Greenlist(tm) Bulletin 02/18/05
Greenlist(tm) Bulletin 02/18/05
This is the weekly bulletin of the TURI Library, reporting a selection of recently published titles we have acquired. Our pledge is to keep the bulletin relevant to your work and brief -- no more than 10 titles. (usually)
Titles here, abstracts below them:- How Small Firms Innovate Sustainably, November/December 2004
- Chlorine Rail Car Crash Renews Rail and Homeland Security Concerns, January 2005
- ASTDR Posts Study on Metals and Chlorpyrifos Exposure, January 2005
- Electrically Conductive Adhesive Solders, January 2005
- Plastic Pipe: Corrosion Resistance, Ease of Installation Stimulate Demand for Plastic Pipe, January 2005
- BuildingGreen Announces 2004 Top-10 Products, December 2004
- Next-Generation DVD to Boost Gallium Demand, January 2005
- Mercury Rising: Is Global Action Needed to Protect Human Health and the Environment?, January/February 2005
- Cleaner Production in the Indian Dye and Dye Intermediate Industry: A Successful Preventive Environmental Management Strategy for Waste Minimization and Resource Conservation, April-September 2004
- Roe, Interrupted: Estrogen Exposure Impairs Fish Fertility, December 2004
1. TITLE How Small Firms Innovate Sustainably
AUTHOR Nelson, Kris
SOURCE In Business, Vol. 26, No. 6, November/December 2004, pp. 24-26
ABSTRACT Here's advice on using best practices and resources that pay off, build brand equity and make results more profitable.
2. TITLE Chlorine Rail Car Crash Renews Rail and Homeland Security Concerns
AUTHOR Sissell, Kara; Seewald, Nancy
SOURCE Chemical Week, January 19, 2005, vol. 167, no. 2, p. 9
ABSTRACT
The recent Norfolk Southern rail car crash near Graniteville, SC has
given added emphasis to concerns about security and rail transportation
service, two of the chemical industry's top priorities. The January 14
accident at Aiken, SC, which killed nine and caused the evacuation of
more than 5,000 people, is the deadliest train wreck involving
hazardous materials in more than 20 years.
3. TITLE ASTDR Posts Study on Metals and Chlorpyrifos Exposure
AUTHOR Sissell, Kara
SOURCE Chemical Week, January 19, 2005, vol. 167, no. 2, p. 41
ABSTRACT
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has posted a study
on its web site that examines the potential health effects on children
of lead, mercury, and methylmercury when combined with chlorpyrifos.
ASTDR says it chose that combination because of the likelihood of
exposure to the mixture and because of suspected neurological health
effects. "The primary effect of concern for this mixture is
neurological, and the sub-population of concern is children," the
report says. "Neurological effects are the critical effects for
chlorpyrifos, lead, and methylmercury, and children are know (for lead
and methylmercury) or predicted on the basis of animal studies (for
chlorpyrifos) to be more sensitive than adults," it says. ASTDR is the
agency responsible for examining the health risks posed by Superfund
sites. Public comments are due by March 31.
4. TITLE Electrically Conductive Adhesive Solders
SOURCE Plastics Engineering, January 2005, vol. 61, no. 1, p. 8
ABSTRACT
Syon electrically conductive adhesive solders from Devcon can be used
to form conductive paths in applications in which hot soldering would
be ineffective or impractical. These epoxy and expoxide formulations
mix and pour easily, fill voids completely, and cure with minimal air
entrapment. Additionally, they provide exceptional environmental and
impact resistance, note the company.
5. TITLE Plastic Pipe: Corrosion Resistance, Ease of Installation Stimulate Demand for Plastic Pipe
AUTHOR Stewart, Richard
SOURCE Plastics Engineering, January 2005, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 14-22
ABSTRACT
Plastics have been used in the manufacture of pipe for decades,
offering significant advantages over traditional piping materials such
as cast and ductile iron, steel, and concrete. Extruded pipe is less
expensive to transport, handle, install, and maintain than non-plastic
pipe. Excellent durability, integrity of joints, and resistance to
corrosion and chemicals give these products a longer expected service
life - 100 years of more - than pipe made of other materials. The
rusting, pitting, and scaling that commonly lead to the failure of
metal pipeline systems are eliminated with the use of plastics pipe.
Thermoplastics most commonly used in pipe manufacture are polyvinyl
chloride (PVC), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP),
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), and polybutylene (PB). Stiffer
resin grades have expanded the market for PE. Over the last 40 years,
pipe manufactured from PE and PP materials has gained market share in
gas and water distribution, sewage systems, and plumbing and heating
applications.
