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How to Hazmat: A Primer On What to Avoid
December 6, 2023
A few weeks ago, some hazmat workers in a town north of Impact Absorbents’ headquarters stopped an early morning chemical spill from reaching local waterways. ...
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Foodies: Are You Spill Savvy?
November 22, 2023
It’s that time of year again: friends and relatives near and far choose to clog the highways and byways of our fine land in an ...
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Coney Island: A Spill-Safe Place to Live?
November 15, 2023
Coney Island, located at the tip of Brooklyn, is nicknamed, “Playground of the World,” thanks to its plethora of amusement parks and reputation as a ...
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El Nino Returns: What Will It Mean for Our Winter?
November 8, 2023
Children don’t typically influence the weather, though they are known for precipitating spill clean up events. But El Nino (“little boy” in Spanish) is a ...
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Clock This: Time Changes Everything
November 1, 2023
At 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 5th, the United States will turn back the clock. No, we’re not heading into a kinder, gentler era; just ...
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Transparency: Know What’s In Your Spill Clean Up Products
October 25, 2023
Transparency is a hot topic these days. Celebrities wear transparent clothing on the red carpet. Sometimes they even forget to put on pants. That’s being ...
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Pay Attention! It’s Accident Season
October 18, 2023
Attention isn’t a recognized medium of exchange. You can’t buy groceries with it, or get your car fixed by listening with unwavering attention to the ...
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The Secret Life of Leaves
October 11, 2023
Leaves are all around us, and serve so many purposes. Leafy greens are good for you; you’ll want to eat lots of them. Turning over ...
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31 Years Young!
October 4, 2023
Impact Absorbents has been leading the spill clean up and spill containment industry for more than three decades. With worldwide distribution, it’s amazing to realize ...
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Just Say No to Clay
September 27, 2023
Remember Nancy Reagan’s Just Say No campaign? Hers targeted drugs, but made no mention of clay. Which is too bad, because clay is definitely hazardous ...
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Management Tips for Spill Heroes
September 20, 2023
A lot of people aspire to a management position, especially when they’re just starting out in their career. Of course, if you own your own ...
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Textbooks — Or Texts?
September 13, 2023
Do children even study from textbooks anymore, or is it all screens now? Are there still human teachers at the head of the classroom, or ...
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The Heat Is On
September 6, 2023
Hawaii, once known as a premier tourist destination, has been under siege from wildfires. Fires have also been choking the air over the East coast ...
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Don’t Mondegreen Your Spill Clean Up!
August 23, 2023
Remember that Jimi Hendrix classic, Purple Haze, where he sang, “‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy”? Or what about when Credence Clearwater Revival appeared ...
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You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care)
August 16, 2023
The tune was written for Elvis, and recorded by him as well as a slew of other famous musicians, including the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, and ...
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Botox Your Business for Spill Safety
August 9, 2023
That’s a pretty strange title, isn’t it? Yet think about what Botox does: it’s a non-surgical procedure that helps you look younger, with fewer facial ...
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Going to Extremes
August 2, 2023
Ocean temperatures like bath water. Flooding in Vermont. Smoky skies over Central Park, resembling the worst of California’s wildfires. We’re living in extreme times: heat, ...
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The FOG That’s Not Due to Weather
July 26, 2023
Anyone who has spent time in the San Francisco Bay Area during the summer months knows that this is not the time to wear shorts ...
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ESG is Good for Spills
July 19, 2023
You’re probably familiar with MSG, a harmful additive that’s often hidden in foods under innocent-sounding labels. ESG is much better for you. ESG stands for ...
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Chem Class: Don’t Spill the Experiment!
July 12, 2023
Remember high school chemistry? In chem class, the one major admonishment your teacher probably made was to be careful. Even though you weren’t doing hazmat ...
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A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
July 5, 2023
“There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight,” goes an old American standard. When Theodore Metz composed this tune near the end of ...
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What Do You Harbor?
June 28, 2023
Some people harbor resentment, which can lead to anger spilling over into caustic language. And while we specialize in cleaning up caustic spills, and spills ...
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Car Culture: Spill Solutions for the Road
June 21, 2023
In Shania Twain’s hilarious takedown song, she says she’s not impressed even if a guy is Brad Pitt. She also sings, “OK, so you’ve got ...
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Shopping for Spill Safety
June 14, 2023
Do you like shopping? Many women (and a lot of guys, too!) love the thrill of the hunt, not for big game but for big ...
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After the Concert
June 7, 2023
You may have heard that a certain pop superstar has been playing to sold-out stadiums this spring. We weren’t able to snag tickets, but there ...
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Step-by-Step Spill Response
May 29, 2023
Click to Expand Accidental spills and leaks can seriously affect the environment, public health, and a company’s reputation. For example, oil and chemical spills can ...
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Up on the Roof
May 24, 2023
‘Way back in 1963, “Up on the Roof” was a hit for The Drifters. James Taylor recorded it in 1979, and again the song climbed ...
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No Picnic! Preparing for A Bio Spill …
May 17, 2023
The weather is warmer, and after the winter we’ve had, everyone wants to be outdoors as much as possible. Picnics are a lovely way to ...
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Texting on the Trail
May 10, 2023
Now that the weather is nice, it feels good to spend time outside. One of the joys of being in Nature is peace and quiet. ...
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Protecting the Pacific from Oil Spills
May 3, 2023
In March, President Biden designated 770,000 square miles southwest of Hawaii as a new marine sanctuary. That’s a lot of water. To put it in ...
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