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The Organic Mom Project: Toxics Use Reduction Lecture Series
The Organic Mom hosted two free environmental lectures at the local school to raise public awareness of toxics inside and outside of the home. The lectures focused on toxics in household and personal care products and pesticide alternatives.
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The Origins of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Program
At the source: the origins of the Massachusetts toxics use reduction program and an overview of this special issue Original Research Article
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 19, Issue 5, March 2011, Pages 389-396
Michael Ellenbecker, Ken Geiser
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The Role of Risk in Chemical Substitution Decisions. 1994
TURI Methods and Policy Report No. 8. Chemical substitution is a growing method of pollution prevention and toxics use reduction (TUR). Although a good deal of effort has gone into developing protocols for identifying potential substitutes, much less attention has been given to explicit identification and weighing of the health and environmenta ...
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The Use of Enzymatic and Aqueous Electrochemical Polymerization of Phenol and Amphyphilic Alkyl Tyrosine Based Derivatives as Environmentally Benign Coatings. 2002.
TURI Technical Report 55. The surface coating properties of enzymatically polymerized decyl esters of d-tyrosine
from aqueous solutions onto gold surfaces have been investigated utilizing the complementary
techniques of potentiometric titration, UV-VIC spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron
spectroscopy (XPS). The aqueous-based coatings are o ...
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Toluene Diisocyanates Fact Sheet
Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate (2,6-TDI), toluene-2,4-diisocyanate (2,4-TDI), and toluene diisocyanate mixed isomers are the three forms of TDI commonly used in commerce. Acute exposure to TDIs can result in severe skin, eye, lung, and throat irritation. Massachusetts businesses used 7.4 million pounds of TDIs in 1998, with the main end-use being po ...
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Tools and Techniques for Optimizing Metal Finishing Process/Environmental
An outline of the incorporation of toxic use reduction efforts into six main areas of the metal finishing process: Process/Environmental Planning/Design,
Water and Chemical Recovery and Reuse, Software Tools for Improved Decisionmaking and Implementation, Life Cycle Information Management, Life Cycle Project Improvement, and Supply Chain Imp ...
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Townsend Organic Lawn Care Demonstration Site
The Town of Townsend increased public awareness that organic lawn care practices provide a viable, effective and safer alternative to toxic substances currently in use by creating demonstration lawns at the Town Hall and Library and conducting other outreach activities.
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Toxic Chemical Management in Massachusetts: An Analysis of Further Chemical Restriction Policies, 1993.
TURI Methods and Policy Report No. 2. The growing awareness of the intractable linkage between environment and development is reflected in the emergence and implementation of the principles of toxics use reduction and sustainable development. These two concepts emphasize and promote a collaborative relationship between government and industry t ...
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Toxic Chemicals in Toys and Children's Products
Article published in Environmental Science and Technology, 2010, by Rachel Massey of TURI, Sally Edwards of the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production and Monica Becker, Monica Becker & Associates Sustainability Consultants. The authors note that in June the United States government recalled 12 million promotional drinking glasses sold at a f ...
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Toxic substances in articles: the need for information
This report explores the benefits that can be gained by improving the provision of information on chemicals in articles.
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Toxicology of High Priority Substances - Part 2: Metals
Presentation by Robert Burr, M.D., on the toxicology aspects of chemicals assigned the High Priority Substance designation in the state of Massachusetts under the TURA program. Part 2 focuses on metals. Presented on 11/18/03.
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Toxicology of High Priority Substances - Part 3: Cd, Cr, Dioxin and TCE
Presentation by Robert Burr, M.D., on the toxicology aspects of chemicals assigned the High Priority Substance designation in the state of Massachusetts under the TURA program. Part 3 focuses on Cd, Cr, Dioxin and TCE . Presented on 11/18/03.
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Toxicology of High Prority Substances - Part 1: Principles
Presentation by Robert Burr, M.D., on the toxicology aspects of chemicals assigned the High Priority Substance designation in the state of Massachusetts under the TURA program. Part 1 focuses on the "Science of poisons," Mechanism & Effects, Potency, Control, and Treatment. Presented on 11/18/03.
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Toxics Use Reduction Act Program Assessment, Executive Summary. 2009
In 2008 the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) undertook an assessment of the TURA program. This report presents a summary of the findings of this assessment.
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Toxics Use Reduction Act Program Assessment. 2009
In 2008 the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) undertook an assessment of the TURA program. This report presents the findings of this assessment.
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