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FERTILIZER
Whenever you fertilize your plants there is a good chance that sulfur is in the fertilizer. Sulfur is an element that helps make the fertilizer healthy for plants.
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MEDICINE
Sulfur is an important element in medicines. If you have bronchitis and are coughing all the time, sometimes doctors give you sulfa-drugs. This medicine is made with sulfur and helps kill the bacteria making you sick.
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VOLCANOES
There is a lot of sulfur near volcanoes. Volcanoes are actually holes in the surface of the Earth. All sorts of chemicals come out of these holes and sulfur is one of them. If you ever get close enough to a volcano you'll be able to smell the sulfur. It smells like rotten eggs.
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FIREWORKS
Fireworks are also a good place to find sulfur. Fireworks and firecrackers are filled with gunpowder. One of the main ingredients of gunpowder is sulfur.
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MATCHES
Whenever you see someone light a match, they're using sulfur. Just like fireworks, there is sulfur in matches that sparks and starts the flames.
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