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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 […]

11/29/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Barium — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Barium is a soft, silvery-white metal that becomes a silvery to yellow colored metal when exposed to air. Barium only occurs in combination with other elements and it has two major forms, barium sulfate or barite and barium carbonate or witherite, which are usually found in nature as underground ore deposits. Moreover, barium can also […]

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