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TURA Priority Industry Sector Identification: Economic and Environmental Ranking of Massachusetts' Economic Sectors. 1998.

Methods and Policy Report No. 17. This report was intended to provide background for the TURA Program in identifying sectors of the Massachusetts economy that could be best served by the Program. Read More >>

TURA Program Assessments

Assessments of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act program published in 2009 and 1997. Read More >>

TURA Regulations -- 310 CMR 50.00

TURA regulations Read More >>

TURI Academic Research Program Reports

TURI's Academic Research Program funds research into sustainable technologies at UMass Lowell Read More >>

TURI Awards $78K in Academic Grants

The Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) awarded four grants to UMass Lowell faculty to identify and test less hazardous substances. Read More >>

TURI Grants

TURI awards grants to businesses, community groups and UMass researchers to promote projects that reduce toxic chemical use. Read More >>

TURI Newsletter

Events, grant deadlines, and news from the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) Read More >>

TURI Receives $82K Grant from EPA to Help Auto Body and Repair Shops

The Environmental Protection Agency’s New England region has awarded the Toxics Use Reduction Institute at UMass Lowell an $82K grant to work with auto body and repair shops in Lowell, Springfield, Holyoke, Fall River and New Bedford. Read More >>

TURI Subject Guides

Guides to information on special topics in toxics use reduction. Read More >>

Twelve Home Cleaning Recipes

Recipes for household cleaning products that were tested for performance by the TURI Lab. Read More >>

Twelve Home Cleaning Recipes

UN: chemicals damaging health and environment

Sept. 6, 2012, USA Today, the report by the United Nations Environment Program warned that the increasing production of chemicals, especially in emerging economies where there are weaker safeguards, is damaging the environment and increasing health costs. Rachel Massey of TURI was a major contributor to the UN's Global Chemicals Outlook report ... Read More >>

Unintended Consequences: Impacts of Pesticides Bans on Industry, Workers, the Public, and the Environment, 1995.

TURI Methods and Policy Report No. 13. Chemical bans are one way to regulate hazardous chemicals. Removing a chemical from the web of use and production has numerous ripple effects. The effects on workers from any kind of process change are frequently ignored, partly because of power relations and partly because there is no systematic method to ... Read More >>

Union TUR Capacity Building

MassCOSH lead this project to help increase knowledge of toxic use reduction techniques among union members through training and outreach. Read More >>

United Nations Environment Programme Global Chemicals Outlook

This report documents the rapid rise in chemical production, use, and disposal in developing countries; the health and environmental consequences of this rapid growth; the economic implications of health and environmental damage resulting from chemical exposures; and policy options for addressing these challenges at the national and internation ... Read More >>

Upcoming Events Approved for TUR Planner CE Credit

A dynamic page listing upcoming events that qualify for TUR Planner CE credit. These events have been approved ahead of time for TUR and/or RC credit by Paul Walsh of MassDEP. They can be events sponsored and run by TURA-affiliated agencies, US EPA, or independent organizations who present trainings and workshops on Pollutions Prevention, Res ... Read More >>