Greenlist(tm) Bulletin 05/13/05
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Titles here, abstracts below them:- New Zealand: Green Haven for Biotech? February 2005
- ToxRAP Makes the Connection, April 2005
- Making progress Toward Sustainability by Using Cleaner Production Technologies, Improved Design and Economically Sound Operation of Production Facilities, April 2005
- Recycled Content: What Is It and What Is It Worth? February 2005
- A Cool Technology, April 2005
- Fujitsu, Toray develop PLA notebook housing, March 2005
- Novel Kaolin Pigment for High Solids Ink Jet Coating, April 2005
- Armored Fiber Optic Cable Line Introduced. April 2005
- Variation in Organophosphorus Pesticide Metabolites in Urine of Children Living in Agricultural Communities, April 2005
- Pesticide Groups Battle Over Lawn Care Products, April 2005
1. TITLE New Zealand: Green Haven for Biotech?
AUTHOR Herrara, Stephan
SOURCE Technology Review (MIT), vol. 108, number 2, February 2005,pp. 28-30
ABSTRACT The island nation may have found a way to calm both sides in the debate over genetically modified organisms.
2. TITLE ToxRAP Makes the Connection
AUTHOR Tillett, Tanya
SOURCE Environmental Health Perspectives, April 2005, vol. 113, no. 4, p. A236
ABSTRACT ToxRAP is an interactive curriculum for grades kindergarten through 9. ToxRAP was designed to help students understand how elements of the environment around them affect their health. The lessons were developed by the Community Outreach and Education Program (COEP) of the NIEHS Center of Excellence located at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute,jointly sponsored by Rutgers and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The core of the curriculum design is the ToxRAP Framework, which structures each lesson in a way that enables students to learn concepts central to the areas of toxicology, environmental health, risk assessment, and risk management. Under the framework, students identify a health problem, investigate the problem, reach a conclusion about what's causing the problem,then figure out how to control the hazard.
3. TITLE Making progress Toward Sustainability by Using Cleaner Production Technologies, Improved Design and Economically Sound Operation of Production Facilities
AUTHOR Klemes, Jiri and Huisingh, Don
SOURCE Journal of Cleaner Production, April 2005, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 451-454
ABSTRACT For this special issue of the Journal of Cleaner Production, nine documents representing various aspects of Cleaner Production-related inputs are included. The papers are published in three thematic groups. The first one deals with the general aspects of sustainability theory, integrated management of resources and decision-making. The second group focuses upon improved efficiency of water use and upon wastewater minimization. The third group includes CP illustrations from within industries such as sugar, pulp and paper, oil refining and petrochemicals.
4. TITLE Recycled Content: What Is It and What Is It Worth?
AUTHOR Malin, Nadav
SOURCE Environmental Building News, February 2005, vol. 14, no. 2,pp. 1, 9-10, 12-15
ABSTRACT Recycled content is the most widely cited attribute of green building products. Numerous federal, state, and local government agencies have "buy recycled" programs aimed at increasing markets for recycled materials – these programs typically have an explicit goal of supporting recycling programs to reduce solid-waste disposal. A handful of programs claim to target environmentally preferable purchasing in a broader since, yet in practice they focus almost exclusively on recycled content because that attribute is ostensibly easy to define and measure. But even this relatively quantifiable attribute can be tricky to document, and its presumed environmental benefits have rarely been tested.
5. TITLE A Cool Technology
SOURCE Product Finishing, Vol. 69, No. 7, April 2005 pp. 54-56
ABSTRACT Cryogenic technology offers a clean, efficient approach to deburring and deflashing of metal and plastic parts.
6. TITLE Fujitsu, Toray develop PLA notebook housing
SOURCE Modern Plastics Worldwide, v82 n3, March 2005, p11
ABSTRACT Fujitsu and Toray Industries have developed what they say is the world's first notebook PC plastic housing made of plant-derived plastic. Fujitsu's 2005 spring model FMV-BIBLIO NB80K notebook PC employs biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA) in its housing.
