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  • Today China imports about 70% of its Glycol, which is an important raw material used in a wide variety of products and applications, including the manufacture of polyester fibers in the textile industry, special resins, antifreeze formulations and other industrial products.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • This approval will allow SES to expand its current facilities to include production of approximately 50K tpa of monoethylene glycol ( "Glycol") and associated by-products.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • "Polyethylene Glycol (PEG)," made from ethylene oxide, glucose and fatty acids, is in "Nature's Gate Organics" shampoo.

    Ronnie Cummins: The Oil Spill in the Bathroom 2010

  • Made with no artificial sweeteners (like saccharin), No Sodium Laurel Sulfate and No Propylene Glycol this toothpaste is safe, basic, effective and cheap what else do you want?

    18 posts from March 2007 2007

  • Glycol-filled coils below the foundation tap the relative warmth of flowing water — even at 32 degrees, it's often warmer than the winter air.

    Mock the Apocalypse From a Stylish New Houseboat 2008

  • I am pretty sure that the resin used in 3form material is the same as in Lumicor and in Veritas materials and is the same “resin” Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol Comonomer which is licensed by Eastman Chemical.

    ECORESIN ITHEMBA BRACELET | Inhabitat 2006

  • “Spotless” main active ingredient is Butyl Glycol, an oxygenated solvent that has been manufactured since the thirties and extensively tested all along.

    Express Car Wash Running Without Water at cvillenews.com 2002

  • “Spotless” main active ingredient is Butyl Glycol, an oxygenated solvent that has been manufactured since the thirties and extensively tested all along.

    2002 September archive at cvillenews.com 2002

  • Glycol/water mixtures, with corrosion reducing additions are commercially available.

    1. PRINCIPLES 1979

  • Customs and Border Protection officers discovered the three, one-gallon plastic jugs of Gamma-Butyrolactone, or GBL, in a late July shipment from China, labeled as "Propylene Glycol," a spokesman for the agency said.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

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