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...Children can be exposed to phthalates by chewing on soft vinyl toys or similar products. So dispose of all teethers, pacifiers, nipples, "sippy cups" and heavily mouthed toys made of soft plastic, unless they are labeled as PVC-free or phthalate-free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tips for Safe Toys and other Household Products | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...they continue to send messages through its radio station, Radio Universitaria, giving orders and calling for a "red alert" against the federal forces. The university is barricaded against the police, and according to witness and intelligence sources in Mexico City, the occupiers are accumulating Molotov cocktails and hand-made PVC rockets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carrying On the Fight in Oaxaca | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

...foam PVC foam or honeycomb Layered carbon fiber Fiberglass, carbon and epoxy Polypropylene stringers EPS-based foam Fiberglass and epoxy Parabolic balsa-wood rails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surfing's New Wave | 7/17/2006 | See Source »

...obsolete device that had gold diggers scouring beaches and suburban dumps for treasure? You can find yourself asking such questions with the work of Australian sculptor Ricky Swallow. And in the case of Diagonal Choir, 2000, his full-scale replica of a metal detector, made from PVC and epoxy and sprayed a ghostly white, you could ask: has anything as purposeful and beautifully crafted been shown in a gallery recently? Swallow, 29, is fascinated by the objects contemporary culture spits out. So when you find him eyeing off your seen-better-days Sony tape recorder, you get worried. "I have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Life at High Speed | 9/14/2004 | See Source »

...sprawl of factories and warehouses about three hours from Shanghai, has been a center for the plastic trade and related light industry for more than three decades. Last year, the roughly 1,000 merchants in Yuyao's main commercial district did $1.7 billion in business, selling everything from granulated PVC to finished plastic products, such as grips for fishing rods and motorcycle windshields...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crude Awakenings | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

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