Industry/Sector: Metal
TURI provides grants to academic researchers to support efforts to find and develop safer alternatives to harmful chemicals.
TURI provides grants to academic researchers to support efforts to find and develop safer alternatives to harmful chemicals.
TURI offers grants to help Massachusetts businesses adopt safer alternatives to toxic chemicals.
The Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute annually provides direct funding to
Massachusetts industries to facilitate the development, use and demonstration of
innovative techniques that reduce the use of toxic chemicals or the generation of toxic byproducts.
Guidance on Reporting Hydrofluoric Acid as a Higher Hazard Substance under the Toxics Use Reduction Act
The Toxics Use Reduction Institute recommends that hexavalent chromium compounds be separated
from the larger Chromium Compounds category, and that hexavalent chromium compounds be
designated as a Higher Hazard Substance.
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Trichloroethylene (TCE) has both acute and chronic adverse health effects.
There are changes to the requirements for submitting Chromium compounds under Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) Toxics Use Reduction (TURA) Form S reports due on
July 1, 2013 covering reporting year 2012.
The following document analyzes the implications of designating hydrogen fluoride (CAS 7664-39-3) as a
Higher Hazard Substance (HHS).
Perchloroethylene (PCE) has both acute and chronic adverse health effects.