9:21pm ET, Dec 19, 2024
«The onions are caramelized in your pan, you flip them over with your black spatula, but in doing so you've probably laced your dish with hidden #chemicals.
That's what a recent study published in the journal #Chemosphere concludes — household black plastic items have been silently releasing harmful chemicals.»
video uploaded 12 Oct. 2024:
Black plastic items could contain harmful chemicals, study finds - CBS News
https://youtu.be/e9fEP-JjrpI?si=WAgdoJzmM17hlvp5
A new study found that black plastic items found in home products could contain bromine, a toxic flame retardant, through recycled electronics. Dr. Leonardo Trasande, professor of pediatrics and population health at NYU Langone Health, joins CBS News to break it down.
#Plastics #PlasticPollution #Recycling #ElectronicWaste #bromine #FlameRetardants #health #environment #cooking #Thyroid #EndocrineDisruptors
Brominated Flame Retardants protect what is essential [Promoted content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/infographic/brominated-flame-retardants-protect-what-is-essential/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BrominatedFlameRetardants #Bromine #consumersafety #firesafety
The role of Bromine in Reducing Mercury Emissions [Promoted content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/infographic/the-role-of-bromine-in-reducing-mercury-emissions/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Bromine #mercury
FDA to Finally Outlaw Soda Ingredient Prohibited Around The World : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/fda-to-finally-outlaw-soda-ingredient-prohibited-around-the-world
#BVO
#Iodine
#FDA
#Thyroid
#GRAS
#Heart
#HeartProblems
#BehaviouralProblems
#CitrusFlavouredFizzyDrinks
#Bromine
in the #arXiv
Do we Owe our Existence to Gravitational Waves?
by John Ellis and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.03593
#GravitationalWaves #humanbiology #humanbiochemistry #human #biology #biochemistry #chemistry #iodine #rprocess #neutron #capture #neutroncapture #nuclear #physics #nuclearphysics #kilonovae #lunar #regolith #lunarregolith #neutron #stars #neutronstars #binary #systems #bromine #heavyelements #life #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research #LIGO #VIRGO
Bromine is the only non-metallic element that is liquid at room temperature.
Bromine: atomic number: 35; weight: 79.904; Halogen; discovery: 1825,1826—Carl Jacob Löwig, Leopold Gmelin, Antoine Jérôme Balard #Poetry #Science #History #Bromine (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/e035.html)
Why #Bromine is so difficult to store
