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Alternatives Assessment: An Overview

Process for identifying and comparing potential chemical and non-chemical alternatives that can be used as substitutes to replace chemicals or technologies of high concern. Presented by Pam Eliason of TURI at the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable's (NPPR) National Environmental Sustainability Summit in Detroit, MI; June 7 -9, 2011. Read More >>

Ammonia Reduction for Heat Treat Furnace Atmospheres. 1997

TURI Technical Report No. 43. Heat treating is essential to various metal forming processes, keeping the metal soft enough to be twisted, stamped, bent, rolled, etc. The furnaces at General Findings are used for soldering in addition to heat treatment. Jewelry components are assembled in graphite trays (known as "coals"), and as they pass th ... Read More >>

An Abbreviated Alternatives Assessment Process for Product Designers

An abbreviated alternatives assessment process for product designers: a children’s furniture manufacturing case study Original Research Article Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 19, Issue 5, March 2011, Pages 464-476 Kathryn H. Winnebeck Read More >>

Analysis of Risk Trade-off Relationships Between Organic Solvents and Aqueous Agents

Analysis of risk trade-off relationships between organic solvents and aqueous agents: case study of metal cleaning processes Original Research Article Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 19, Issue 5, March 2011, Pages 414-423 Emi Kikuchi, Yasunori Kikuchi, Masahiko Hirao Read More >>

Application of Toxics Use Reduction to OSHA Policy and Programs. 1995.

TURI Methods and Policy Report No. 12. This report surveys the options which can be used to reduce the use of toxics in the workplace, and suggests differences in the ways in which occupational health representatives and professionals might look at toxics use reduction. It also examines OSHA's current regulations, policies and programs with res ... Read More >>

Apply for an Industry Incentive Grant

Grants that support industries in implementing and sharing information on technologies and methods designed to improve toxics use reduction Read More >>

Applying the Precautionary Principle to Consumer Household Cleaning Product Development

Applying the precautionary principle to consumer household cleaning product development Original Research Article Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 19, Issue 5, March 2011, Pages 429-437 Cara A.M. Bondi Read More >>

Arsenic and Arsenic Compounds Fact Sheet

Found naturally in the environment and used primarily in Massachusetts for wood preservation and semiconductor manufacturing, people are exposed to arsenic on a daily basis. Reflecting its extreme toxicity, both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the EPA in the USA regulate arsenic to protect workers and the public fr ... Read More >>

Arsenic and Arsenic Compunds

Arsine Source Replacement for the Growth of Gallium Arsenide via MOCVD. 1993.

TURI Technical Report No. 8. This feasibilty study involves the systematic evaluation of arsenic containing reagents that could potentially replace arsine gas from the process and manufacturing of microwave semiconductor diodes. The reagent would act as an input substitution in the Semiconductor Materials Laboratory at the Burlington Facilit ... Read More >>

Assessing the Electrical Properties of Alternative Wire and Cable Coatings: Metallocene EPDM. 2004.

TURI Technical Report No. 56. New regulations have led to the need for non-lead compounds to be used in wire and cable applications. There are two approaches for lead free EPDM wire and cable compounds. One is to find alternative stabilizers, and the other is to change resins. In a previous study, hydrotalcite was examined as a replacement for ... Read More >>

Assessment of Alternatives to Perchloroethylene for the Dry Cleaning Industry

TURI conducted an alternative assessment of seven common alternatives to perc to help dry cleaners find technically viable and environmentally preferred methods for cleaning clothes. Read More >>

Assessment of Alternatives to Perchloroethylene for the Professional Garment Care Industry - Executive Summary Draft

Assessment of Alternatives to Perchloroethylene for the Professional Garment Care Industry - Executive Summary Draft

Asset Protection, Business Interruption, and Personal Protection

A way of lowering the cost of doing business is through improving Environmental Health & Safety efforts, as a means of protecting assets and thus building security. Presented on 4/13/2004 by F. Marino of Raytheon at the TURI Continuing Education training conference on April 13, 2004 . Read More >>

Asthma and TURA Chemicals Report

A study of asthmagens used by businesses reporting under the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA.) Read More >>

Asthma-related Chemicals

Asthma-Related Chemicals in Massachusetts: an Analysis of Toxics Use Reduction Data. 2009.

TURI Methods and Policy Report No. 25. The purpose of this project was to understand the extent to which chemicals that can cause the initial onset of asthma or trigger subsequent asthma attacks -- known as asthmagens -- are being used by Massachusetts industries who report under the Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA) program. Read More >>