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Ace Cleaners in North Andover, Mass. - Eliminating the use of toxic chemicals in dry cleaning

Professional wet cleaning has been identified as one of the most promising alternatives to perchloroethylene in the dry cleaning industry. The Toxics Use Reduction Institute at UMass Lowell provided a matching grant to Ace Cleaners in North Andover, Massachusetts, to help the small business convert its operations from perchloroethylene-based ... Read More >>

Ace Cleaners, North Andover

Acrylonitrile

Acrylonitrile Fact Sheet

Massachusetts, with its very small petrochemical manufacturing base, uses little acrylonitrile, only 222,000 pounds in 1996, primarily for the manufacture of styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) resins and acrylamide-based coatings. Acrylonitrile is a probable carcinogen according to both the International Agency for Research on Cancer and to the EPA i ... Read More >>

Acushnet Rubber Company. 1997.

Located in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Acushnet was the first company in Massachusetts to obtain certification in ISO 14001, an international standard for environmental management. The company was also the first in the world to become certified in ISO 14001, ISO 9001 (a standard for quality programs), and the American automotive industry's QS-9 ... Read More >>

Aerospace/Defense

Chemicals commonly found in Mil Specs and listed under TURA as high hazard substances include lead, cadmium, hexavalent chromium and trichloroethylene. We are working with Massachusetts manufacturers in this supply chain to address performance requirements associated with Mil Specs with a goal of moving towards safer alternatives. Read More >>

Afternoon Plenary Tenney Science Advisory Board Activity 2011

All UNEP Press Coverage

The UNEP Global Chemicals Outlook was launched on Sept. 5, 2012, with press conferences in Nairobi, Mexico City, Geneva and New York. The story appeared in more than a thousand news outlets, with coverage in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Chinese. The Word document includes links to the articles and the text to the stories. Read More >>

Alpha Gary Corporation. 2005.

In 1998, the AlphaGary Corporation (www.alphagary.com) successfully launched a Lead Reduction Pilot Program, in which they evaluated the use of alternatives to lead compounds in their products, while producing materials of equivalent or improved quality. This evaluation allowed the company to successfully incorporate these alternatives into the ... Read More >>

Alternative Coating Systems, Intelicoat, 2002.

Employing green chemistry thinking, InteliCoat developed product lines that utilize non-solvent based coatings and reaction conditions, including water-based and UV-curable coatings, to significantly reduce the amount of toxic organic chemicals it uses and releases annually. InteliCoat presented information on its financial and environmental de ... Read More >>

Alternative Equipment for Bulk Degreasing and Abrasive Blasting Operations: Beloit Fiber Systems. 1995

TURI Technical Report No. 22. The purpose of this project is to improve worker health and reduce the use of toxic chemicals used in the re-manufacturing or refurbishment of used papermill machinery. The specific toxics use reduction techniques evaluated were production unit redesign, production unit modernization, and in-process recycling. ... Read More >>

Alternative fire extinguishing agents. 1994.

TURI Technical Report No. 23. Our group has prepared many non-volatile precursor (NVP) agents which have been shown to generate hydrobromofluorocarbon and olefinic bromofluorocarbon fire extinguishing agents when heated to temperatures typical of those encountered near a fire zone. The liquid NVP agents proved to be as effective as the most ... Read More >>

Alternatives Assessment

Working with other US and international organizations, we develop and refine alternatives assessment methods. An alternatives assessment looks comprehensively at the uses of chemicals of concern, and the availability of safer, technically feasible and affordable alternatives. These may be chemical substitutions, modifications to processes or pr ... Read More >>

Alternatives Assessment for Toxics Use Reduction. 2005.

TURI Methods & Policy Report No. 23. One of the key challenges in toxics use reduction planning is alternatives assessment. This is the process whereby a chemical, material or product that has been identified as toxic is compared with alternatives to find a substitute that is safer for workers, communities and ecosystems. This report reviews ni ... Read More >>

Alternatives Assessment for TUR - Chemicals & Hazard Focus

Offered as the morning part of a day-long training on this topic on 11/09/11, the material offers tools and concepts for finding, understanding, and comparing chemical hazard as part of the TURI Alternatives Assessment method. Presented by Pam Eliason of TURI at the Continuing Education Conference – Marlborough, MA. Read More >>

Alternatives Assessment for TUR - Performance & Economic Focus (Afternoon - Session D)

Offered as the afternoon part of a day-long training on this topic on 11/09/11; steps in the alternatives assessment method: performance considerations, small group research, economic considerations, and available tools for chemical hazard assessment. Presented by Pam Eliason of TURI, Continuing Education Conference – Marlborough, MA. Read More >>

Alternatives Assessment Guidance

Guidance on conducting alternatives assessments Read More >>