rates. Their flanges are widely used in high-pressure and high-temperature environments such as refineries, petrochemical plants, and power generation facilities. Regal Sales Corporation provides reliable products that meet international standards.

Why Regal Sales Corporation?

Economical Pricing: Budget-friendly rates for SS 316 blind flanges.

Custom Solutions: They offer both standard and custom flange designs to suit specific requirements.

4. Metal Udyog

Metal Udyog specializes in providing SS 316 blind flanges that are designed for durability and high resistance to corrosion. Their flanges are cost-effective and suitable for a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, food processing, and marine engineering. Metal Udyog’s products are manufactured to meet both local and international quality standards.

Why Metal Udyog?

Affordable Options: Reasonably priced SS 316 blind flanges for various industrial uses.

Reliable Quality: Flanges built to withstand harsh environments and high temperatures.

5. Suryadeep Industries

Suryadeep Industries is known for manufacturing and supplying SS 316 blind flanges at competitive prices in Delhi. Their products are widely used in industries requiring high corrosion resistance, such as marine, chemical, and pharmaceutical sectors. With a focus on delivering cost-effective yet durable flanges, Suryadeep Industries is a trusted name in the market.

Why Suryadeep Industries?

Cost-Effective Pricing: Low-cost SS 316 blind flanges for various applications.

Strong Customer Service: Focus on timely delivery and customer satisfaction.

[udhhyog2]

Understanding Different Types of Flanges

When it comes to piping systems, flanges play a vital role in ensuring secure connections and facilitating maintenance. In this article, we will explore various types of flanges, including GI flanges, MS flanges, SS 304 flanges, SS 316 flanges, and their blind counterparts. Understanding these flanges will help you make informed decisions when selecting the right products for your industrial needs.

GI Flange

GI (Galvanized Iron) flanges are widely used in plumbing and industrial applications due to their corrosion resistance and durability. They provide a reliable connection in piping systems and are available in various sizes to suit different needs. You can find high-quality GI Flanges at Udhhyog, ensuring the best performance in your applications.

MS Flange

Mild Steel (MS) flanges are known for their strength and affordability. They are commonly used in construction and manufacturing processes. MS flanges are versatile and can be easily welded to pipes. For the lowest prices on MS Flanges, Udhhyog offers a variety of options tailored to your project requirements.

SS 304 Flange

Stainless Steel 304 (SS 304) flanges are popular for their excellent corrosion resistance and durability. They are commonly used in food processing, chemical industries, and marine applications. SS 304 flanges maintain their strength in high-temperature environments. Check out Udhhyog for competitive pricing on SS 304 Flanges.

SS 316 Flange

SS 316 flanges are even more resistant to corrosion than SS 304 flanges, making them ideal for harsh environments, including marine and chemical applications. Their ability to withstand high temperatures and corrosive substances makes them a preferred choice in many industries. You can find quality SS 316 Flanges at Udhhyog.

GI Blind Flange

GI Blind flanges are used to seal the end of a piping system, preventing the flow of fluids. They are essential for maintenance and inspection purposes. With their corrosion-resistant properties, GI Blind flanges ensure longevity and reliability. Explore Udhhyog's offerings for GI Blind Flanges.

MS Blind Flange

Similar to GI Blind flanges, MS Blind flanges serve to close off piping systems. They are cost-effective and provide strong sealing capabilities. For a reliable supply of MS Blind Flanges, look no further than Udhhyog.

SS 304 Blind Flange

SS 304 Blind flanges offer the same corrosion resistance and durability as their regular SS 304 counterparts. They are crucial in ensuring the integrity of your piping system while providing easy access for maintenance. Check out Udhhyog's selection of SS 304 Blind Flanges.

SS 316 Blind Flange

SS 316 Blind flanges are the ideal choice for demanding applications, especially in chemical processing and marine environments. Their robust construction guarantees durability and performance. For premium quality SS 316 Blind Flanges, Udhhyog is your go-to supplier.

[ableelectropolishing]

Electropolishing for Deburring Critical Metal Parts

Stamping and machining processes can leave metal parts with burrs that can affect the fit, function and durability of metal parts.

When these parts are destined for food or pharmaceutical production equipment or fuel lines and gear assemblies used in aerospace manufacturing, burrs are more than just a surface imperfection – they’re a potentially catastrophic defect that can prevent the proper sealing or connection between two parts, become dislodged near moving parts, or cause seizing of screws and other fasteners.

