Greenlist Bulletin Archives: 2006 Issues
Greenlist(tm) Bulletin is a weekly online publication of the Toxics Use Reduction Institute Library at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, featuring abstracts of recent articles, books and Web sites related to pollution prevention, industrial production, sustainability, and toxics research.
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1. Induction of Asthma and the Environment: What We Know and Need to Know
2. Titania Nanotube Arrays Harness Solar Energy
3. Effects of a Complex Mixture of Therapeutic Drugs at Environmental Levels on Human Embryonic Cells
4. The Nanotechnology-Biology Interface: Exploring Models for Oversight
5. U.S. Organic Farm Sector Continues to Expand
6. Toxin-free Treated Wood
7. Greening the Tax Code
8. US Security Chief Hits "Safer" Technology
9. Index of Leading Environmental Indicators 2006: The Nature and Sources of Ecological Progress in the U.S. and the World
10. Lethal Risk to Birds From Insecticide Use in the United States -- A Spatial and Temporal Analysis
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1. Let There Be Light: Organic LEDs Use Fluorescence to Pump Up Efficiency
2. Safe Harbor: Protecting Ports with Shipboard Fuel Cells
3. Highly Reactive, Blocking Agent-Free Polyurethane Powder Coatings
4. Shaping the Future of Sustainable Finance: Moving from Paper Promises to Performance
5. Washington State Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) Chemical Action Plan: Final Plan
6. Evidence that Monochloramine Disinfectant Could Lead to Elevated Pb Levels in Drinking Water
7. Nanotech Consumer Product Recalled in Germany: Glass-treating spray containing nanoparticles has caused medical problems in many consumers
8. EPA Technical Study on the Safety of Emission Controls for Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines Below 50 Horsepower
9. Obstacles to and potentials of the societal implementation of sustainable development: a comparative analysis of two case studies
10. Yale Researchers Find Environmental Toxins Disruptive To Hearing In Mammals
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1. Nanotechnology: Risks and the Media
2. EPA Proposes Reporting Requirements for Fluoropolymers
3. PFOA: Sticky troubles for producers?
4. Allocating ecological footprints to final consumption categories with input–output analysis
5. Design for the Environment at Johnson & Johnson: A Product Design Process
6. A Robust Strategy for Sustainable Energy
7. A simple and "green" method for the synthesis of Au, Ag, and Au–Ag alloy nanoparticles
8. Sandia researchers develop low-density, environmentally friendly foam that may also be the answer to surf industry crisis
9. Oxide nanoparticle uptake in human lung fibroblasts: effects of particle size, agglomeration, and diffusion at low concentrations
10. Export Case Information: Lead-Free Electronics Industry
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1. A Community-based Initiative to Reduce Children’s Exposure to Toxics in Household Products
2. Green Chemistry in California: A Framework for Leadership in Chemicals Policy and Innovation
3. Hi-Tech Textiles Take Out Toxins
4. Bamboo in Construction: Is the Grass Always Greener?
5. A Guide to Biodiversity for the Private Sector: Why Biodiversity Matters and How It Creates Business Value
6. Green primaries: Environmentally friendly energetic complexes
7. Biodiesel Research: A Bibliography and Finding Aid
8. Harvard Six Cities Study Follow Up: Reducing Soot Particles Is Associated with Longer Lives
9. Cargill Starts Up Bio-Based Polyol Production for Flexible PU Foam
10. Options for Conservation Program Design
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1. Researchers Think Small to Find Safer Alloys
2. Pesticides in the Nation's Streams and Ground Water, 1992-2001: A Summary
3. Alliance Teams with IFMA to Move Sustainability Practices Forward
4. Increased Prevalence of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Near Superfund Toxic Waste Sites
5. An International Architecture for the Post-Kyoto Era
6. Integrated Assessment of Environment and Health: America’s Children and the Environment
7. Clean Energy Trends 2006
8. A New Method Using a Health Index (HI) to Screen Low Level Toxic Organic Substances in Consumer Products
9. Following the Green: Bioplastics in Europe
10. PAVE PAWS Epidemiology Study Reviewed by National Research Council; No Changes to Be Made to Previous Report
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1. Epigenetics: The Science of Change
2. OSHA Issues Final Standard on Hexavalent Chromium
3. Selected Science: An Industry Campaign to Undermine an OSHA Hexavalent Chromium Standard
4. New England Gained 164 Plants in 2005
5. A Two Step Chemo-biotechnological Conversion of Polystyrene to a Biodegradable Thermoplastic
6. Inside Asia’s Rice Revolution
7. DHS Is Taking Steps to Enhance Security at Chemical Facilities, but Additional Authority Is Needed
8. Putting Coal Ash Back Into Mines a Viable Option for Disposal, But Risks Must Be Addressed
9. Managing the Effects of Nanotechnology
10. Identifying the Opportunities in Alternative Energy
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1. New nano-canary in the nanotoxicology coalmine: the body itself
2. CRS Report for Congress: Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS): Fact Sheet on Three International Agreements
3. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland develops high-technology ecological paper
4. Human Breast Milk Contamination with Phthalates and Alterations of Endogenous Reproductive Hormones in Infants Three Months of Age
