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Dichloromethane is used as a noncombustible solvent and extractant for oils, fats, waxes, fish oil, etc. from industrial and animal products, as well as caffeine, hops, castor oil, cocoa butter, and ethereal oils from substances of plant origin. It is used in the deparaffination of petroleum and the azeotropic dewatering of solvents. Dichloromethane is a constituent of paint-removal pastes and baths, but is increasingly being replaced by aqueous systems. It is used as a solvent in the production of cellulose-acetate-based or cellulose-acetobutyrate-based films and is employed industrially in the leather, metal, rubber, adhesives, and plastics industries. 

Round Lake in southwestern Minnesota is down wind from an oil paint factory that has air emissions of solvents. Two of the primary solvents emitted are 1,2-dichloroethylene and heptane, with mean air concentrations over the lake of 2 ppb(v) and 100 ppb(v), respectively. Given the chemical data below, estimate the eventual equilibrium concentration and the mass of these two compounds in the water, suspended particulate, sediments, and the fish of Round Lake. The... 

The object of the segregation is to extract from oils not directly suitable for use in paints the glyceride fractions having the better paint properties. Solvents used for extraction have included furfural and liquid propane. Some such process is necessary to render fish oils suitable for general paint use and some segregated fish oils have achieved limited commercial use in the past. 

Linseed oil, tung oil, and fish oil are examples of commonly used drying oils. Linseed oil, from flaxseed, was once widely used by the paint industry. Over fifty percent of its fatty acid component is linolenic acid. The high linolenic acid content tends to cause some yellowing but in highly pigmented paints this is usually not a problem. 

People may also be exposed to selenium from industrial sources. Humans are normally not exposed to large amounts of selenium in the air, unless selenium dust or volatile selenium compounds are formed in their workplace. Occupations in which humans may be exposed to selenium in the air are the metal industries, selenium-recovery processes, paint manufacturing, and special trades. Selenium dioxide and elemental selenium can be released into the air during the burning of coal and oil. In addition, irrigation runoff may cause high levels of selenium in fresh water and can lead to high concentrations in some of the fish and birds that live there. 

The small amounts of paint generated by the average household cannot be recycled economically, but most municipalities sponsor paint exchange programs and collect oil-based paints. Spent fuel rods from nuclear power plants can be recycled to reclaim unused uranium, and some spent uranium is used to produce armor-piercing bullets. Yard waste from households is often recycled and made into mulch for farming and gardening. Discarded Christmas trees are used to form mulch or are immersed in lakes as a habitat for fish. SEE ALSO Environmental Pollution Water Water Pollution Water Quality. 

Industrial Products. The commercial value of fish is not limited to its use as food. Various industrial products contain fish parts or fish by-products. For example, manufacturers make shoes from the skins of sharks. Abalone shells are made into buttons. Other manufacturers use by-products to make glue. A kind of gelatin called isinglass is made from the air bladders of certain fish. Menhaden, sardines, herrings, and sharks produce valuable oils. These oils are used in making paints and varnishes, in tanning leather, and in the manufacture of linoleum and synthetic materials. 

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