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Article Guide to Chemicals

The Chemicals guide provides insightful articles gleaned from areas throughout the Bright Hub site, including the newest contributions and the readers' favorites, all written and edited by our large community of professional writers and topic matter experts.

Producing Biodiesel by the Transesterification Process Biodiesel, a renewable fuel, is produced from vegetable oils and animal fats by a process called transesterification. It breaks down the molecules of vegetable oils into constituent...	Risks Posed by Excessive Exposure to Chemical Carcinogens in Industries Chemical carcinogens have become prevalent and the assurance that it's only through excessive exposure that cancer disorders are developed doesn't help. It supports the findings...
What Are the Start-Up Costs Associated With a Business? Business start-up costs include licensing fees, inventory costs, and equipment costs. Before you start the business, even if you do not draft a business plan, you should outline the...	The Top 5 Cancer-Causing Chemical Ingredients in Cosmetics How safe are your cosmetics? The FDA and the EPA have come out with lists of banned substances and cancer-causing chemicals used as ingredients for cosmetics. The crux of the matter...

Make Homemade Flea Spray for Cats and Dogs

Homemade flea sprays are natural and safer than the flea repellents you will find at pet stores. They are also easy to make, and they prevent your pet from getting diseases that fleas often carry. With...

Types of Pollution

What is pollution? What are the main types of pollution? Learn how pollution occurs and about the major types including water, air, soil and radioactive contamination....

Cause of Soil Pollution & What You Can do to Help

Soil is the foundation of the worlds' ecosystems. As industry increases, though, pollution increases too. Read on to find the cause of soil pollution, how it effects our ecosystems and what you can...

Psychrometric Processes: Cooling & Dehumidification and Heating & Dehumidification

This article describes psychrometric processes like dehumidification, cooling and dehumidification, and heating and dehumidification. The article describes how these processes are achieved and how they...

How to Make Shaving Cream: Green Homemade Shaving Cream for a Cleaner Earth and Better Skin

Learn how to make shaving cream instead of depending on synthetic, chemical based products. A homemade shaving cream is easy to make, eco-friendly, and skin nourishing....

All About Chemical Weathering

Chemical weathering occurs when rocks which formed deep underground are exposed to environmental conditions at the Earth's surface. Chemical reactions occur to bring them back into...

Dangerous Chemicals in Conditioners

There are known toxins that can affect human health luring inside your hair conditioner. Learn more about the four major chemicals in commercial products here. In two articles we look...