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New US policy `interferes` with analysis of toxic chemicals and their risk to public health
A new White House policy deals a crippling blow to the ability of the scientific staff of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify chemicals that pose the greatest risk to public health, potentially putting millions of people at risk, according to public health experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). At issue is the interference with EPA’s Integrated Risk Information ...
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PerkinElmer Announces Educational Thermal Desorption Web Casts
Series Outlines Technology to Maximize GC and GC/MS Analysis PerkinElmer announced the archive of a Web cast series focusing on application advances in thermal desorption technology for gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis. Thermal Desorption is used to analyze volatile and semivolatile compounds in environmental and workplace air. The Web casts address ...
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EPA completes monitoring and analysis at two Tennessee schools
The US Environmental Protection Agency posted air toxics monitoring results and analyses from two Tennessee schools this week. In March, EPA announced it would monitor levels of toxics in the air outside 63 schools. These Tennessee schools – Ashland City Elementary School in Ashland City and Lakeview Elementary School in New Johnsonville – are the first to complete the initiative’s monitoring and ...
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PERKINELMER UNVEILS NEW ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS AT PITTCON 2006 TO DRIVE INNOVATION, PRECISION AND RELIABILITY
Showcases “Smart Thinking” to Help Customers Overcome Complex Challenges ORLANDO, Fla. – PerkinElmer Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced new application-based laboratory solutions and product enhancements for the environmental, pharmaceutical, materials and academic research market segments at PITTCON® 2006, March 13-15, Booth 2669. ...
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PERKINELMER ANNOUNCES FIVE NEW SYSTEMS FOR REMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL AIR MONITORING
Turnkey Ozone Precursor Analyzers Offer Programmable Pneumatic Control for Maximum Ease-of-Use and Reliability ORLANDO, Fla. – PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced five new systems for remote environmental air monitoring. PerkinElmer’s turnkey Ozone Precursor Analyzers combine the Clarus® 500 multidimensional Gas Chromatograph ...
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Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida Lead List of
Residents of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida live in states with the most toxic air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The study used publicly-available data in the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). The analysis, entitled "Toxic Power: How Power Plants Contaminate Our Air and States" ...
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Air toxics near toledo elementary school are below levels of concern
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 today released the final report on analysis of air toxics monitoring data near Toledo Elementary School in Toledo, Oregon. The report is posted at: http://www.epa.gov/schoolair. EPA and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will present the results and answer questions about the air monitoring report at DEQ’s Georgia-Pacific ...
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Air toxics near lapwai high school below levels of concern
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the final report on analysis of air toxics monitoring data near Lapwai High School in Lapwai, Idaho. EPA found that concentrations of air toxics measured near the school are below the levels of concern associated with health problems from either short- or long-term exposures. The report is posted at: http://www.epa.gov/schoolair. ...
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Air toxics near sunnyside elementary in durango (Colo.) school district are below levels of concern
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released a final report on air toxics monitoring at Sunnyside Elementary School, part of the Durango (Colo.) School District and located within the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. In 2009, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s Air Quality program collected monitoring data at Sunnyside School as part of EPA’s School Air ...
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Air toxics near harriet tubman school are below levels of concern
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final report on analysis of air toxics monitoring data near Harriet Tubman School in Portland, Oregon. EPA and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host a public meeting on the air monitoring report at Harriet Tubman School on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. EPA found that concentrations of the majority of air toxics ...
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Monitoring finds air toxics near Concord Elementary School below levels of concern (WA)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 today released the final report on analysis of air toxics monitoring data near Concord Elementary School in Seattle, Washington. The report is posted at: http://www.epa.gov/schoolair. EPA found that concentrations of air toxics measured near the school are below the levels of concern associated with health problems from either short- or ...
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Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania Have Worst Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants
Residents of Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania are exposed to more toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants than in any other state, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). At the same time, the report found a 19 percent decrease in all air toxics emitted from power plants in 2010, the most recent data available, compared to 2009 levels. The welcomed drop, ...
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EPA proposes air pollution standards for oil and gas production/cost-effective, flexible standards rely on operators` ability to capture and sell natural gas that currently escapes, threatens air quality
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed standards to reduce harmful air pollution from oil and gas drilling operations. These proposed updated standards - which are being issued in response to a court order - would rely on cost-effective existing technologies to reduce emissions that contribute to smog pollution and can cause cancer while supporting the ...
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