Dear EarthTalk: The recent explosion at a west, Texas fertilizer plant that killed many people really alarmed me. Places like this must exist near many communities around the country. How do I know if my own community might be at risk of a similar disaster? Tuesday: Sambhavna (PG) Document...
27. One day we stumbled across aquincetree and because I’ll pretty much soak any fruit in alcohol, we figured we’d give it a go. The best way to prepare the quince is to peel them, cut out the incredibly hard cores, and then grate them up in a food processor. The quince will ...
However, high concentrations of pesticides have been found in orange peels.Some organizations recommend that one should only consume the peels of organically grown and processed oranges, where chemical pesticides or herbicides would not have been used on the peel.Orange peel contains...
Many adhesives preferably have a balance of one or more properties such as tackiness at the temperature of use, adhesion (peel resistance), cohesion (shear resistance), elongation, elasticity, color clarity and color stability, and resistance to sunlight and other ultraviolet and degrading radiation ...
Essential oils (EOs), also known as volatile oils, can be found in aromatic plants in which characteristic aromas are concentrated. These oils are located in the vascular system, leaves, stems, flowers, or in other places depending on the plant species; in general, they constitute 0.1 to 3%...
The volatile oils hydrodistilled from the aerial parts and roots of O. carduchorum C.C Towns. (Fabaceae) have been chemically characterized for the first time. A total of 43 constituents with an abundance >0.03% were identified and quantified in the two
It was also found that the basic peel colour of ‘Golden Delicious’ and ‘Ligol’ apples was significantly more yellow than that of ‘GL’ hybrid apples (Figure 4c). In the ‘LG’ hybrid, a value for the parameter ‘b’ of approximately 35.8 was observed, which showed that the intensit...
They also caused environmental destruction in the Adola belt and other places long earlier [80]. They contributed to water and soil pollution and land degradation but did nothing to rehabilitate them as no law obliges them to do so. The then ministry of mines and energy pledged government and...
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