A consortium of 10 automaker clients of Takata has just determined that the root causes of the shrapnel misfires are the supplier's
use of ammonium nitrate, plus the way Takata constructed the assembly, both combined with exposure to heat and humidity, Automotive News reported Tuesday.
No doubt some consumers do fear
the use of ammonium - hydroxide to process their food, but nothing in the wording of my Change.org petition or my writing or speaking about this issue has ever once sought to confuse the public by associating this chemical with the cleaning agent you keep under your sink.
That's just it, Bettina — since 1974, the FDA declared
the use of ammonium hyrdroxide as Generally Recognized as Safe (the highest safety attribution the agency assigns to compounds), in making foods safe, (hence, my reference to «over 20 years»).
I mentioned
the use of ammonium hydroxide exactly once in the petition and that's it — no scary references to Windex, etc..
Not exact matches
influenza B Haemophilus influenza Type B (THE FLU), polyribosylribitol phosphate (A FLU COMPLEX CONJUGATE - DISABLES THE FLU PHAGOCYTE),
ammonium sulfate (A PURIFICATION AGENT), formalin (A FORM
OF FORMALDEHYDE,
USED TO DISABLE THE FLU VIRII), and sucrose (SUGAR).
Class 1 Caramel Colors, which are defined as minimally processed, do not
use ammonium or sulfide compounds in production and have the European designation E150a, are becoming the fastest - growing segment
of caramel colors since they meet consumer demand for cleaner labels, notes Sethness.
Just a reminder that the
use of Di -
ammonium phosphate (DAP) in wines certified to the National Standard is not permitted.
Used as a filler for ground beef, it is made from fatty trimmings that are more susceptible to contamination than other cuts
of beef, and are therefore sprayed with
ammonium hydroxide - ammonia mixed with water - to remove pathogens such as salmonella and E.coli.
Kraft Foods Inc, whose brands include Chips Ahoy cookies and Velveeta cheese, is one company that
uses very small amounts
of ammonium compounds in some
of its products.
In the case
of ammonium phosphate,
used as a leavening agent in baking, she said the heat during baking causes the gas to evaporate so no ammonia is left in the product.
Ammonium hydroxide also is
used in a variety
of other processed foods, such as baked goods, gelatins and puddings, and cheeses, and can occur naturally in foods.
Check out the link above to see just how many
of your foods have
Ammonium Hydroxide
used in their processing.
And another thing,
ammonium hydroxide has been APPPROVED by the FDA / USDA for
use in a variety
of foods as a preventive measure against foodborn illnesses caused by bacteria such as e-coli and salmonella.
As far as ammonia in our foods; it's NOT household ammonia that is
used in any food manufacturing process; it's a chemical called
ammonium hydroxide (which, I guess, from what I've read is found naturally occuring in lots
of things, including human beings).
There are plenty
of other studies, I «googled» the phrase: «independent study regarding lowering health risks when
using ammonium hydroxide in food processing» and came up with about 27,700 results.
Also, at the original level
of ammonium hydroxide
used, LBT had a distinct (and disagreeable) taste, and my guess here is that they kept the amount
of it
used per beef patty down to a level meant to minimize that taste.
To demonstrate one potential
use of the nanoparticles, the research team
used them as advanced catalysts for ammonia oxidation, which is a key step in the production
of nitric acid (a liquid acid that is
used in the production
of ammonium nitrate for fertilizers, making plastics, and in the manufacturing
of dyes).
Because
of its danger and potential
use by terrorists,
ammonium nitrate is subject to strict regulation in most places.
In Shandong province, China, an oleochemical firm
using cow parts creates a wide variety
of fatty acids, amines, and quaternary
ammonium salts, which are
used as asphalt emulsifiers, antistatic agents, wetting agents, corrosion inhibitors, and fabric softeners.
But ammonia plants also produce anhydrous ammonia,
ammonium nitrate (the compound that caused last week's explosion in Texas),
ammonium sulfate, UAN (urea
ammonium nitrate solution) and other forms
of ammonia
used in agricultural and industrial applications — none
of which
use the leftover CO2.
The findings, published in the journal Nature Plants, show
ammonium nitrate fertiliser
used in wheat cultivation contributes almost half (43 per cent)
of the greenhouse gas emissions — dwarfing all other processes in the supply chain.
