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Greenlist(tm) Bulletin 12/03/04

Greenlist(tm) Bulletin 12/3/04

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:

1. Focusing on Fine Particles: EPA Assembles Science on Particulates as Prologue to Possible Tighter Regulation, September 2004
2. Get Particular: Micronization and Super-Abrasive Cleaning, October 2004
3. Industry, Greenpeace Agree on REACH, October 2004
4. 'Greener' Manufacturing of Tire Rubber, October 2004
5. Indoor/Outdoor Cable Line Includes Riser-Rated Cables, November 2004
6. Solvents for Ultrasonic Cleaning, September 2004
7. Environmental Charters: Wisconsin Recaptures Its Progressive Environmental Traditions, Autumn 2004
8. Sarbanes-Oxley: Pain or Gain?, November 2004
9. Listing Occupational Carcinogens, November 2004
10. Science-Based Strategy for Chemicals Control, April-September 2004

1. TITLE Focusing on Fine Particles: EPA Assembles Science on Particulates as Prologue to Possible Tighter Regulation
AUTHOR Hogue, Cheryl
SOURCE Chemical & Engineering News, September 27, 2004, vol. 82, no. 39, pp. 19-20
ABSTRACT A new collection of scientific data on health effects linked to exposure to fine particulates is setting the stage for a major policy debate on air pollution. This government compendium of research findings from the past five years is an overture to possibly tougher regulations for air emissions.

2. TITLE Get Particular: Micronization and Super-Abrasive Cleaning
AUTHOR Abramshe, Ron
SOURCE Clean Tech, October 2004, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 24-27
ABSTRACT This article will inform engineers, designers, production managers and purchasing professionals of the processes used to manufacture the materials used in their respective applications. These applications include but are not limited to: 1) Micron diamond used in slicing and dicing wheels for silicon wafer production; 2) Sub-micron diamond used in the lapping and polishing of GMR read-write heads in computer hard drives; 3) Micron and sub-micron diamond used in polishing laser and LED cap; 4) Calcium bi-fluoride crystals for detectors; and, 5) Micron-sub-micron diamond used in polishing aluminum oxide and zirconium oxide hip replacement joints and dental prosthesis.

3. TITLE Industry, Greenpeace Agree on REACH
SOURCE Chemical Week, October 27, 2004, vol. 166, no. 35, p. 7
ABSTRACT U.K. employers' association the Confederation of British Industry; the Chemical Industry Association; and Greenpeace say they have reached agreement on how the authorization of chemicals under the European Commission's Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) program should be implemented. The parties have agreed that, "wherever and whenever practicable", substances of very high concern should be replaced with less hazardous alternatives. The three groups say they are pressing the commission to make the REACH authorization process effective, but flexible in phasing out substances of high concern.

4. TITLE 'Greener' Manufacturing of Tire Rubber
AUTHOR Scott, Alex
SOURCE Chemical Week, October 27, 2004, vol. 166, no. 35, p. 27
ABSTRACT Researchers from Milan Polytechnic say they are working with tire makers including Pirelli and Bridgestone to develop a continuous "green" manufacturing route for the production of rubber compounds, and would generate "significant savings" at commercial scale, says Attilio Citterio, a professor of materials and chemistry at Milan.

5. TITLE Indoor/Outdoor Cable Line Includes Riser-Rated Cables
SOURCE Wire Journal International, November 2004, vol. 37, no. 11, p. 79
ABSTRACT Draka Comteq USA reports that it has expanded its product lines of indoor/outdoor cables to include a riser-rated (OFNR) cable type with the improved flammability and safety performance of low-smoke, zero halogen (LSZH). These cables have a loose-tube construction comprised of gel-filled tubes for up to 36 fibers (singlemode or multimode), making it ideal for outdoor backbones and extreme temperatures, the release said.

