Use: Solvent
Discussion of transDCE and certain flame retardants under TURA.
Discussion of transDCE and certain flame retardants under TURA.
TURI offers grants to help Massachusetts businesses adopt safer alternatives to toxic chemicals.
By Maria Kahale
Information about the hazards of, uses of, and safer alternatives to TCE.
By Maria Kahale
Information about the hazards of, uses of, and safer alternatives to DMF.
Halogenated solvents have historically been used
for a wide variety of industrial surface cleaning
needs in numerous industry sectors.
The Doshi family has managed Minuteman Press of Foxboro for
nearly ten years. The shop operates with one full-time and one
part-time employee.
By updating its coating operations with 1990s technologies including computer-programmed
spray applications and ultraviolet (UV) curing, Kidde-Fenwal Incorporated reduced its air
emissions by 75%, eliminated 20 drums per year of flammable waste, and reduced its production
cycle by an entire day.
An electronic component manufacturer eliminated the use of perchloroethylene (perc), a neurotoxin and likely carcinogen.