Dispensary Corner 14 May 10
May 14, 2010
SCIENTISTS in China have found
a use for the highly toxic
chemicals in cigarettes.
A paper published in the
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
Research journal this week details
the breakthrough, in which the
researchers soaked cigarette buts
in water and then extracted nine
chemicals from the mixture.
They applied the extracts to a
type of steel used in oil pipes and
found that the substances
protected the metal from rusting.
Apparently corrosion of the
pipes costs the oil industry
millions of dollars a year - not to
mention the toxins in cigarette
butts which kill fish once they find
their way into the environment.
“Recycling could solve these
problems, but finding practical
uses for cigarette butts has been
difficult,” the scientists from Xian
Jiaotong University said.
About 60% of men in China
smoke, with the nation consuming
a third of the world’s cigarettes.
THE latest quirky Japanese
support garment is a bra that can
also grow rice (pictured below).
Instead of cups, the Triumph
brassiere features two pots, along
with a plastic water hose -
doubling as a strap - to ensure
that the seedlings don’t dry out.
The bra also comes with a pair
of “detachable farming gloves,”
with the manufacturer saying it
designed the underwear “to raise
awareness of food self-sufficiency”
by allowing wearers to cultivate
rice any place, any time.
“Over the last year, young
Japanese women have taken a
tremendous interest in
agriculture,” said Triumph
spokesman Yoshiko Masuda.
“We wanted other women to
experience farming as well - that’s
what inspired this bra,” he said.
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