6. TITLE Solvents for Ultrasonic Cleaning
AUTHOR Niemczewski, Bogdan
SOURCE Plating & Surface Finishing, September 2004, vol. 91, no. 9, pp. 44-47, 52
ABSTRACT The withdrawal of freons from ultrasonic cleaning in industry imposed by the Montreal Protocol and limitations for using chlorinated solvents, though not included in the Protocol but harmful to human health, have led to greater than expected difficulties in finding effective solvents. A substantial problem exists because all non-halogenated solvents are inflammable and thus are more or less fire hazardous. Presented here are the results of testing four high flash point solvents as to their applicability in ultrasonic cleaning. Three of them have acoustic properties sufficient for use in ultrasonic cleaning, but the fourth one proved to be unacceptable. Solvents tested were NMP (N D Methylpyrrolidone), Carbitol (Diethylene Glycol Monoethyl Ether), Methyl Carbitol (Diethylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether), and a proprietary hydrocarbon mixture.

7. TITLE Environmental Charters: Wisconsin Recaptures Its Progressive Environmental Traditions
AUTHOR Eggert, Thomas L.
SOURCE Environmental Quality Management, Autumn 2004, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1-15
ABSTRACT There has been a lot of talk about the next generation of environmental protection efforts. Up until now, in fact, talk has been much more common that on-the-ground efforts to actually approach environmental protection from an entirely new direction. Wisconsin set out to change this situation and worked for several years with a broad group of progressive thinkers. The effort culminated in the passage, and signature into law, of Act 276, otherwise known as the Green Tier legislation. This law pays homage to the traditional approach of protecting the environment, but also establishes sweeping new and unprecedented instruments that embrace the concept of sustainability.

8. TITLE Sarbanes-Oxley: Pain or Gain?
AUTHOR Cobb, Charles G.
SOURCE Quality Progress, Vol. 37, No. 11, November, 2004, pp. 48-52
ABSTRACT This article includes: 1) Meeting the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements can be painful. 2) It can also be an opportunity for a company to tighten its management practices and improve its business. 3) Use systems thinking and enterprise level process mapping to design controls into your financial management and reporting processes.

9. TITLE Listing Occupational Carcinogens
AUTHOR Siemiatycki, Jack; Richardson, Lesley; Straif, Kurt; Latreille, Benoit; Lakani, Ramzan; Campbell, Sally; Rousseau, Marie-Claude; Boffetta, Paolo
SOURCE Environmental Health Perspectives, November 2004, vol. 112, no. 15, pp. 1447-1459
ABSTRACT The occupational environment has been a most fruitful one for investigating the etiology of human cancer. Many recognized human carcinogens are occupational carcinogens. There is a large volume of epidemiologic and experimental data concerning cancer risks in different work environments. It is important to synthesize this information for both scientific and public health purposes. Various organizations and individuals have published lists of occupational carcinogens. However, such lists have been limited by unclear criteria for which recognized carcinogens should be considered occupational carcinogens, and by inconsistent and incomplete information on the occupations and industries in which the carcinogenic substances may be found and on their target sites of cancer. Based largely on the evaluations published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and augmented with additional information, the present article represents an attempt to summarize, in tabular form, current knowledge on occupational carcinogens, the occupations and industries in which they are found, and their target organs. We have considered 28 agents as definite occupational carcinogens, 27 agents as probable occupational carcinogens, and 113 agents as possible occupational carcinogens. These tables should be useful for regulatory or preventive purposes and for scientific purposes in research priority setting and in understanding carcinogenesis.

10. TITLE Science-Based Strategy for Chemicals Control
AUTHOR Hansson, Sven Ove; Ruden, Christina
SOURCE Industry and Environment, April - September 2004, vol. 27, no. 2-3, 2004, pp. 12-18
ABSTRACT A number of suggestions are made in this article for amending the data requirements of the proposed European chemicals control system REACH. These data requirements are shown to be insufficient for applying current criteria to classify substances according to their adverse effects. Use of production volume as a priority-setting criterion for data acquisition is questioned. Three alternative priority-setting mechanisms are proposed: chemical properties of the substance; results from lower tier testing; and incentives for voluntary testing. A new classification category ("insufficiently investigated") is also proposed. Substances in this category would be identified with a warning label.

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