7. TITLE Novel Kaolin Pigment for High Solids Ink Jet Coating
AUTHOR Malla, Prakash B.and Devisetti, Siva
SOURCE Pulp & Paper, April 2005, vol. 79, no. 4, pp. 49-54
ABSTRACT An aggregated high surface area kaolin pigment for matte grade ink jet coating has been developed. It can be dispersed at high solids with good viscosity.
8. TITLE Armored Fiber Optic Cable Line Introduced
SOURCE Wire Journal International, April 2005, vol. 38, no. 4, p. 131
ABSTRACT U.S.-based Mohawk, a division of Belden CDT, has introduced the ArmorLite family of fiber optic cables, which it notes is manufactured with interlocked armor to provide enhanced cable protection. ArmorLite is available with either aluminum or more heavy-duty steel interlocking over either tight-buffered or loose-tube constructions. Armoring provides excellent mechanical protection and is both durable, yet flexible. The cables have lead-free jacketing and meet stringent industry flame-resistant testing and are rated Type OFCP or Type OFCR.
9. TITLE Variation in Organophosphorus Pesticide Metabolites in Urine of Children Living in Agricultural Communities
AUTHOR Lambert, William E.; Lasarev, Michael; Muniz, Juan; Scherer, Jennifer; Rothlein, Joan; Santana, Juanita; McCauley, Linda
SOURCE Environmental Health Perspectives, April 2005, vol. 113, no. 4,pp. 504-508
ABSTRACT Children of migrant farmworkers are at increased risk of exposure to organophosphate pesticides because of "carry-home" transport processes and residential location. Although this at-risk status is generally recognized, few available reports describe the extent of this exposure among agricultural communities. We quantified dialkyl phosphate (DAP) levels in serial samples of urine from 176 children, 2-6 years of age, in three Oregon communities hosting differing agricultural industries: pears, cherries, and fruit berries. Up to three spot samples of urine were collected from children at the beginning, mid-point, and end of their parents' work seasons. The median levels of dimethylthiophosphate (DMTP), the most commonly detected metabolite, was significantly higher in urine samples from children in each of the three agricultural communities relative to a reference group of children who lived in an urban community and whose parents did not work in agriculture. After controlling for age, sex and weight, the median level of DMTP in children in the pear community was 1.92 times higher than the level in children of the berry community and 1.75 times higher than the level in children of the cherry community. We observed increasing levels of DMTP across the work season only within the berry community. Levels decreased in the cherry community and remained constant in the pear community. Substantial temporal variation within the children followed demonstrates the need for multiple urine samples to most accurately characterize longer term and/or cumulative exposure. The observed variability in urinary DAP levels, between communities and over time, could be attributed to the types and amounts of organophosphate pesticides used, the timing of applications and degradation of residues in the environment, work operations and hygiene practices, the proximity of housing to orchards and fields, or the movement of these working families.
10. TITLE Pesticide Groups Battle Over Lawn Care Products
AUTHOR Sissell, Kara
SOURCE Chemical Week, April 27, 2005, vol. 167, no. 14, p. 13
ABSTRACT The spring lawn care season has brought renewed tension between pesticide industry advocates and environmental groups that have stepped up their fight over pesticide safety through advertising campaigns targeting homeowners, home improvement retailers, and landscapers. Pesticide manufacturers have created Project Evergreen, and environmental group Beyond Pesticides has countered that move by launching the National Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns. Project Evergreen says that Beyond Pesticides is using scare tactics to frighten consumers and that pesticides are among the most highly regulated consumer products in the world. Beyond Pesticides counters that the pesticide industry has been losing credibility due to several scientific, peer-reviewed studies investigating the health effects from pesticide product formulations - which people are more likely to be exposed to - rather than simply doing risk assessments for individual chemicals, which is what EPA evaluates. Those studies are providing mounting evidence showing that health problems caused by exposure to product formulations are more serious than those caused by individual chemicals.
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