5. Environmental Credit Trading: Can Farming Benefit?
6. The Turtle and the hare: Beating the RoHS Deadline Anyway
7. Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin
8. Study Quantifies Personal Exposure to Air Pollution
9. Perfluorochemicals in Pooled Serum Samples from United States Residents in 2001 and 2002
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1. ACSH Petitions EPA to Change on Risk Assessments for Carcinogens
2. The Origin of Naturally Occurring Perchlorate: The Role of Atmospheric Processes
3. Printed Electronics Roll Off the Presses
4. UCLA Develops New Testing Method to Assess Safety, Health Risks of Nanomaterials
5. Tert-Butyl Acetate (TBAC): A Technical Overview and Regulatory Update on the Latest VOC-Exempt Solvent
6. Risk Assessment Studies on Targeted Consumer Applications of Certain Organotin Compounds
7. Bottled Water: Pouring Resources Down the Drain
8. Our Children at Risk
9. NatureWorks LLC Announces North American “Buy Back” Program for Post-Consumer Bottles Made from PLA
10. Managing Manure to Improve Air and Water Quality
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1. EPA Gets an Earful on Plan to Reduce Toxic Reporting
2. Meeting Expectations
3. A Bathroom That Cleans Itself
4. Existing Test Data May Be Usable Under Reach
5. Household exposure to pesticides and risk of childhood acute leukaemia
6. Made in China label puts products in the hot seat
7. Industry and Government Demand for Soy-Based Products Spurs Development
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1. Learning from the Solutia EMS Experience: Improving an Environmental Management System at the Solutia, Inc. Indian Orchard Plant in Springfield, Massachusetts
2. EU bends on detergents directive: Legislators consider the problems caused by stricter rules
3. Pesticides and Parkinson's Disease--Is There a Link?
4. The Sweet Smell of Nano-success: Cleaner Method Of Making Spices, Perfumes Moves One Step Closer To Reality
5. FloorScore IAQ Testing Program Launched
6. Market-Led Versus Government-Facilitated Growth: Development of the U.S. and EU Organic Agricultural Sectors
7. ‘Reverse’ tanning process could revolutionize leather industry
8. Organising Life-cycles in Supply Chains
9. State of the Evidence: What is the Connection Between the Environment and Breast Cancer?
10. Significant Residual Fluorinated Alcohols Present in Various Fluorinated Materials
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1. Brominated Flame Retardants: Rising Levels of Concern
2. Compounds in licorice root may help fight tooth decay
3. Occurrence of UV Filters 4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor and Octocrylene in Fish from Various Swiss Rivers with Inputs from Wastewater Treatment Plants
4. EPA Launches 2010/15 PFOA Stewardship Program
5. Preservatives in the spotlight: tighter regulations worldwide and growing consumer scrutiny have inspired manufacturers to develop alternative cosmetic preservatives
6. New VOC-Free Drawing Compound Effective for Heavy Draw Applications
7. 2005 Report on Socially Responsible Investing Trends in the United States: 10 Year Review
8. EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal
9. EU finalizes updated surfactant testing for home detergents
10. Blood Lead Concentrations in Children and Method of Water Fluoridation in the United States, 1988-1994
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1. Greening the Torino Winter Olympics: an EU Success Story
2. Component in Soy Products Causes Reproductive Problems in Laboratory Mice
3. UV-Curable Coatings for Textiles: Water Repellent Finishes
4. Resource-Conserving Agriculture Increases Yields in Developing Countries
5. Household and Personal Care: Awash in New Rules
6. LEED Certification and Documentation Process Upgrades
7. NJ Governor Signs Green Cleaning Executive Order
8. New Possibilities to Fight Pests with Biological Means
9. The Future of Technology Assessment
10. Nanochemistry and the Power of "Z" Give Printers an Edge
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