UCR environmental scientists propose chemical solution to cleaning California's Salton Sea
UC Riverside scientists are able to improve water quality by 90 percent in the rivers flowing into the Salton Sea, the largest lake in California, by using two kinds of water-treatment chemicals that remove phosphorus and silt from the river water. The researchers investigated the use of alum, a type of salt that has been used to treat phosphorus-rich lakes for decades. They also cleaned...In presence of fragrant cleaning products, air purifiers that emit ozone can dirty the air
Indoor air purifiers that produce even small quantities of ozone may actually make the air dirtier when used at the same time as household cleaning products, scientists at UC Irvine have discovered. Ozone emitted by purifiers reacts in the air with unsaturated volatile organic compounds such as limonene ?a chemical added to cleaning supplies that gives them a lemon fragrance ?to create ad...Microbes at work cleaning up the environment
A team from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkele...Soap And Water - Still Better For Cleaning Hands
Despite the availability of new antibacterial hand washing products, plain soap and water is still the best way to clean hands, suggests a study published// in the Harvard Health Letter. Researchers from Prudue University suggested that the so-called anti-bacterial gels might be used as a supplement but not as a substitute for washing hands with plain soap and water. The...Environment Groups Appeal for Ban on Cleaning Chemicals
Five environmental groups, joined by a labor union, have appealed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide health and safety protection from the endocrine-disrupting chemicals, nonyplphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs). They have sought a ban on the use of these chemicals in industrial detergents other cleaning products as safer alternatives are available. The c...Sensitive Eyes Saline/Cleaning Solution
Description:Sensitive Eyes Saline/Cleaning Solution is the saline that cleans. It combines a saline solution and daily cleaner for simplified lens care. Use for cleaning, rinsing, and storing your soft contact lenses after thermal disinfection and for rinsing before insertion and after thermal disinfection....Optimum by Lobob Cleaning/Disinfecting/Storage Solution
Description:Optimum C/D/S Solution is a sterile cleaning, disinfecting, and storage solution for use with fluorosilicone acrylate and silicone acrylate rigid gas permeable (RGP) and hard contact lenses....Lobob Hard Lens Cleaning Solutions
Description:Lobob hard contact lens cleaning solution is a sterile, easy to use, and professionally proven cleaner. A fortuitous combination of non-ionic detergents resulting in a very effective cleaner for removing protein deposits, cosmetic residue, salts, mucous and other contaminants from all stable lenses....