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  2. Multiple chemical sensitivity - Wikipedia

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    the disease was acquired (not present from birth) and must produce multiple relapsing symptoms; the symptoms must be closely related to "multiple environmental influences, which are well tolerated by the majority of the population"; and; it could not be explained by any other medical condition. [10] [obsolete source]

  3. Chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy - Wikipedia

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    Chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy (CSE) is a condition induced by long-term exposure to organic solvents, often—but not always—in the workplace, that lead to a wide variety of persisting sensorimotor polyneuropathies and neurobehavioral deficits even after solvent exposure has been removed.

  4. 6 Reasons Your Wall Paint Is Peeling—and How to Fix ... - AOL

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    Krystal Mindeck, product director of paint, at Valspar. Related: 3 Ways to Identify and Match Any Paint Color, According to Experts. Reasons Your Paint Is Peeling.

  5. Valspar - Wikipedia

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    The Valspar Corporation is an American manufacturer of paint and coatings based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With over 11,000 employees in 26 countries and a company history that spans two centuries, it was the sixth largest paint and coating corporation in the world. [4] Valspar was founded in 1806 as a paint dealership in Boston, Massachusetts.

  6. Surfactants in paint - Wikipedia

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    Paint has four major components: pigments, binders, solvents, and additives. Pigments serve to give paint its color, texture, toughness, as well as determining if a paint is opaque or not. Common white pigments include titanium dioxide and zinc oxide. Binders are the film forming component of a paint as it dries and affects the durability ...

  7. Chemical pneumonitis - Wikipedia

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    Mineral oil should not be given internally to young children, pets, or anyone with a cough, hiatal hernia, or nocturnal reflux, because it can cause complications such as lipoid pneumonia. [3] Due to its low density, it is easily aspirated into the lungs, where it cannot be removed by the body.

  8. Cadmium poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Acute exposure to cadmium fumes may cause flu-like symptoms including chills, fever, and muscle ache sometimes referred to as "the cadmium blues." Symptoms may resolve after a week if there is no respiratory damage. More severe exposures can cause tracheobronchitis, pneumonitis, and pulmonary edema. Symptoms of inflammation may start hours ...

  9. Drying oil - Wikipedia

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    The "drying", hardening, or, more properly, curing of oils is the result of autoxidation, the addition of oxygen to an organic compound, and the subsequent crosslinking. This process begins with an oxygen molecule (O 2 ) in the air inserted into carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds adjacent to one of the double bonds within the unsaturated fatty acid.