TURI in the News
Mass. Toxics Reduction Institute Loses Funding, Greener Design |
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Mass. Toxics Reduction Institute Loses Funding
By GreenerDesign Staff
Published July 8, 2009 URL: http://www.greenerdesign.com/news/2009/07/08/mass-toxics-reduction-institute-loses-funding |
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Medford dry cleaner cuts out a chemical |
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(Boston Globe, Dec. 11, 2009) The owner of Best Neighborhood Drycleaner switched to wet cleaning with the help of a grant from TURI. URL: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/medford/2009/12/medford_dry_cleaner_cuts_out_a.html |
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It Was Twenty Years Ago Today |
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(Op-ed by MASSPIRG, Metro International)
"With apologies to the Beatles, it was actually twenty years ago this month, in July of 1989, when Massachusetts' landmark Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA) was passed into law and signed by Governor Michael Dukakis. After the disastrous Love Canal episode in upstate New York in the late 1970's, where thousands lost their homes and health as a result of the wanton use and disposal of toxics by a company called Hooker Chemical, a major national effort began to identify and clean up toxic waste and to reduce the use of toxic chemicals. ..." URL: http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/07/10/03/0336-72/index.xml |
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When Haste Makes Toxic Waste, Boston Globe |
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(Op-ed by Ken Geiser and Joel Tickner, The Boston Globe, July 14, 2009)
"The same week that US Representative Edward Markey of Massachusetts hailed House passage of the most sweeping environmental legislation since the 1970s, the Commonwealth cut one of the most effective state environmental laws in the country by virtually eliminating the Toxics Use Reduction Institute at UMass-Lowell. ..." URL: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/07/14/when_haste_makes_toxic_waste/ |
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Broken promise in toxic times, Boston Globe |
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(Editorial, The Boston Globe, August 7, 2009) "Layoff notices went out recently to employees at the state's Toxics Use Reduction Institute at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. They are among many victims of the state's fiscal meltdown, but at a time when recycling workers in New Bedford are
stricken by noxious fumes - to cite just one crisis involving chemicals - the state should
think twice before lowering its guard against toxic industrial materials. ..."
URL: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2009/08/07/broken_promise_in_toxic_times/ |
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Upcoming Boston Lead-Free Conference |
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May 24th article in Surface Mount Technology magazine, Greg Morose of TURI is the keynote speaker at SMTA's "Successful Lead-free/RoHS Strategies" conference, June 20–21 in Boxborough, Mass. URL: http://smt.pennnet.com/display_article/293601/35/ARTCL/none/HMST/Upcoming-Boston-Lead-free-Conference/&reason=0 |
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Lawns Get Greener Without Chemicals |
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7/9/08--UML ENews article about the University's organic lawn care program that includes quotes from Joy Onasch, TURI Community Program Manager. URL: http://www.uml.edu/Media/eNews/Organic_lawn_care.html |
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'Green' light' city company recognized for helping environment |
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6/11/09 Herald News, Lightolier of Fall River was recognized as a Champion of Toxics Use Reduction at a June 2009 State House ceremony URL: http://www.heraldnews.com/business/x313680023/Green-light |
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Agency focused on cutting toxics loses funding, Boston Globe |
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(Article, The Boston Globe, July 1, 2009), about the TURI budget cut.
URL: http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/07/01/mass_agency_focused_on_cutting_toxic_use_loses_funding/ |
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Twenty Years of Reducing Toxics Celebrated |
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(UMass Lowell E-News article), November 2009, article about the Toxics Use Reduction Act 20th anniversary symposium. URL: http://www.uml.edu/Media/eNews/TURI_Symposium.html |
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Pb-free PTH Rework on a Thick, Heavy Assembly |
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August 2007 Cover Story in Circuits Assembly magazine about the New England Lead Free Consortium's rework on lead-free boards with minimal copper dissolution. URL: http://circuitsassembly.com/cms/content/view/5201/95/ |
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In the News: Online Database Is Nation's Most Comprehensive |
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TURI holds the nation's most comprehensive pollution prevention data set available online, according to an article published in the September issue of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) News. The database is available at http://turadata.turi.org. URL: http://www.uml.edu/Media/eNews/TURI_Database.html |
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