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ethylene glycol

NOUN
  1. a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent

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  • Examples include: severe toxicity from the use of arsenic to treat syphilis deaths from a solvent (ethylene glycol) used in sulfanilamide preparations (one of the first antibiotics) thousands of children born with severe birth defects resulting from pregnant women using thalidomide, an anti-nausea medicine Toxicity testing methods
  • Brent (May 21 issue) 1 discusses the osmolal gap in the management of ethylene glycol and methanol poisoning. Medlogs - Recent stories
  • The shape of the windpipe—or trachea—was molded, using a computer scan of the patient's own trachea, from a porous medical plastic called polyethylene glycol, then infused with cells from the patient in a bioreactor. How Close Are We to 'Printing' New Organs?
  • The Personal Care Products Council, an industry group, says formaldehyde levels in cosmetic products shouldn't exceed 0.2% and advises consumers getting their hair treated with products containing formaldehyde and methylene glycol to do so only at a well-ventilated salon. The Taming of the Curl
  • The key is polyethylene glycol, a liquid polymer similar to antifreeze.
  • In April 2001, KPIC approved a $1.5 billion plan to construct "Equate II," which would produce olefin (ethylene, polyethylene, ethylene glycol). Energy profile of Kuwait
  • Symptoms are most severe six to 12 hours after ingestion, when the acidic metabolites of ethylene glycol are at their maximal concentration.
  • The Food and Drug Administration has announced a warning on electronic cigarettes, also known as “e-cigarettes,” after a lab analysis found that they contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals such as diethylene glycol, an ingredient used in antifreeze that may be harmful to humans. FDA warns e-cigarettes contain toxins and cancer-causing agents
  • This process took years, as the polyethylene glycol soaked into the wood and replaced the fibers of the wood lost to the ocean. unlike many ship wreck the Vasa was not attacked by teredo worms the bane to wooden ships before the advent of affixing a copper bottom. Archive 2008-05-04
  • At York, the timbers were immersed for two years in tanks of aqueous polyethylene glycol, a water-soluble wax used to replace the water in the wood.
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