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Medicine - Health
Germs of cancer from a gas leak in the family
If a household gas stove leaks, people are at risk of being exposed to dozens of pollutant compounds, including cancer-causing agents such as benzene.
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Constructing the electronic structure of benzene, a compound with electrons that exists in 126 different directions
The difficult problem that has puzzled science for years has been solved, creating a breakthrough in optoelectronics.
Biology
Genetically modified plants can clean up polluted air
A rabbit gene has been introduced into conventional indoor plants, giving them the power to filter harmful air pollution.
Biology
The fuel is harmful like gasoline
E85 fuel can help reduce two carcinogenic wastes, benzene and butadiene, but increase the concentration of two other wastes, formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. The new findi…
Environment
China severely punishes causing pollution
China's environmental monitoring agency has issued the heaviest penalty for a subsidiary of PetroChina because last year it leaked toxic substances to the river, losing…
Environment
Benzene pollution from poor-quality gasoline?
The concentration of benzene in the environment in Ho Chi Minh City is ... 6.72 times the standard of the World Health Organization. Scientists are skeptical, may be rel…
Medicine - Health
Be aware of the risk of cancer because of air conditioning
Most people enter their cars, the first thing is in the morning, and the last thing is at night, 7 days a week. And whenever you sit in the car, they start and turn on t…
Medicine - Health
Dryer for clothes that causes ... cancer
According to the latest research by US scientists, the ventilators of clothes dryers are a source of toxic chemicals into the air, including dangerous chemicals that cau…
Medicine - Health
Romantic candles can lead to cancer
Smoke produced during the candle burning process is made from paraffin wax containing toxic ingredients, if used regularly, it can lead to cancer.
Medicine - Health
Cancer-causing benzene is still used in high amounts in some drinks.
According to the research results of scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 9% of the 199 types of beve…
Medicine - Health
Paint and fake nails are harmful to health
Painting and using fake nails adversely affects sisters' health. Hazardous chemicals such as acetone, benzene, toluene are at risk of allergies and high infections.
Medicine - Health
Cancer-causing soft drinks: America, Europe
Currently, this problem is a fever in the US and European countries. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is conducting an investigation following the results of testing 230…
Medicine - Health
Risk of cancer from chemical plant explosion
Exposure to benzene and nitrobenzene from the toxic chemical spill into Songhua River in China can cause residents to suffer from cancer and bone marrow diseases. This i…