6. TITLE BuildingGreen Announces 2004 Top-10 Products
SOURCE Environmental Building News, Vol. 13, No. 12, December, 2004, p. 15
ABSTRACT
Two of the Top-10 awards went to the following. 1)TimberSIL Nontoxic
Pressure-Treated Wood from Timber Treatment Technologies, LLC.
TimberSIL pressure-treated wood relies on a mineralization process
rather than toxins to prevent infestation and decay. Sodium silicate is
infused into the wood, followed by a heat-treatment process that forms
protective microscopic glass "crystals" throughout the wood. The
process provides a permanent, insoluble noncorrosive treatment that the
manufacturer guarantees for 40 years. 2) Ethos Carpet-Cushion Backing
from Tandus - C&A Floorcoverings. Ethos is made from nonchlorinated
polyvinyl butyral (PVB) safety-glass film collected when auto windows
and other safety-glass panes are recycled. Ethos is 96% post-consumer
recycled, resulting in carpet with a total recycled content of 40-62%.
Ethos can be specified for most C&A carpet products at no added
cost.
7. TITLE Next-Generation DVD to Boost Gallium Demand
AUTHOR Lerner, Ivan
SOURCE Chemical Market Reporter, January 17, 2005, volume 267, number 3, p. 15
ABSTRACT
With the future of home entertainment leaning toward the Blu-ray Disc
(BD) system, the market for specialty material gallium is projected to
grow. Unlike current DVDs, which use a red laser to read and write
data, BD uses a blue (or violet) laser. A blue laser has a shorter
wavelength than a red laser, which enables it to focus more precisely
and read the information recorded in the smaller pits on the BD.
8. TITLE Mercury Rising: Is Global Action Needed to Protect Human Health and the Environment?
AUTHOR Eckley Selin, Noelle
SOURCE Environment, January/February 2005, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 22-35
ABSTRACT
There has been growing international concern that mercury pollution has
become a global problem - and some have suggested that global action is
necessary to address it. This February, ministers and other government
representative from countries around the world will address the
question of mercury pollution for a second time, at a meeting of the
Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
At a previous meeting in 2003, the United States and a few other
countries actively lobbied against proposals for an international
convention on mercury. A global mercury program was established at that
meeting; the issue of a possible international convention will be
addressed again this February. How governments will answer this time
depends on a combination of scientific understanding and political
will. The problem of mercury in the environment involves numerous
aspects, ranging from its emissions and transport through the biosphere
all the way to its accumulation in and toxicity to living organisms.
Potential policy actions on mercury will build heavily upon the current
"state of the science" on mercury pollution - particularly its
potential for long-range transport - and on the threat posed to human
health and development. Future policies should also build upon the
numerous actions already taken to address mercury - domestically and
internationally - and should involve industrialized as well as
developing nations.
9. TITLE
Cleaner Production in the Indian Dye and Dye Intermediate Industry: A
Successful Preventive Environmental Management Strategy for Waste
Minimization and Resource Conservation
AUTHOR Gupta, P.K.; Kalathiyappan, S.
SOURCE Industry and Environment, April - September 2004, vol. 27, no. 2-3, 2004, pp. 43-46
ABSTRACT
Chemical manufacturing is one of India's oldest domestic industries.
This article focuses on the dye and dye intermediate sector. Many
companies in the sector are SMEs. In the last decade or so they have
experienced severe financial pressures at the same time as growing
demands to improve their environmental performance. End-of-pipe
treatment of waste and emissions has been promoted, but with only
limited success as it is cost-intensive (and changing the form of the
waste is not the same thing as eliminating it). Most of the limited
number of cleaner production initiatives undertaken in India thus far
have been demonstration projects. By implementing cleaner production
measures, participating companies have improved productivity, cutting
costs and reducing their pollution loads. The savings realized are
potentially many times the original investment.
10. TITLE Roe, Interrupted: Estrogen Exposure Impairs Fish Fertility
AUTHOR Spivey, Angela
SOURCE Environmental Health Perspectives, December 2004, vol. 112, no. 17, pp. A1010 - A1011
ABSTRACT
Major research efforts have shown that endocrine disruptors -
environmental chemicals that can interfere with the endocrine system -
may affect reproduction of wildlife and even humans. Studies in fish,
for example, have shown that endocrine disruptors can reduce sperm
count, induce both male and female gonadal tissue or intermediate
sexual characteristics in the same individual, and induce
female-specific proteins in males. But little evidence to date has
elucidated the effect of such changes on fertility. This month, Jon
Nash of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and colleagues
report that long-term exposure to low concentrations of a synthetic
estrogen may severely undermine the breeding success of wildlife
populations, chiefly by producing sexually compromised males who
disrupt breeding dynamics.
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