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  2. Polyvinyl chloride - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1970s, the carcinogenicity of vinyl chloride (usually called vinyl chloride monomer or VCM) was linked to cancers in workers in the polyvinyl chloride industry. Specifically workers in polymerization section of a B.F. Goodrich plant near Louisville, Kentucky , were diagnosed with liver angiosarcoma also known as hemangiosarcoma , a ...

  3. Poly(methyl methacrylate) - Wikipedia

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    The first acrylic acid was created in 1843. Methacrylic acid, derived from acrylic acid, was formulated in 1865.The reaction between methacrylic acid and methanol results in the ester methyl methacrylate.

  4. Phosgene - Wikipedia

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    This was a problem as carbon tetrachloride is an effective fire suppressant and was formerly in widespread use in fire extinguishers. [15] There are reports of fatalities caused by its use to fight fires in confined spaces. [16] Carbon tetrachloride's generation of phosgene and its own toxicity mean it is no longer used for this purpose. [15]

  5. Carbon dioxide - Wikipedia

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    The symmetry of a carbon dioxide molecule is linear and centrosymmetric at its equilibrium geometry. The length of the carbon–oxygen bond in carbon dioxide is 116.3 pm, noticeably shorter than the roughly 140 pm length of a typical single C–O bond, and shorter than most other C–O multiply bonded functional groups such as carbonyls. [19]

  6. List of James Bond films - Wikipedia

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    Bond establishes that the casino is located atop a giant underground headquarters run by the evil Dr. Noah; he and Moneypenny travel there to investigate. Dr. Noah turns out to be Sir James's nephew Jimmy Bond, who plans to use biological warfare to make all women beautiful and kill all tall men, leaving him as the "big man" who gets all the girls.

  7. Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - Wikipedia

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    By the end of reconstruction efforts only 720 items remained classified as unknown. [17]: 218 In July 2011, lower water levels caused by a drought revealed a four-foot-diameter (1.2 m) piece of debris in Lake Nacogdoches. NASA identified the piece as a power reactant storage and distribution tank. [32]

  8. South Asia - Wikipedia

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    Sea level rise in Bangladesh will displace 0.9–2.1 million people by 2050 and may force the relocation of up to one third of power plants by 2030. [205] Food security will become more uneven, and some South Asian countries could experience significant social impacts from global food price volatility.