But because
of its low price, effectiveness and relative ease
of transport,
ammonium nitrate will probably still be in
use — and still pose a danger — for some time.
Ocean acidification is also predicted to reduce microbial production
of nitrate from
ammonium (Beman et al., 2011), which could have major consequences for oceanic primary production because a significant fraction
of the nitrate
used by phytoplankton is generated by nitrification at the ocean surface (Yool et al., 2007).
Integrate coral reef management with land -
use and coastal zone planning and practices to reduce pollutant inputs (notably,
ammonium compounds, nitrogen and sulphur oxides) that increase the acidity
of local waters.
Currently, fertilizer is made
using natural gas (steam reforming
of methane to generate hydrogen to feed into the Haber process)-- but with the new advances (http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/07/researchers-at.html), it should be possible to generate that hydrogen directly from water
using sunlight; feed the hydrogen into the Haber process (energy expensive, true, but doable), and then you have your ammonia, convert half
of that to nitrate, and there you have your
ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which currently accounts for about 1/2
of all agricultral fossil fuel
use.
Many concerns surround the widespread
use of Sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) and its relatives sodium laureth sulphate (SLeS), sodium coco sulphate and
ammonium lauryl sulphate (ALS).
The safety agency previously gave Takata until the end
of 2019 to prove that its remaining airbag inflators
using ammonium nitrate are fundamentally safe, but now all Takata airbags
using that propellant without a chemical drying agent must be recalled.
Hmm... sounds vaguely familiar to a scenario that has been playing out over the past three years, but FCA points out that none
of the affected vehicles
use ammonium - nitrate inflators — the suspected prime culprit in the massive Takata airbag recall that has affected some 41 million vehicles worldwide.
Beginning with the familiar products,
ammonium sulfate, sodium nitrate, and cyanamid, there have followed liquid ammonia, a highly concentrated plant food
used for the neutralization
of acid phosphate and in turn, for the same purpose, that product carrying in solution urea or
ammonium nitrate.
Using the wrong products around cats: «A lot
of people don't know that Lysol or Pine - Sol can be toxic to cats, and so can quaternary
ammonium compounds if they're not diluted appropriately.»
As a part
of our cleaning procedures, we
use products that contain a quaternary
ammonium compound, which is
used to eliminate and prevent the canine influenza virus.
«You can
use bleach, quartenary
ammonium compounds, or any
of the household disinfectants on the market,» he notes, «and you should
use them daily.
This FDA announcement in June 2017 caused a huge voluntary recall because they were found to be
using a quaternary
ammonium compound mixture as a processing aid in the manufacturing
of rawhide chews.
Currently, fertilizer is made
using natural gas (steam reforming
of methane to generate hydrogen to feed into the Haber process)-- but with the new advances (/ / www.greencarcongress.com/2008/07/researchers-at.html), it should be possible to generate that hydrogen directly from water
using sunlight; feed the hydrogen into the Haber process (energy expensive, true, but doable), and then you have your ammonia, convert half
of that to nitrate, and there you have your
ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which currently accounts for about 1/2
of all agricultral fossil fuel
use.
The solid boosters
use mixture
of Ammonium Perchlorate, Aluminum, Iron Oxide, a polymer binder and Epoxy.
For deep placement, nitrogen (as a 28 «N solution
of urea -
ammonium nitrate) was banded 10 to 15 cm below the soil surface
using modified anhydrous ammonia applicator knives spaced 45 cm apart.
A recent Canadian study
of the nation - wide emissions
of greenhouse gases from agricultural activities
used nitrous oxide emissions factors which indicated that nitrous oxide emissions from anhydrous ammonia and
ammonium phosphate were from four to five times as high as those from urea or
ammonium nitrate.
Every day, 5.5 million pounds
of explosives — a mix
of diesel fuel and
ammonium nitrate — are
used to blow up the mountains
of southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky.
One
of Dave's essays that caught my attention involved the very interesting idea
of using excess wind power to make methanol, ethanol, or even
ammonium nitrate fertilizer.
Typical examples
of materials suitable for
use in practicing this invention are urea, potassium nitrate, potassium nitrite, and
ammonium nitrate.