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  2. 2008 Georgia Imperial Sugar refinery explosion - Wikipedia

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    In the last full fiscal year before the disaster, which ended on September 30, 2007, the facility refined 14.51 million hundredweight (658,163 tonnes) of sugar, 9% of the nation's requirements, compared to Imperial's Gramercy, Louisiana, refinery, which refined 11.08 million hundredweight (502,580 tonnes) of sugar in the same time period. 90% ...

  3. Health and environmental impact of the coal industry - Wikipedia

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    Historically, coal mining has been a very dangerous activity, and the list of historical coal mining disasters is long. The principal hazards are mine wall failures and vehicle collisions; underground mining hazards include suffocation, gas poisoning, roof collapse and gas explosions.

  4. Sugar refinery - Wikipedia

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    In 1921 the two companies merged to become Tate & Lyle, a company that refined about 50% of the UK's sugar. After World War I, the British Sugar refining industry went downhill. The war made the government see the dangers of completely relying on cane sugar imports, and so the cultivation of sugar beet, processed in beet sugar factories was ...

  5. Carrageenan - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, both grades are labeled as carrageenan. In the European Union, refined carrageenan is designated by the E number E-407 and semi-refined carrageenan as E-407a. [11] Refined carrageenan has a 2% maximum for acid-insoluble material and is produced by alcohol precipitation or potassium chloride gel press process.

  6. Ultra-processed foods: The hidden dangers behind the labels - AOL

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    There is a growing and troubling trend when it comes to our diet. More than half of our calories are coming from ultra-processed foods – items highly manipulated and filled with chemicals. If ...

  7. Oil refinery - Wikipedia

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    In the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), a workshop called the "Fierce Oil Workshop", was established in the city of Kaifeng to produce refined oil for the Song military as a weapon. The troops would then fill iron cans with refined oil and throw them toward the enemy troops, causing a fire – effectively the world's first "fire bomb". The ...

  8. Reaction to Trump's imposition of tariffs on Mexico, Canada ...

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    Retaliatory measures by Canada will further disrupt U.S. flows and company earnings, especially if reciprocal tariffs are imposed on Canadian imports of refined products made in the United States ...

  9. Red Dye 3 Just Got Banned. These Are the Foods to Avoid If ...

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    Due to longstanding pushback and controversial health studies surrounding the ingredient, many processed food manufacturers have already shifted away from using Red Dye No. 3, opting instead for ...