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  2. Biomedical waste - Wikipedia

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    The main purpose of the treatment technology is to decontaminate waste by destroying pathogens. Modern technology invented mechanics that would allow medical professionals and hospitals to dispose medical waste in an environmentally friendly way; such as: autoclaving, plasma pyrolysis, gasification, chemical methods, and microwave irradiation ...

  3. Sharps waste - Wikipedia

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    Sharps – like needles, syringes, lancets and other devices used at home to treat diabetes, arthritis, cancer, and other diseases – should be immediately disposed of after use. Sharps waste is a form of biomedical waste composed of used "sharps", which includes any device or object used to puncture or lacerate the skin.

  4. Dimethyl sulfoxide - Wikipedia

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    Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is an organosulfur compound with the formula (CH 3) 2 S O.This colorless liquid is the sulfoxide most widely used commercially. It is an important polar aprotic solvent that dissolves both polar and nonpolar compounds and is miscible in a wide range of organic solvents as well as water.

  5. Why Sarah Ferguson Is Foregoing Treatment After Skin Cancer ...

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    Sarah Ferguson is not undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with skin cancer earlier this year. “I have to be checked regularly and I have to put cream on my face to get out past sun damage ...

  6. Cancer Treatment Centers of America - Wikipedia

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    Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) was founded in 1988 by Richard J. Stephenson following the death of his mother, Mary Brown Stephenson, who died from lung cancer. [3] Stephenson purchased the American International Hospital in Zion, Illinois , in 1988 and expanded the hospital to include a radiation center, the Mary Brown Stephenson ...

  7. Red Dye 3 Is Officially Banned, But Won't Be Out Of Food ...

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    (Note: Red dye No.3 has not been proven to cause cancer in humans, despite what you may have read on social media.) While many companies have been phasing out use of red dye No.3 for years, some ...

  8. Absorption (skin) - Wikipedia

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    Skin absorption relates to the degree of exposure to and possible effect of a substance which may enter the body through the skin. Human skin comes into contact with many agents intentionally and unintentionally. Skin absorption can occur from occupational, environmental, or consumer skin exposure to chemicals, cosmetics, or pharmaceutical ...

  9. Cancer-causing chemical found in Clinique, Clearasil acne ...

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    Benzene was also detected in Proactiv, PanOxyl, Walgreens' acne soap bar and Walmart's Equate Beauty acne cream among others, according to Valisure. Cancer-causing chemical found in Clinique ...