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Lightolier. 1997.

Lightolier has eliminated the use of approximately 1.25 million pounds of Trichloroethylene at their Fall River, Massachusetts plant. The company found less toxic alternatives and modified their production process, which eliminated more than 4 million pounds of air emissions, with savings of more than $2 million. Read More >>

Local Case: Perchloroethylene in Dry Cleaning. 2006.

Perc was introduced as a drycleaning solvent in the late 1930s. It first replaced other synthetic solvents, and then gradually replaced petroleum derived solvents until it became the dominant solvent in the early 1960s. Perc was effective, reusable, noncorrosive, inexpensive, nonflammable and less toxic than existing alternatives. After regulat ... Read More >>

Look Park Transitions to a Pesticide-Free Land Care Management Strategy

Team members of Look Memorial Park transitioned 35,000 square feet of lawn to organic management and educated the public on the importance of organic lawncare. Read More >>

Lowell-area Autobody Shops to Use Grants

Nov. 9, 2012, Lowell Sun, article about TURI working with auto repair and body shops in Lowell and some other Bay State cities to reduce use of harmful chemicals with an $82K grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. Read More >>

M/A-COM Report - RoHS Compliance, 2006

Making Progress Toward Sustainable Societies in the Context of Global Climate Change

Presentation by Dr. Donald Huisingh, senior scientist at The Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment at the University of Tennessee, and Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier’s Journal of Cleaner Production, on his perspective of attaining sustainable societies with an emphasis on ten increasingly important issues affecting sustainability, a C ... Read More >>

Making the World a Safer Place to Live and Work

April 2012, Executive Housekeeping Today, cover story featuring Jason Marshall and Heidi Wilcox of the TURI Lab on the cover. Read More >>

Marblehead Organic Lawn and Garden Demonstration Project

A Project of the Marblehead Pesticide Awareness Committee, 1999-2000 Read More >>

March 13, 2012

Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction: Celebrating 20 Years

This 7-minute video highlights the environmental accomplishments of Massachusetts companies. It gives voice to these leaders in specific and compelling case stories. Read More >>

Master list of asthma-related chemicals

Excel spreadsheet providing information on chemicals linked to asthma Read More >>

Measuring Progress in Toxics Use Reduction and Pollution Prevention. 1996.

TURI Technical Report No. 30. Under the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA) industrial facilities have been reporting on their use of toxic chemicals and generation of hazardous byproduct (wastes) since 1990. This study was designed to develop and test a methodology for measuring toxics use reduction (TUR) progress in the Commonwea ... Read More >>

Meeting Minutes

Metal Finishing

Trends, challenges and TUR in metal finishing operations Read More >>

Metal Products and Machinery (MP&M) Effluent Guidelines Public Meeting - Chicago, IL

Public meeting of the EPA on the MP&M Effluent Guidelines, regulations established by the EPA in 1995 to control effluents in the metals industry by 1) Reducing Metals in POTW Sludge, 2) Incorporating Pollution Prevention, 3) Developing Implementable Rule, 4) Fulfilling Requirements of the Clean Water Act, and 4) Satisfying NRDC Consent Decree ... Read More >>

Methods and Policy Report - 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. The alternatives evaluated include: Professional Wet Cleaning, Liquid Carbon Dioxide, High Flash Hydrocarbons, Acetal, Propylene Glycol Ethers, Cyclic Volatile Met ... Read More >>

Methylene Diphenyl Isocyanate (MDI)

Methylene Diphenyl Isocyanate (MDI) Fact Sheet

Methylene Diphenyl Isocyanate (MDI) is a poison when inhaled. At room temperature MDI is a solid, but it is sold and used in molten form. Workplaces are the primary source of exposure to MDI, which is an intermediary chemical in the manufacture of polyurethanes. In Massachusetts MDI use is on the rise due to a single facility, which used over 1 ... Read More >>

MGL c.21I -- TURA, the law

Chapter 21I of the Massachusetts General Laws: the Toxics Use Reduction Act of 1989. Read More >>

Model Facility and Program

Model Cosmetology Training Facility and Program: A Project of the Lower Pioneer Valley Education Collaborative Read More >>

Models for industry/government: collaboration on pollution prevention. 1993.

TURI Methods and Policy Report No. 3. Pollution prevention is often described as a collaborative or cooperative process, linking industry and government in a common search for environmentally sound production. While the concept is often lauded, there is no single or simple model for effecting such collaboration. Instead, a wide array of new mod ... Read More >>