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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 …

In late February, a sewage spill in southern California forced beach closures for the second time in two months. This one was the result of …

Have you heard of the latest dishwasher? It’s an AI-enabled dishwashing device marketed as being a solution “for every home & office. Dishcare eliminates the …

You may be thinking. “This is not a fit. Social media is digital by nature. Spill clean up is analog.” (Although if you spill coffee …

Now that school’s resuming — sort of, in some places, depending on our ever-evolving health landscape — many kids are actually happy to be returning …

Here in California, we’re grateful for severe winter storms, because it’s helped to ease our equally severe drought conditions. Even though the temperatures outside are …

Fiber. It used to be the essence of many commercials targeted towards older adults: products that claimed to, um, move things along, much as ingesting …

If there’s one positive to come out of the pandemic, it’s people’s reflection on how they spend their days, and whether their work is truly …

January might as well be called “Lethargy.” The weather is dull and cold and often wet, slip and fall incidents increase, people have less energy, …

Many people start a diet in January. Most of them don’t last very long. But we try. Impact Absorbents knows an ideal way to “lose …

Have you noticed something different about Impact Absorbents products lately? Yes, they’re still the same premier, eco-friendly spill clean up and spill containment solutions you’ve …

Last month we wrote about how fall is the eating season, especially during the COVID era, when people are thrilled to be able to dine …

It’s fall, and we don’t want to. Fall, that is. As we slide into winter, the hazards spread. But slip and fall accidents can happen …

Two years ago, just prior to COVID-19 rearing its ugly head around the globe, OSHA issued a mandate designed to minimize exposure to hazardous drugs in …

The Impact Absorbents family has a lot of kids among us. And a lot of pets. Somehow the two go hand-in-hand. And somehow, the two …

There’s something about fall that seems to make people hungry. Maybe it’s the cooler weather, and a throwback to when our ancestors needed to store …

It’s happened again. Early last month, a pipeline in Huntington Beach, California sustained a lateral gash, and oil came gushing into Orange County waters, closing …

Remember the beloved movie Groundhog Day, in which Bill Murray kept reliving the same day over and over again until he’d learned from all of …

It’s autumn across the U.S., and you know what that means. Cozy sweaters. Kids underfoot earlier in the afternoon, unless you allow them more screentime. …