A standard immediate decontamination recommendation after potential chemical exposure is to remove contaminated clothing and thoroughly wash the body with soap and water.
November 13, 2025
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guidance
General personal decontamination advice following exposure to hazardous chemicals.
Metal-organic frameworks are a class of molecular constructions that can be used to harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases, and catalyze chemical reactions.
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application
General description of practical applications enabled by metal-organic frameworks.
Potential applications of MOFs include capturing carbon dioxide from air, extracting water from humid air in arid environments, and functioning as carriers for targeted drug delivery.
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application
Examples of practical uses enabled by MOF porosity and tunable chemistry.
The cohort study analyzing UK Biobank data reported that replacing either sugar-sweetened beverages or low-/non-sugar-sweetened beverages with water was associated with up to a 15% reduction in risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), while substituting between sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened beverages offered no risk reduction.
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temporal
Comparative substitution analysis of beverage types and MASLD risk in the cohort study.
Seat-belt cables can corrode when exposed to water and road salt, and corroded cables can break and prevent the seat belt from restraining occupants, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
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safety
Environmental corrosion of seat-belt components and its effect on occupant restraint performance.