Definition of "glycols" [glycols]

• Plural form of glycol. (noun)

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• "The agency, after drilling its own wells in Pavillion and sampling water, said it detected benzene, a carcinogen, that exceeded safe drinking-water standards, as well as methane—the primary component of natural gas—and synthetic chemicals such as glycols and alcohols "consistent with gas production and hydraulic fracturing fluids.""
• "Eventually the gelling agents the foaming agents, the glycols, the salts, get pushed back out as well."
• "The most recent of these—it had appeared in an obscure journal called Radiation Biology Archive—reported that Follaton was concentrating on a few of the usual substances, glycols, steroids, lipids."