I haven’t heard that before but I don’t work on hair care products very often. Benzyl alcohol is used as a preservative in lots of cosmetic products though. It can be considered an allergen for some people, but overall it’s pretty safe (as far as we know so far).

[-] MadLegoChemist@startrek.website 31 points 3 weeks ago

It looks like the 91% natural ingredients version has benzyl alcohol as a preservative which is typically synthetically derived and in my experience can drastically shift the bio-based ratio.

As far as I can see, the rest of the ingredients are the same, but the sourcing of those ingredients could be different which could also shift the naturally derived percentage.

[-] MadLegoChemist@startrek.website 9 points 2 months ago

Found out yesterday that a McDouble is $3.49 here which is crazy to me.

[-] MadLegoChemist@startrek.website 9 points 7 months ago

Can’t rule out that the furnace is dying—might be carbon monoxide poison you are experiencing.

[-] MadLegoChemist@startrek.website 33 points 8 months ago

Can see the before and after images in this article

[-] MadLegoChemist@startrek.website 3 points 8 months ago

I had to check the math and I was surprised that 2^42 is “only” 4.4 trillion. Thought it would be a lot greater like there are less atoms in the universe similar to the uniqueness of a shuffled deck of cards.

[-] MadLegoChemist@startrek.website 5 points 9 months ago

“No garage, one space” in Wisconsin winters sounds fun!

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