Low-temperature heat treatment for sanitizing fruits and some vegetables is very detrimental to the appearance of the products. Fruits especially are so softened that they are extremely difficult to market. In order to correct this trouble, industries use such chemical sanitizing agents as chlorine and the quaternary ammonium compounds in the processing of many fruits. All these chemicals are i...

Tomato packers often struggle to find ways to reuse the large volumes of wastewater generated during the tomato cleaning and sanitizing processes due to high transportation costs for off-site disposal and strict surface water discharge regulations in Florida. Information about the composition of tomato packinghouse wastewater and the likely sources of major wastewater constituents might provide...

Wood ash has been widely used as an additive for excreta from dry compost toilets to sanitize it for reuse. However, there is dearth of quantitative information about its efficiency in sanitizing partially digested sludge from wet onsite sanitation systems. This paper presents findings of a series of two experimental studies to assess optimum wood ash dosages required to raise the pH of partial...

Toxicological summary for sodium metasilicate [6834-92-0] and its 01/2002 pentahydrate [10213-79-3] and nonahydrate [13517-24-3] i Executive Summary Basis for Nomination Sodium metasilicate was nominated for subchronic inhalation toxicity testing based on the large number of individuals occupationally exposed to the compound, evidence for biological activity, and the gaps in available toxicity ...

In many western countries the Covid crisis has evolved from a public health toward an economic crisis. Spain was no exception. Crises are always key moments in reconfiguration of role state, as this takes on new domains and functions. Conceiving state's triad helps us understanding its functioning. From initial stage, state work been intense order to mitigate effects. But Spanish particularity ...