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. Michigan Department of Transportation using beets to de-ice roads
2. Frequently asked questions on REACH asked by industry
3. Report from the North Pole: 2007 Catalog Industry Environmental Scorecard
4. Nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones
5. Sears Holdings Adopts Policy Aimed at Reducing and Phasing Out the Use of Polyvinyl Chloride
6. Vinyl Institute to Launch Aggressive Safety/Benefits Campaign for Packagers
7. Selected resources for pollution prevention in the health care industry
8. State greenhouse gas emissions: comparison and analysis
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1. Green chemistry: industry accelerates new product rollout
2. A survey of environmental, health and safety risk management information needs and practices among nanotechnology firms in the Massachusetts region
3. MapEcos [website]
4. Waterborne carbon increases threat of environmental mercury
5. Literature review -- Flat panel displays: end of life management report
6. ATHENA(r) EcoCalculator for Assemblies
7. Small businesses take big steps into green practices
8. BioInitiative Report: a rationale for a biologically-based public exposure standard for electromagnetic fields (ELF and RF)
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1. Soy-toner making a splash in color printing
2. Driving on fumes: truck drivers face elevated health risks from diesel pollution
3. Center for Small Business and the Environment [website]
4. A small perk: SAC 305 produces 10 times fewer mid-chip solder balls than does SnPb
5. MSU researchers link low lead exposure to ADHD
6. ORNL super water repellent could cause big wave in market
7. Business-driven innovations towards more sustainable chemical products
8. Biodegradable PHB with nanoparticles resolves brittle problem
9. Clean finish: cleaning chemistry change provides multiple benefits
10. California OKs phthalates ban on children's products
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1. Greening buildings, one step at a time
2. MIT's 'electronic nose' could detect hazards
3. Cereplast boosts PLA performance with nanotechnology
4. The "six sins of greenwashing(tm)" : a study of environmental claims in North American consumer markets
5. New data on a widely used flame retardant
6. BSI to launch standards for nanotechnologies
7. Trouble in Toyland: the 22nd annual survey of toy safety
8. Massachusetts Chemical Fact Sheet : Lead
9. Real vs. fake: which tree is greener?
10. Comparing waterborne and solvent-borne paints for protecting steel in atmospheric exposures
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1. New standard for sustainable carpet announced
2. Basic training: a lean, mean supply chain machine
3. EWG Report: Summary -- Safety guide to children's personal care products
4. ABC: an introduction to environmentally sustainable IT
5. Method to improve the strength of rubber, plastic products
6. Planet's tougher problems persist, UN report warns
7. The state of the paper industry: monitoring the indicators of environmental performance
8. Toxicity assessment of the main pesticides used in Costa Rica
9. Spray paint regulation to help reduce smog
10. High efficiency toilets approved by Schwarzenegger : California leads nation with major step forward in water conservation
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1. The future of fabric: health care
2. Natural mosquito and tick repellent
3. Exposure of the U.S. population to bispenol A and 4-tertiary-octylphenol: 2003-2004
4. Self-decontaminating filters, clothing, and disposable wipes
5. Target to phase out products with PVC from stores
6. Life cycle costing for innovations in product chains
7. The Sustainable Sites Initiative
8. Ship emissions seen causing 60,000 deaths a year
9. Take chemical product stewardship to a higher level
10. Nanotechnology finishing techniques emerging in aircraft, naval applications
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1. Evaluating the benefits and costs of increased water-use efficiency in commercial buildings
2. Missouri University researchers go nano, natural and green
3. Investigation into chemical plant explosion, fire begins
4. A study of 201s and tombstoning in Pb-free systems
5. Sustainable procurement of wood and paper-based products: an introduction
6. Even occasional use of spray cleaners may cause asthma in adults
7. Immigrant workers get Viet AID for jobs
8. Power companies turn on the greenwash
9. The dirty dozen in cosmetics
10. Greencontractors.us [website]
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1. Nanotechnology in finishing
2. The scoop on electronic ballasts
3. 7 steps in the lifecycle of a green product
4. Taking stock: 2004 North American pollutant releases and transfers
5. Green plastics find cautious market
6. Evaluating energy efficiency in the garment care industry: a comparison of five garment care technologies
7. Evaluation of soluble oil vs. semi-synthetic metal working fluids at Toolmation, Inc.
8. Principles for evaluating health risks in children associated with exposure to chemicals
9. Repair or replace?
10. Beyond grey pinstripes
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1. A primer on the 'green building advantage'
2. Endocrine disrupting pesticides: implications for risk assessment
3. New plastic is strong as steel, transparent
4. Environmental right-to-know: EPA's recent rule could reduce availability of toxic chemical information used to assess environmental justice
5. Less paint is more at International Truck and Engine Corporation
6. The future of critical cleaning
7. Report urges development of genomic technologies for identifying toxic chemicals and understanding individual vulnerabilities
8. Rachel Carson, mass murderer? The creation of an anti-environmental myth
9. Consultation launch of responsible NanoCode for business
10. Dangerous sealer stayed on shelves after recall
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1. Formulating environmentally friendly flame retardants
2. Climate change, human health, and the post-cautionary principle
3. Nature leads the way for the next generation of paints, cosmetics and holograms
4. The high price of beauty
5. The promise and perils of taking green products mainstream
6. Chemical regulation: comparison of U.S. and recently enacted European Union approaches to protect against the risks of toxic chemicals
7. Ford introduces first automobile with soy-based seating
8. The environmental burden of disease in Canada: respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and congenital affliction
9. Census of U.S. manufacturers -- lean green and low cost
10. Thinking green: implementing a sustainable construction process
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1. Chemical facility anti-terrorism standards proposed Appendix A: DHS chemicals of interest
2. Green financial products and services: current trends and future opportunities in North America
3. Biocatalytic microcontact printing
4. The green standard?
5. Poll reveals that public awareness of nanotech stuck at low level
6. ToxMystery
7. PestScreen: a screening approach for scoring and ranking pesticides by their environmental and toxicological concern
8. Engineered eggshells to help make hydrogen fuel
9. Information on industry solvents: a DLI white paper
10. ASLA green roof project
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1. Nanotech silver stops microbes
2. International survey highlights business attitudes towards sustainability
3. No signs tell of arsenic in Upper Mystic Lake
4. New substances [website]
5. Human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA)
6. Application of submicron metal hydrate fillers in flame retardant cables
7. Hidden hazards in air fresheners
8. Insecticide treated mosquito nets: a position statement
9. Can Taiwan teach China environmental lessons?
10. Bird deaths key to unveiling lead contamination
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