Greenlist Bulletin Archives: 2007 Issues
Greenlist 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. Waste couture: environmental impact of the clothing industry
2. Canada, Mexico, U.S. sign chemical testing pact
3. Stakeholder engagement: a good practice handbook for companies doing business in emerging markets
4. New solution in lice war
5. Flame-retardant materials with more nanotechnology and less toxic chemicals
6. Man-made chemicals blamed as many more girls than boys are born in Arctic
7. Investigative report: U.S. ships unsafe products
8. Multiphase latex leads the way in low- to zero-VOC
9. Data track the expansion of international and U.S. organic farming
10. Feud over 'organic' dry-cleaning claim
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1. Environment-friendly polymeric binders
2. The multitude and diversity of environmental carcinogens
3. A forced convection platform with a solder fountain showed a dramatic impact on copper dissolution
4. Nano particles without macroproblems
5. Concern rises over effects of parabens
6. GreenFaith: Stewardship. Resources for Toxics Reduction [website]
7. Detergents, eye rinses and other products with an on-off switch
8. Integrating ecodesign by conducting changes in SMEs
9. Ending toxic dependency: the state of IPM
10. Oakland sued over ban on plastic bags
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1. Helping the carbon nanotube industry avoid mega-mistakes of the past
2. Energy efficiency in buildings: business realities and opportunities. Summary report
3. European chemical policy and the United States: the impacts of REACH
4. Beyond batteries: storing power in a sheet of paper
5. As China roars, pollution reaches deadly extremes
6. Sustainability: balancing opportunity and risk in the consumer products industry
7. Health impacts of estrogens in the environment, considering complex mixture effects
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1. SRMs track fire retardants in humans and environment
2. Hazard assessment for nanoparticles: report from an interdisciplinary workshop
3. Environmental technologies: good practice, innovation, research and development
4. Monadnock releases new sustainable print design guide
5. A new classification system for the actions of IRS chemicals traditionally used for malaria control
6. Halogen-free cable debuts on 2007 Toyota Tundra
7. High-solids alkyd strategy
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1. Plain soap as effective as antibacterial but without the risk
2. Cost of green revisited: reexamining the feasibility and cost impact of sustainable design in the light of increased market adoption
3. Chemical facility security: regulation and issues for Congress
4. Printed electronics: ink on the brink
5. Elevated PBDE levels in pet cats: sentinels for humans?
6. Global water tool
7. Where does the nano go? End-of-life regulation of nanotechnologies
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1. Regulations and market trends in lead-free and halogen-free electronics
2. Children's environmental health world wide web resource sampler
3. Potato chip flavoring boosts longevity of concrete
4. Toxicity testing without animals
5. Democratic technologies? The final report of the Nanotechnology Engagement Group (NEG)
6. Nano-boric acid makes motor oil more slippery
7. Act for resource recycling of electrical and electronic equipment and vehicles: English translation [Korea RoHS]
8. Xerox launches line of 'green paper'
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1. Nanotechnology: a report of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Nanotechnology Task Force
2. Study reveals the dangers of printer pollution
3. Soy products guide
4. Risk communication in the internet age: the rise of disorganized skepticism
5. Mattel recall of Chinese toys will cost $30 million
6. UMass Lowell helps tech firms get the lead out
7. Enviro-Health Links -- Keeping the artist safe: hazards of arts and crafts materials.
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1. 30 easy ways to save energy
2. Sunrise Radio Podcasts: Interview with Sally Edwards
3. Nanotechnology: from the science to the social
4. The environmental benefits of the purchase or sale of EPEAT registered products in 2006
5. Modeling combined effects of pulsed exposure to carbaryl and chlorpyrifos on Gammarus Pulex
6. Portable chemical sterilizer for surgical instruments
7. High hopes, low marks: a final report card on the High Production Volume Chemical Challenge
8. Commission decision of 21 June 2007 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to soaps, shampoos and hair conditioners
9. The toxic origins of disease
10. Using buildings to green your triple bottom line
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1. The greening of Wal-Mart’s supply chain
2. Persistent organic pollutants: more chemicals may have to be flagged as risky
3. Sun Chemical develops alternatives to solvent flexo printing
4. Environmental contamination: Department of Defense activities related to trichloroethylene, perchlorate, and other emerging contaminants
5. Premature births may be linked to seasonal levels of pesticides and nitrates in surface water
6. Evidence of recycling of lead battery waste into highly leaded jewelry
7. Reduced quantum dot toxicity through ‘jelly dots’
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1. The role of nanotechnology in chemical substitution
2. Italian Navy adopts MARPOL
3. An assessment of heavy metals in packaging: screening results using a portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer
4. The CEO water mandate: an initiative by business leaders in partnership with the international community
5. Soybean protein-based foamed plywood glue
6. Leachability of printed wire boards containing leaded and lead-free solder
7. Green Maven: Search the Green Web
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1. Risk assessment of topically applied products
2. Fuel for your body -- and car
3. Ten guidelines for energy efficient data center design
4. Barnacle-busting paint makes ships' voyages greener
5. Message in a bottle
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1. Consolidating servers to reduce power consumption
2. eChemPortal, the global portal to information on chemical substances has been launched
3. Doing away with coolant disposal
4. Thomas Tank Engine toy recall angers parents
5. Biofuels: DOE Lacks a Strategic Approach to Coordinate Increasing Production with Infrastructure Development and Vehicle Needs
6. Carbon nanotubes from camphor: an environment-friendly nanotechnology
7. Report calls for new directions, innovative approaches in testing chemicals for toxicity to humans
8. Surface preparation methods make it easier to be green
9. The relationship between early childhood blood lead levels and performance on end of grade tests
10. Overview of the June 2007 draft list of chemicals for the initial Tier 1 screening
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