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Health and Safety Impacts of Citrus-based Terpenes in Printed Circuit Board Cleaning. 1993.
TURI Technical Report No. 6. This report examines the health and safety impacts of d-
Limonene as used in the printed circuit board cleaning operation.
It focuses on animal and human toxicological studies and equipment
safety features to conclude the impacts to the people involved in
the printed circuit board cleaning operation. Data was ob ...
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Healthy Boston Schools Janitorial Project
A project of the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health
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Healthy Floor Finishing Project
The Healthy Floor Finishing Project, managed by the Vietnamese-American Initiative for Development (Viet-AID), developed and distributed materials in Vietnamese that included recommended product substitutions as well as fire prevention and basic health and safety information. Hands-on training on how to use alternatives was also conducted.
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Healthy Hair Campaign
Healthy Hair Campaign to Reduce the Use of Toxics in Neighborhood Hair Salons: A Project to Raise Awareness in Roxbury Salons
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Healthy Homes - Healthy Bodies
Through trainings, workshops, and focus group research, ECOprojects helped to alleviate suffering of asthmatics among lower income Lynn residents, especially children.
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Healthy Lawns for Healthy Families
A Regional Project of the Westford Water Department, 2005-2007. The Westford Water Department distributed materials about safer methods for lawn care to neighboring towns. The goal was to raise awareness of the link between pesticide use reduction and protecting water resources and human health.
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Healthy Living: Reducing the Use of Toxics
Project leaders of Groundwork Lawrence educated their community on toxics found in household cleaners and personal care products.
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Helping Small Businesses Implement Toxics Use Reduction Techniques
Helping small businesses implement toxics use reduction techniques: dry cleaners, auto shops, and floor finishers assisted in creating safer and healthier work places
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 19, Issue 5, March 2011, Pages 408-413
Joy Onasch, Paul Shoemaker, Hoa Mai Nguyen, Cora Roelofs
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Hexavalent Chromium Draft Guidance
Guidance for reporting hexavalent chromium compounds under the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA), effective January 1, 2012.
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Hexavalent Chromium Policy Analysis
The Toxics Use Reduction Institute recommends that hexavalent chromium compounds be separated
from the larger Chromium Compounds category, and that hexavalent chromium compounds be
designated as a Higher Hazard Substance. This Policy Analysis presents the factors the Institute has
taken into account in developing this recommendation.
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Hexavalent Chromium: Use, Toxicology and Restriction
Chemical description of chromium and in particular its highly toxic hexavalent form, Cr+6. For Cr(+6), the industrial uses, toxicological responses, regulation, and alternative systems are summarized. Presented by Todd MacFadden of TURI.
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High Efficiency Motor Fact Sheet
Texas Instruments energy efficiency case study
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High Vacuum Vapor Degreasers
Texas Instruments energy efficiency case study
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Higher Hazard Substances Under the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act: Lessons From the First Four Years
New Solutions, v.21 no. 3, 2011. Massey, Rachel I.; Tenney, Heather; Harriman, Elizabeth.
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Homes
Toxic chemicals can be found in cleaning products, weed and rodent killers, plastic baby toys, dry cleaned clothes and even personal care products.
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Household Alternatives for Reducing Toxic Products in Your Home
Alternative cleaner recipes for every room in the house.
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Household Products Project
Healthy Kids: A Project of Family Service Inc., (Lawrence), 2002
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How Developing Nations Can Protect Children From Hazardous Chemical Exposures While Sustaining Economic Growth
Article published in December 2011 in the journal Health Affairs
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How to reduce your exposure to nPB
Information for workers on n-propyl bromide
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