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All products in this story meet Allure’s natural standards: no parabens, petroleum, mineral oil, phthalates, aluminum, talc, sodium laurel sulfate, triclosan, formaldehyde, toluene, or chemical sunscreens.
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Hospitals in Illinois, Indiana, Maryland and Virginia received mislabeled doses of pain relievers including fentanyl, morphine sulfate and midalozam, the powerful sedative often used for anesthesia and in some states in lethal injection.
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A vile of morphine sulfate, shown here in a file photo, is among the drugs that federal officials allege was shipped by Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals with an erroneous label, then administered to patients, who got sick because of it.
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The layers of sedimentary clay store a high concentration of over 21 minerals like calcium, magnesium, potassium, sulfates, and bromide. 2.
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Alum, or aluminum sulfate, is used to force impurities in water to settle so they can be removed.
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Brewing water affects the pH of beer and how flavors are expressed on the palate, the balance of sulfate to chloride that can accentuate bitterness or sweetness and off-flavors from chlorine or contaminants, Craft Beer & Brewing magazine says.
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Cleanse Kindly Face washes with strong cleansing agents, like sulfates, can create bacterial imbalance.
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White hydrangeas do not have pigment in their sepals and are white regardless of the soil pH. To make pink hydrangeas blue, treat the soil around the bushes with aluminum sulfate in March and again in October each year.
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Origin and Etymology of sulfate
French, from Latin sulfur
sulfate
Definition of sulfate
sulfated
;sulfating
transitive verb
: to treat or combine with sulfuric acid or a sulfate
First Known Use of sulfate
1888
SULFATE Defined for English Language Learners
sulfate
playDefinition of sulfate for English Language Learners
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chemistry : a salt that is formed when sulfuric acid reacts with another chemical element
Medical Dictionary
sulfate
sulphate
Medical Definition of sulfate
sulfated
or chiefly Britishsulphated
;sulfating
or chiefly Britishsulphating
: to treat or combine with sulfuric acid or a sulfate
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