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See below for the leading causes of disease and decline in quality of life due to toxic industry throughout the world. Rank Industry DALYS (disability-adjusted life year) 1…Mequon
(Encyclopedia) MequonMequonmĕkˈwŏn [key], city (1990 pop. 18,885), Ozaukee co., SE Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee, on Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee River; est. 1846, inc. 1957. It has varied…Pontypool
(Encyclopedia) PontypoolPontypoolpŏntēp&oomacr;lˈ [key], Welsh Pontypŵl, town (1981 pop. 36,064), Torfaen, SE Wales. There are nylon, pharmaceutical, and automotive parts industries. Pontypool…Fostoria
(Encyclopedia) Fostoria Fostoria fŏstôrˈēə [key], city (2020 pop. 13,046), Hancock, Seneca, and Wood counties, NW…antifreeze
(Encyclopedia) antifreeze, substance added to a solvent to lower its freezing point. The solution formed is called an antifreeze mixture. Antifreeze is typically added to water in the cooling system…Windsor, cities, Canada
(Encyclopedia) WindsorWindsorwĭnˈzər [key]. 1 Town (1991 pop. 3,625), central N.S., Canada, at the mouth of the Avon River on an arm of Minas Basin. It is the center of a gypsum and limestone-…The 2002 Class of Inductees
Raymond Kurzweil, 1948–, KURZWEIL READING MACHINE. When entrepreneur Kurzweil introduced the Kurzweil Reading Machine in 1976, it was hailed as the most important advance in reading for the…Battle Creek
(Encyclopedia) Battle Creek, city (2020 pop. 52,721), Calhoun co., S Mich., at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers; settled 1831,…Shijiazhuang
(Encyclopedia) Shijiazhuang or Shih-chia-chuangShijiazhuangshûr-jēä-jwäng [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,159,400), capital of Hebei prov., China, near the Shanxi province border. A small village until…Elyria
(Encyclopedia) Elyria Elyria ēlērˈēə [key], city (2020 pop. 52,656), seat of Lorain co., N Ohio, on the Black…Trending
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