If you are at home when disaster strikes and the power goes out or you do not have what you need to stay safe and warm overnight, consider going to a public shelter. Make sure you can get there safely. Text SHELTER + your ZIP code to 4-FEMA (43362) to find a shelter near you. ...
What is frostbite? Frostbite happens when your skin literally freezes. It’s an injury of your skin and the underlying tissue. Now that you know the definition of frostbite, it’s important to understand how most people get frostbite. Most of the time, people catch frostbite when they leave...
4. What happens if I ignore coolant in my engine oil? Serious engine damage: Coolant in the oil can foam, reducing lubrication and leading to internal wear and tear, potentially causing engine failure. Corrosion: Coolant’s acidic properties can corrode engine components. ...
Toxicity from propylene glycol is rare. When it happens, it's because someone consumed an amount of propylene glycol far beyond that found in a typical food product. Often it's due to taking large doses of medicine by injection where PG was used as a solvent for the drug. ...
Just because a chemical has a name you aren’t familiar with that happens to be in food products does NOT inherently make it unsafe. All the negative side effects listed in this post are just as true for an alcoholic beverage. Also, just because a chemical has versatile used, does not ...
It is a branch of natural science that examines the building blocks of matter, including the atoms, molecules, and ions that make up compounds and their composition, structure, behaviour, and changes that occur when they interact with other things. The quantum mechanical approach is currently ...
When this happens, some processes in your body may not function properly. Although severe episodes can be life-threatening, sometimes metabolic acidosis is a mild condition. You can treat it, but how depends on what's causing it. Causes of Metabolic Acidosis Different things can set up an aci...
In July of 1969, we spent a week in the Oceano Campground at Pismo Beach State Park, which just happens to be a well-known overwintering site for monarch butterflies. I can still smell the heavy canvas of our baby blue and olive-drab tents heated by the sun as it burned through the ...
At the end of each drift fence is a single pit fall trap consisting of two 16-ounce plastic drink cups nested in one another and sunk so that the tops are flush with the soil surface. The inner cup is partly filled with environmentally “friendly” antifreeze (propylene glycol). Each cup...
Can you drink methanol? No, methanol is highly toxic and can be lethal if ingested. 15 How is ethanol produced? Ethanol is produced through the fermentation of sugars by yeast. 15 What happens if you ingest methanol? Methanol ingestion can lead to poisoning, blindness, or death. 9 What is...