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Chemical treatment of rubber, wood, leather or metal which protects, preserves and renews the surface of the material. An alternative to carbon black.

This document describes a process for protecting, preserving and renewing surfaces, especially rubber and other natural and synthetic polymers including wood, leather, painted surfaces and metal. The material to be treated is soaked with an aqueous solution of substituted or unsubstituted dimethylpolysiloxane. This is done in several stages with other solutions such as diethylene glycol and/or glycerine. This treatment reduces the impact of deleterious effects such as ozone, ultraviolet radiation and environmental causes to the appearance of especially rubber parts used for example in automobiles.

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EN ivy as alternative to metal-based nanoparticles for UV skin protection

Titanium dioxide is used in skin care cosmetics to protect against ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Because Titanium dioxide as nanoparticles is classified as a group 2B carcinogen (IARC), 1A or 1B carcinogen (CLP Regulation) as listed in the Substance Database according to SUBSPORTplus Screening Criteria (SDSC) and has been subject to debates regarding other hazards, there are current researches for alternatives. EN ivy nanoparticles may be one of them.

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Skin care products without preservatives, using “active packaging”

Sterisol is a Swedish company manufacturing skin care products. By manufacturing the products in a very clean environment and then using a special package that protects the product against contamination of microorganisms, the need to add preservatives to the products has been eliminated.

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