Alert to alternatives
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Medical reports increasingly implicate the chemical disinfectant glutaraldehyde as a cause of occupational health problems, particularly asthma. The UK Health and Safety Executive can recommend no safe exposure limit. Health care institutions have used this product since the 1960s but some are now searching for effective alternatives. A Scottish endoscopy unit evaluated a number of alternative products and opted for stabilised buffered peracetic acid solution. This chemical is more costly than glutaraldehyde but it has no health risk and gives much quicker sterilization.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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Life in a Greenhouse
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Reports by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) concern the responsibility of the United States to prevent air pollution from warming the earth's atmosphere. The facts show that the atmosphere concentration of carbon dioxide is increasing. The EPA report urges action. The NAS reports urge caution in changing government policy.
Publication Name: Economist
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1983
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Acute liver damage and subsequent hypophosphatemia in malnourished patients: case reports and review of literature
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The study discusses the clinical aspects and pathogenesis of acute liver damage and subsequent hypophosphatemia in malnourished patients on the bases of case reports and review of the literature. Hypophosphatemia should be considered not only as a predictor of liver regeneration but also a risk of refeeding syndrome in malnourished patients.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 2008
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