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Distractions. They can be costly or even deadly. As this infographic illustrates, social media appears to be making us even more prone to distraction than ...

Prevention. Protection. Safety. Ease of use. Impact Absorbents’ watchwords also apply to the new Affordable Care Act (ACA), which seeks to protect Americans by preventing ...

Not long before Woodstock, another memorable ’60s event took place: Johnny Maestro and The Brooklyn Bridge released The Worst That Could Happen, and people nursing ...

Weather isn’t what it used to be. What with 80 degree temperatures in February on the normally frigid East coast and a cold, wet spring ...

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to gather and give gratitude, often by ingesting huge quantities of delicious food that someone’s mother, grandma or aunt has ...

Some of the great wisdom of the ages has been delivered in the form of parables or koans: Zen riddles intended to still the mind. ...

The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) recently released its Workers’ Compensation: Benefits, Coverage and Costs, 2011 report, which provides comprehensive estimates of workers’ compensation ...

Impact Absorbents prides itself on its environmental ethos, so we’re delighted to discover that as Californians, we rank among the greenest states in the nation ...

It’s almost trick-or-treat time again, and that’s bound to translate into an excess of candy and at least a few upset tummies, which can translate ...

Glass features prominently in so many areas of our lives. There’s Cinderella’s glass slipper, Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, Blondie’s “Heart of Glass”, and, ...

In their book, The Plateau Effect, journalist Bob Sullivan and computer science professor Hugh Thompson demonstrate in humorous, straightforward language how to move “from stuck ...

Another earthquake has struck Japan, very near the site of the nuclear power plant meltdown and tsunami that rattled the globe in March 2011. And ...

Fall is a great time to relocate, even if it’s just across town. But oh, the things you find when you move that sofa or ...

The nip is in the air and children across the nation are back in the classroom, much to their collective chagrin and their parents’ relief. ...

Since the advent of texting, being on the road has become more hazardous than ever before. One ad shows a car and a truck on ...

What is the nature of the universe? Scientists have been wrestling with this cosmic question for centuries. Too bad they never turned to us, because ...

There’s nothing like a relaxing bath after a hard day’s work. Or when getting ready for a party. Or after the party, to wind down. ...

Whether you work in retail, a grocery store, or restaurant, odds are you’ve probably taken clothes to the dry cleaners at some point. There are ...

In the era of corporate accountability, green wins votes: according to a new online survey of one thousand U.S. companies, “a primary driver of public ...

Hands. Whether we’re writing the Great American Novel or a business plan, preparing a feast or using an XSORB spill clean up solution to handle ...

As individuals, we talk about making a living. From a company standpoint, the focus is on building a brand. And what matters isn’t how big ...

Are you a “desk jockey”? If you sit much of the day staring into a computer screen, you may be harming your health even as ...

While a fan of Queen B (that’s Beyonce) fainted in ecstasy after she held his hand and hugged him at her recent concert, as manager ...

Determining which polypropylene product is best for your chemical spill clean up need can feel like learning the Periodic Table of Elements: Hydrogen, Lithium, Beryllium, ...

Summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Everybody’s eating out, which is great for your restaurant business. You’re cooking up a veritable feast of fabulous family ...

If you’re an artist, the idea of creating a greener shade of blue might make perfect sense, since you constantly mix colors on your palette ...

U.S. drivers wasted 2.9 billion gallons of fuel idling in traffic in 2011, reported AAA magazine in May 2013. That startling statistic didn’t mention anything ...

Some people lean on their laps, some on their knees. Some hunker down on the train or bus. But even if your employees use their ...

Children might define the essence of “spill clean up”. Kids love nothing more than making a mess, especially since they’re not the ones who have ...

We’ve all heard the famous Scouting motto: Be Prepared. But knowing something and actually doing it can be poles apart, as anyone who’s vowed to ...