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Silica is a supplement ingredient known for helping to create beautiful hair, nails and skin.  But you don’t want to breathe it. Crystalline silica dust, ...

Many people have trouble with their knees and hips these days. Whether they were athletes in high school, or their joints and bones bother them ...

Our lives are governed by the seasons: it would be odd (not to mention chilly) to walk around in shorts and tank tops in November. ...

You know how annoying oil can be. Especially when it’s on your favorite blouse and not just your salad. Running around trying to find stain ...

If you were a fan of the old Saturday Night Live (since rebranded by its initials, SNL), you may recall a recurring skit featuring a ...

Our annual time travel adventure takes place on Sunday, November 6th, when we set our clocks back and get to re-live an hour. It’s like ...

Sometimes dipping is good, such as with ice cream: a triple-dip cone might allow a child to enjoy his or her favorite flavors all together, ...

Jackson, Mississippi was under siege in September, as a series of torrential rains flooded the city’s water treatment facility, rendering the water unpotable. In the rule ...

You may have heard that Impact Absorbents has a beautiful new manufacturing and distribution facility in Benton, Arkansas. So we’re more committed than ever to keeping ...

October signals Impact Absorbents’ 30th anniversary! You know that timeworn adage, about not trusting anyone over 30? We’re turning that old slogan on its ear. Here’s ...

You’ve likely heard of tiny houses. People buy them or build them from a kit, and use them as granny units, for a nomadic lifestyle ...

Do you ever wonder where some unusual expressions come from? One that’s not common today, but likely was in your grandparents’ time, is “the cat’s ...

The 42nd president of the United States hailed from Arkansas. So did Maya Angelou, the multi-award winning poet, author, actress and singer who read her ...

Ah, the wild blue waterways. What a wonderful way to spend a summer day, especially when it’s 90º (or more) outside. And if you own ...

When Sly and the Family Stone sang about Hot Fun in the Summertime, it was a different world. There weren’t nearly as many triple-digit days ...

Many years ago, an agrochemical company created a commercial that proclaimed, “Without chemicals, life itself would be impossible.” While it’s true that all life is ...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” wrote Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities. This often-quoted catchphrase certainly ...

You might think that’s a somewhat suggestive headline, and you’d be right: we’re suggesting you move up to Impact Absorbents’ premium spill containment pads to ...

It’s hot; maybe humid, depending in where you dwell, and nobody wants to cook. Except restaurateurs, for whom food is bread and butter, in a ...

Summer seems like a relatively benign season. No icy roads, snow or hail, and in many places, not even any rain. Unless you live some ...

School may not have been live and in person for very long this year, but that doesn’t mean kids aren’t as happy as always to ...

What does it take to stay safe in the water? As a child, it probably meant a cute flotation device — along with the watchful ...

If there’s one thing we’re enjoying this spring, it’s breathing. Without masks. In some places. The mask mandates surge and ebb, depending on what the ...

We know what you’re thinking: science is not your strong suit. Subjects like chemistry and biology belong back in high school. But not in the ...

If you blanch at the thought of blood and never considered going to medical school, you can still become a surgeon of sorts: a drain ...

Several presidencies ago, the First Lady launched a memorable campaign about how people should respond when offered drugs: Just say no! If you have an ...

It’s just a little challenging in the world today, when war breaks out abroad and nations everywhere take sides. It’s also more than a little ...

  When Boz Scaggs sang about there being a breakdown dead ahead, he wasn’t referring to a mechanical failure — or to leaching hazardous chemicals. ...

Did you think that was a typo in the headline? Nope — just a little wordplay. Because now that we’re getting back to in-person work ...

Angela Strehli recorded her version of a 1970s tune called “Slipped, Tripped, and Fell in Love,” but being in the spill clean up business, when one of ...