Recent news on Magnesium Hydroxide

Magnesium hydroxide accidentally spilled into local river  -  May 7, 2007
Eyewitness News,BOSTON Environmental officials are monitoring a chemical spill this morning that sent eight-thousand gallons of magnesium hydroxide into the Assabet River.

Chemical Accidentally Spilled Into Bay State River  -  May 7, 2007
WCSH-TV,Environmental officials are monitoring a chemical spill Monday morning that sent 8000 gallons of magnesium hydroxide into the Assabet River in Massachusetts

Week in review  -  May 10, 2007
Marlborough Enterprise,The chemical, magnesium hydroxide, poured from an overfilled storate tank into drains drains that run to the adjacent river some time Monday morning.

State: Stay out of Assabet River today  -  May 8, 2007
Boston Herald,The chemical, magnesium hydroxide, poured from an overfilled storage tank into drains that run to the adjacent river sometime yesterday morning.

AGS: Geriatricians Go Slow with Newer Chronic Constipation Therapies  -  May 8, 2007
MedPage Today,Although there's insufficient data on the osmotic laxative magnesium hydroxide, better known as milk of magnesia, it does appear to help some patients,

Treatment plant spills 8000 gallons of chemicals into Assabet  -  May 7, 2007
Boston Herald,...contact with the water between Marlborough and the Hudson-Stow line after a treatment plant spilled 8000 gallons of magnesium hydroxide into the river.

Regional digest  -  May 8, 2007
Worcester Telegram,The city notified DEP about 9:15 am yesterday that about 8000 gallons of magnesium hydroxide accidentally had been released at the plant into the Assabet

Assabet River warning after 8000-gallon chemical spill in Marlborough  -  May 7, 2007
MetroWest Daily News,The chemical, magnesium hydroxide, is similar to Milk of Magnesia, and could cause skin irritation, officials said. It will not impact drinking water in

Consider Spring Cleaning for Your Body!  -  Apr 26, 2007
HealthNewsDigest.com,Instead, an osmotic variety using magnesium hydroxide, slippery elm bark and marshmallow root helps to comfortably draw water into the intestines.

Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties Announces Near Double  -  Apr 19, 2007
Chemical Online.com (press release),MMMS is the world leader in FR magnesium hydroxide. With the plant expansion, MMMS production capacity will account for about half of the global total.

Halogenated Flame Retardants Continue to Dominate the Chinese Market  -  Apr 18, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Mineral Flame Retardant: The mineral flame retardant chemicals include aluminium trihydrate and magnesium hydroxide.

Biofeedback Alleviates Chronic Constipation  -  Apr 9, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Magnesium hydroxide or gluconate was recommended and rescue laxative (2 bisacodyl tablets orally) was permitted after 96 hours without a bowel movement.

Lewes residents question SPI Pharma's production plans  -  Apr 3, 2007
Cape Gazette,...uses water from the Delaware Bay, to extract magnesium hydroxide, the active ingredient used in the production of some antacid pharmaceuticals.

What Causes Heartburn?  -  Mar 14, 2007
FitSugar.com,Take ones that contain both magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide (one causes constipation while the other causes diarrhea so they counteract each

Russian Mining and Chemical Society' to Start Ground Brucite ...  -  Feb 1, 2007
Financial Information Service(Registration),Brucite is natural magnesium hydroxide containing 90-96 of the base material. Other components of the mineral are calcium oxides (1.5-4 %) silicon oxides

Fire Retardant Polypropylenes A Good Alternative to PVC in ...  -  Jan 29, 2007
Azom.comThe fire retardant most promising as a filler for PP is magnesium hydroxide, which is stable at the temperatures for processing PP and with less dangerous

Market Report -- In Play (TTI)  -  Dec 20, 2006
MSN Money4) The new calcium chloride manufacturing plant will also produce sodium chloride and magnesium hydroxide as co-products. 5) Chemtura has the right to

TETRA Technologies (TTI) Announces Long Term Agreements with ...  -  Dec 20, 2006
StreetInsider.com (subscription),Chemtura has the right to purchase sodium chloride and magnesium hydroxide from the new plant at market advantaged prices.

Erdene Gold Inc.: Additional Applications for Erdene's High ...  -  Jan 10, 2007
CCNMatthews (press release),...in advancing the art in specialty silica and silicates, alumina trihydrate, magnesium hydroxide, kaolin clay, barium sulfate and calcium carbonate.

Peeew-trid plant sending out sweeter smells?  -  Jan 5, 2007
Allentown Morning Call,But the main chemical used is a white powdery substance called magnesium hydroxide. Each day, about 400 gallons of it is dumped into the wastewater in order

Chemtura, TETRA Sign 20-Year Deal  -  Dec 20, 2006
Manufacturing.net,TETRA will sell sodium chloride and magnesium hydroxide extracted from the tail brine to Chemtura for use as a feedstock for chlorine production and as a

Market Report -- In Play (TTI)  -  Dec 20, 2006
MSN Money4) The new calcium chloride manufacturing plant will also produce sodium chloride and magnesium hydroxide as co-products. 5) Chemtura has the right to

TETRA Technologies (TTI) Announces Long Term Agreements with ...  -  Dec 20, 2006
StreetInsider.com (subscription),Chemtura has the right to purchase sodium chloride and magnesium hydroxide from the new plant at market advantaged prices.

Chemtura, TETRA Sign 20-Year Deal  -  Dec 20, 2006
Manufacturing.net,TETRA will sell sodium chloride and magnesium hydroxide extracted from the tail brine to Chemtura for use as a feedstock for chlorine production and as a

From Bedside to Bench: How the Epidemiology of Clinical Practice ...  -  Dec 7, 2006
Psychiatric Services (subscription)Of note, medications prescribed only on an as-needed basis (such as aluminum hydroxide or magnesium hydroxide as needed for dyspepsia) were not included in

Salt Production Making Headway in Las Tunas, Cuba  -  Dec 3, 2006
Periódico 26,In addition to salt for human consumption, the Puerto Padre Saltworks also produces magnesium hydroxide for the production of cosmetics, and diverse types

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