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Enzymes are increasingly being used in household products - even food additives. Couldn't find mention in either this article or 'Industrial Enzymes' about potential hazards (whack me with a trout if I'm wrong). A quick look at what's online: Old Guardian article "Enzymes used in cleaning products and food 'are potent allergens'". And this paper found that "Twenty-three per cent of all exposed workers showed type I sensitisation with IgE antibodies directed against respective workplace-specific enzymes". The EU's Hazard classification of industrial enzymes. Also found mention of an aerosol spray producing concentrations in air about 12 times recommended levels.

I've not the time right now - but could try in a few months to do up something - so please leave comments. 58.110.44.246 (talk) 13:56, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I was curious how many attribution problems may have happened in this (copyvio report) published, potential copyvio with the who wrote that extension, so there's that...

If you were wondering, yes, I already submitted a comment to PubPeer, and no, CC-BY-NC and CC-BY-SA are not compatible. ⸺(Random)staplers 07:07, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• BTW, if any listed users want to take this further, (and only the listed users can do this) you will have to list the paper as a mirror on Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks#How to list new mirrors.

⸺(Random)staplers 19:21, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Moderated... well, I'm not really surprised, given the potential legal trouble here. I'll leave it to you, @DMacks. ⸺(Random)staplers 06:27, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Looks like PubPeer has a special procedure for copyvios. See the FAQ, and DMCA. Probably explains the moderation, so in addition to WP:MIRRORS, you all know where to go from here...

  Well, that's definitely it for me. ⸺(Random)staplers 06:43, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • For future reference: I created an essay in case this happens again.

  ⸺(Random)staplers 09:14, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect that apo- is doing a lot of work and, if that work could be lampshaded adequately, at least its vague outlines would be a lot more accessible to non-specialists.

112.213.42.56 (talk) 22:24, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

At the end of the first paragraph of the Structure section there is the sentence "Enzyme denaturation is normally linked to temperatures above a species' normal level; as a result, enzymes from bacteria living in volcanic environments such as hot springs are prized by industrial users for their ability to function at high temperatures, allowing enzyme-catalysed reactions to be operated at a very high rate." This sentence doesn't seem to be very related to the rest of the paragraph and also lacks a citation. I think that it should either be deleted or moved to somewhere it is more relevant to, such as the Industrial applications section, with a proper reference.

Additionally, this sentence uses the British English "catalysed" instead of "catalyzed" in American English which this article is meant to be written in, see WP:RETAIN and the banner at the top of this talk page. But the spelling of "catalyse" and variants seems to be a reoccurring problem, happening by my count four other times this article. DefNotaHedgehog (talk) 10:42, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

On the first matter, I think tagging with 'citation needed' would be the first step. I'll do so now. I'll also fix the inappropriate spellings of catalyzed. cheers, anastrophe, an editor he is. 20:32, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]