Word: glycol
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Among the animals that died were four cheetah cubs, two hippos and two rhinos. The causes of their demise ranged from heart attack to kidney failure, the latter possibly brought on by ethylene glycol, the main ingredient in antifreeze. Two otters also died, one after gorging itself on seeds from nearby loquat trees. Disney has uprooted the trees and removed them from the habitat...
...killed a wheat field next to the runway, Pickard says, and several years ago, Pickard's cattle came down with a mysterious affliction--heifers losing weight, their eyes pale and blank. His veterinarian finally traced it to the water supply, Lytle's Creek, which had been contaminated with ethylene glycol from Airborne's de-icing operation. Local environmentalists have met with Airborne's lawyers, and the company is studying the problem. But with winter here, the de-icer is flowing again...
...making silicon chips have a much higher risk of suffering miscarriages. Among 30 women who handled chemicals at IBM plants in New York and Vermont from 1980 to 1989, the miscarriage rate was 33%, more than double that of women who had no contact with the chemicals diethylene glycol dimethyl ether and ethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate. The solvents are used to % etch away material deposited on silicon wafers and are also used in the aerospace and printing industries. IBM has alerted its workers, the silicon industry and the Environmental Protection Agency to the study findings. By law, companies cannot...