Word: toxicants
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...doctors to extract bone-marrow stem cells from breast-cancer patients prior to surgery. After the tumor-removal operation, patients are exposed to brutal doses of chemotherapy, then re-infused with their stem cells, which restore immune cells destroyed by the chemotherapy. But ultrahigh doses of chemo are extremely toxic, and in fact, some of the 20,000 women who have received the treatment in the U.S. have died from the toxicity...
...only 15 percent of the energy put into them to create light, and old fashioned incandescents use only 5 percent (the rest becomes heat), these new bulbs convert over 50 percent of their energy input into light. Other advantages include that they don’t require the toxic chemical mercury and almost never burn out.But perhaps the most exciting breakthrough on the horizon is one being proposed by our engineering friends down Mass. Ave. The Vehicle Design Summit is pooling creative and technological prowess from around the world to build a “hyper-efficient 4-6 passenger...
...Edwards was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Harvard University Police Department. Firefighters were called to the scene to investigate the presence of a possibly toxic crystal chemical, according...
Edwards was pronounced dead at the scene by medical examiners, according to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD). Firefighters were called to the scene to investigate the presence of a possibly toxic crystal chemical, according to BPD, and the Herald reported that Edwards was found with a plastic bag wrapped around his head...
Earlier this morning, the Boston Herald reported that a man's body was found in the building, his head wrapped in a plastic bag. Firefighters arrived to investigate a jar of possibly toxic chemicals found at the scene, the Herald reported...