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DISTILLATION. These systems boil water and turn it into vapor, removing most inorganic contaminants like lead and killing any pathogens. The steam is then recondensed into water. However, distillation is not useful for removing volatile chemicals like benzene. Prices start at more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DO WATER FILTERS WORK? | 6/10/1996 | See Source »

...that its tiny core, just a few miles across, is surrounded by a giant cloud of gas and dust that can spread over a million miles. The cloud spews from the comet itself, as the sun's heat turns its dirty, icy surface into dirty water vapor mixed with other gases. If a comet is on its maiden voyage to the inner solar system, though, its surface is encrusted with dust, which prevents much evaporation. The first visit may only loosen the crust, while later trips allow the ice to evaporate freely. That was evidently the problem with Kohoutek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEAVENLY VAGABOND | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

Once the Fire Department contained the leak and dispersed the vapor, maintenance workers for Haviland Candy set to work fixing the source of the leak, O'Donoghue said...

Author: By Andrew A. Green, | Title: Area Evacuated After Ammonia Gas Leak | 9/26/1995 | See Source »

...sinister. Amid the bustle of Kasumigaseki subway station, in downtown Tokyo, three attacha cases stand unattended by the ticket barrier. Suddenly, gas begins hissing ominously out of one of them. When police eventually examine the cases, they discover that each holds containers of clear liquid, a powerful battery-operated vaporizer and a fan to blow the resulting vapor through vents. The cases are rigged to operate as automatic dispensers. But dispensers of what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRICE OF FANATICISM | 4/3/1995 | See Source »

...memorable thing about Hideaway is what is new and memorable about a lot of recycled stories of good vs. evil on film, the awesome, computer-generated special effects. Our trips to the other side swirl us through a bubbling multicolored cyberworld where amorphous hands and faces coalesce out of vapor and disperse into another face, another hand. It's as good or better than an acid trip, and very psychedelic and cool and all that...

Author: By Judith E. Dutton, | Title: Good Heavens! Goldblum's Hell of a Flick | 3/16/1995 | See Source »

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