lead in air News
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Final EPA Staff Paper Recommends Stronger Standards for Airborne Lead
(Washington, D.C. - Nov. 1, 2007) A key document in EPA's review of national air quality standards for lead recommends the agency strengthen the current lead standards to better protect children. The 'Final Staff Paper' does not change current air quality standards. It does, however, contain EPA staff recommendations for the administrator to consider in upcoming decisions about revising the ...
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EMSL Testing Lab Strengthens Commitment to Quality With A2LA Accreditation
EMSL's corporate laboratory in Cinnaminson, NJ has received their new A2LA scope of accreditation, which now includes Env. Lead (Soil, Paint Chips, Dust Wipes, Air). Lead in Air - NIOSH 7105 - GFAA, Trace Metals, Total Lead, Consumer Safety Specs for Toy Safety, Cadmium in Childrens' metal jewelry and childrens' non-metal products. Lead in consumer products, such as toys and jewelry, presents a ...
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EPA announces most areas meet air quality standards for lead
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that available air quality information indicates that 39 states are meeting the health-based national air quality standards for lead set in 2008. Based on 2008 to 2010 air quality monitoring data, EPA also determined that Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan and Puerto Rico each have one area that does not meet the agency’s health ...
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EPA Identifies Areas Violating Lead Standards/ Reducing lead emissions will improve public health, especially for children
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that 16 areas across the country are not meeting the agency’s national air quality standards for lead. These areas, located in 11 states, were designated as “nonattainment” because their 2007 to 2009 air quality monitoring data showed that they did not meet the agency’s health-based standards. ...
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US air quality control standards for lead now 10 times stronger
EPA dramatically strengthened the nation's air quality standards for lead, improving public health protection, especially for children. The new standards tighten the allowable lead level 10 times to 0.15 micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air (ug/m3). 'America's air is cleaner than a generation ago,' said EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. 'With these stronger standards a new generation ...
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EPA identifies areas violating lead standards/ reducing lead emissions will improve public health, especially for children (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that 16 areas across the country are not meeting the agency’s national air quality standards for lead. These areas, located in 11 states, were designated as “nonattainment” because their 2007 to 2009 air quality monitoring data showed that they did not meet the agency’s health-based standards. Exposure to lead ...
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EPA Seeks Early Input on Standards for Airborne Lead
EPA is seeking early comments on policy options the agency is considering as it reviews the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for lead. The United States has made tremendous progress in reducing lead concentrations in the outdoor air. Average lead concentrations in the air have dropped a dramatic 96 percent since 1980, primarily as a result of the ban on lead in motor vehicle ...
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Nederman acquires US group Environmental Filtration Technologies
Nederman is strengthening its world-leading position in industrial air filtration by acquiring Environmental Filtration Technologies (EFT). The purchase price will preliminary be MSEK 249 (cash-free/debt-free enterprise value). The final price adjustment will as per closing. EFT had sales of MSEK 834 in 2011 with a workforce of 385. “The acquisition of EFT will provide Nederman with a ...
By Nederman
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Pollution makes Europeans unhappy
Researchers in Canada have found a correlation between air pollution and people’s happiness. Their deep analysis, reported in the latest issue of the International Journal of Green Economics, suggests that air pollution may lead to unhappiness while the converse is also true, the unhappier the citizens of a country the more air pollution. Economists at Trent University in Ontario, Canada, ...
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EPA Staff Urges More Protective Airborne Lead Standard
WASHINGTON, DC, November 2, 2007 (ENS) - Saying there is no safe level of lead in the air, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staff scientists on Thursday recommended strengthening the air lead standard to protect the health of American children. The staff paper says the standard for airborne lead should be set at least seven times lower than the concentration allowed today. The staff report ...
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EPA plans to restrict toxic airborne lead
For the first time in 30 years, the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to further reduce the amount of lead in the air. While leaded gasoline is history, about 1,300 tons of lead a year is emitted into the air from smelters, iron and steel foundries, and general aviation gasoline, the EPA estimates. Once it is airborne, lead can be inhaled. Or, after it settles out of the air onto ...
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AEA Energy & Environment reinforces its world-leading position in Air Quality consultancy
AEA Energy & Environment has been awarded a £2.4 million contract extension from DEFRA to continue delivering the world-leading National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory programme (‘NAEI’) and the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory (‘GHGI’). The contract has been extended for a further two years until 2009. AEA Energy & Environment has been compiling estimates of air emissions for UK ...
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EPA expands air monitoring network to protect children from lead
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will expand the nation’s air quality monitoring network to ensure that the most vulnerable Americans are protected from exposure to lead. Even at low levels, exposure to lead can impair a child’s IQ, learning capabilities and memory. EPA is strengthening lead monitoring requirements to ensure that air quality is measured near industrial ...
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EPA finds area in Arecibo, Puerto Rico does not meet stricter air standards for lead
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today informed the government of Puerto Rico that it is proposing to find an area in Arecibo, Puerto Rico does not meet the national air quality standard for lead, which is established to protect people’s health. The EPA proposes to make this determination based on the most recent air quality data from an air monitor in Arecibo. Lead is a toxic metal ...
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Integrated solutions for process emissions control
CTP Chemisch Thermische Prozesstechnik is one of the world's leading companies in air pollution control for industrial applications. We have provided high quality solutions for nearly all industries; from metal, chemical, electronic to automotive and packaging industries. CTP achieves emissions close to zero, and lowest operating costs for all processes. We offer several catalytic and thermal ...
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World`s largest manufacturer of foundry equipment from Japan acquires a stake in CTP
The total transaction volume amounts to almost 7 million euros. Part of the stake was financed by a capital increase, the other part by a direct acquisition from the previous shareholder families. The remaining stakes stay in the private property as before. The holding is subject to approval by the European competition authority. On occasion of the 25th anniversary of CTP, the shareholding ...
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Indoor Air Quality Issues and People’s Health in Puerto Rico
Last month, USA Today published the article, “Is your home or office affecting your health?” One of the areas of focus in the column was the importance of indoor air quality (IAQ) and minimizing indoor pollution. Indoor air quality was addressed from both the perspective of better health and from the business perspective of how it can increase productivity and decrease sick days. ...
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New Bioconservacion delegation in LATAM
Continuing with our expansion into new international markets, we have recently inaugurated a new delegation in Santiago de Chile, which will operate under the name BION Bioconservación Spa. The Bioconservación branch has opened with a view to providing more support and advisory services to our partners and clients in Latin American countries, given the growing commercial activity ...
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Leaded Aviation Gasoline (Avgas) and the Environment Discussed in New Online Video
The IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video today. Their newest production discusses how leaded aviation gasoline (avgas) can impact the environment and potentially be an exposure risk for some people. “According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), owners and operators of more than 167,000 piston-engine aircraft ...
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Pocket CO can help save lives
A family of four that succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning in an Aspen-area home on the Thanksgiving holiday in 2007 likely died within minutes of being exposed to the gas, based on preliminary findings. The level of carbon monoxide in the residence was estimated at about 5,000 parts per million (ppm) at the time of the incident. The estimation was based on a test completed at the home within ...
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