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...latest information adds weight to several reports about the dangers of silicone gel, a substance also sold as a sealant and Silly Putty. If it stayed inside its envelope, the gel would pose little danger. But doctors have found that over the years it can leak into the surrounding breast tissue. In some cases, especially in poorer-quality implants manufactured between 1975 and 1985, the sacs rupture, spilling their contents into the body. The immune system's attempt to wall off this foreign chemical can cause inflammation and severe chest pain. Worse, the silicone can migrate to the lungs, liver...
...diseases. But by that time, 30 million tons had been wrapped around heating pipes and furnaces, sprayed onto girders and mixed into tiles at a cost of 25 cents per sq. ft. Now property owners are often spending 100 times that amount to remove it, cover it with a sealant, or enclose it with materials like Sheetrock...
...corner and lose momentum. The maximum distance that joints can pull apart under the stress of launch will be reduced from the current one thirty-thousandth of an inch to one-fifth that figure. A "vulcanized, rubbery substance" will replace the putty that now fills the gap as a sealant...
...explanation given for the often rapidly shedding paint in some rooms: Sealant used on the outside walls was affixed too soon after power jet-spraying, trapping water inside the walls instead of just keeping...
Zewinski added that 60 Ware St. apartments had been equipped with new windows before HRE received its first complaint about the installation. He added that HRE would comply with the wishes of tenants who ask in the future that the sealant not be used while they are in the building...