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02/03/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Old plastic toys could be dangerous: Study finds many contain toxic chemicals that have since been banned

Secondhand plastic toys may save you some money, but you may be putting your children’s health at risk if you let them play with it. This is because a study found that old plastic toys contained high levels of toxic chemicals. In conducting the study, a group of scientists from the University of Plymouth in the […]

11/30/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Antimony – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Broken down to its essentials, antimony is derived from two Greek words, anti and monos, roughly translating into “a metal not found alone”. This is quite a contradiction as the metal is an element that can be found in the Earth’s crust, although it is exceedingly rare and difficult to mine. Perhaps this influenced scientists […]

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