To prevent such risks, manufacturers in many industries often specify electropolishing as the final step in finishing their critical metal parts.

How Does Electropolishing Work?

Electropolishing is a highly effective finishing process for removing metal surface defects like microburrs caused by processes like broaching, fine blanking, grinding, lapping or milling.

Using a combination of a chemical bath and a rectified electrical current, electropolishing removes a precise and uniform layer of surface material, leaving behind a shiny, smooth, passive and defect-free surface.

Among other advantages, electropolishing can remove a microscopically precise amount of surface material with surface roughness improvement of up to 50%, eliminating surface defects for high-quality results within very tight tolerances.

By eliminating microcracks and other defects that can harbor bacteria or become initiation sites for corrosion, electropolishing also leaves metal parts with significantly improved resistance to corrosion and pathogen growth. The ultrasmooth surface finish that electropolishing leaves behind has been shown to inhibit the formation of bacterial biofilms that can be resistant to ordinary cleaning methods. The finish also leaves behind a surface that is easier to clean, without cracks or defects where pathogens can hide – a critical advantage for medical, pharmaceutical and food and beverage production.

Why Use Electropolishing for Deburring?

Fragile or intricate metal parts, like those used for medical devices and implants, are not well suited for finishing processes like mechanical or vibratory polishing, which can damage fragile parts or create inconsistent results for parts with complex shapes.

Successful deburring for critical metal parts is contingent upon the ability to remove a precise layer of surface material. No other process can match electropolishing for its ability to control the material removal to +/- .0002”.

By deburring the threads on metal fasteners, for example, electropolishing can reduce the risk of adhesion between two mating surfaces, also known as “galling,” which can cause material between the surfaces to deteriorate and seize up when parts are pressed together.

Burrs can also shorten the lifespan of a part, by breaking off or becoming an initiation site for corrosion.

Larger burrs that occur as the result of rough milling or displaced metal from drilling operations, however, may need pre-treatment using other methods. Likewise, heavy die break burrs caused by improper tooling maintenance will generally require additional treatment.

Much in the way that lightning is drawn to the highest points, electropolishing delivers higher current density on the high points or edges which makes it ideal for micro-deburring The customized nature of the electropolishing process, from racking to chemical formulation to timing, would be of little value if it could not be reproduced consistently. But unlike other finishing processes, electropolishing is prized for its consistent results.

Electropolishing also offers a key advantage for parts with critical microfinishes or made from the lighter, more fragile materials increasingly used in the manufacturing of medical devices, electrical components and semiconductors, among other industries. These parts are not suitable for mass finishing techniques that can create distortion, nicks and scratches. Electropolished parts are individually racked to prevent contact and ensure the even application of the process for even the most fragile parts.

Advantages of Electropolishing for Deburring

The electropolishing process can be customized by alloy, by application and by the desired results. Beyond its ability to remove a uniform layer of surface material to eliminate surface defects like microburrs, microcracks, scale and staining, electropolishing offers many collateral benefits for the manufacturers of critical metal parts.

Microscopically precise removal of surface material with control to +/-.0002”

Customized racking to accommodate fragile and complex parts small and large

Leaves parts with enhanced durability and cycle life

Creation of a pathogen-resistant surface

Superior cleanability

Ultraclean finish

Decorative finish

One stop process for cleaning and removing surface defects

30X more corrosion resistance than passivation alone

Parts are also left passivated in the process

Improves conductivity of copper and aluminum alloys

What Alloys Can Be Electropolished?

A long list of alloys can be effectively deburred using electropolishing. The process is also equally effective on parts that are fully annealed or hardened. That is one reason that electropolishing is frequently specified for the final deburring and finishing of parts after all fabrication and heat treating processes have been completed.

Electropolishing is effective for a wide variety of alloys including:

Stainless Steel 200-300 Series

Stainless Steel 400 Series

Stainless Steel: Precipitating Hardening Grades

Nitinol

Titanium

Aluminum

Carbon Steels

Copper

Brass

Nickel Alloys

Specialty Alloys

And more

Electropolishing for Critical Metal Parts

As the world’s largest electropolishing specialist with seven decades of electropolishing expertise and innovation, Able Electropolishing provides consultation and collaboration from the earliest stages of prototyping through production to create highly customized electropolishing processes for a wide variety of metal parts.