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California Metal Finishing Companies Fined for Hazardous Waste Violations
LA Testing provides hazardous waste testing services to help companies comply with federal and state regulations and to protect workers and the environment. Garden Grove, CA, November 10th, 2010 Earlier this fall, it was announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had fined nine California metal finishing companies for breaking federal hazardous waste laws. The companies, ...
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econ down-under
Australia catches up to meet highest environmental standards in treating hazardous wastes to avoid unnecessary landfill in the nearest future. In November 2009 econ industries signed a Basic Engineering contract to extend an existing treatment facility for industrial wastes with state-of-the-art process technology. The target of this engineering is to finally establish in 2011 a VacuDry plant ...
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Quality and testing guidelines for the RAL quality mark RAL-GZ 951/1
Following the usual 5-year cycle for national and European standards, the quality and testing guidelines for the RAL quality mark RAL-GZ 951/1 have been revised, and were released in June 2013. They will now be translated into French. The following important amendments have been made, amongst others: Adjustments due to the recent changes to European Standard EN 840 Insertion of additional ...
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New polymer could enable oil recycling in the UK
A groundbreaking new technology that could enable users to solidify and recycle oil is nearly ready for release in the UK. Already being put to use in the US to clean up the Deepwater oil disaster, CI Agent technology allows oils, petrols and other hydrocarbons to be recycled into asphalt. The chemical is an environmentally friendly blend of seven polymers, which bonds to hydrocarbons of all ...
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Marine Dies from Exposure to Toxic Chemicals
LA Testing provides chemical and hazardous waste testing services to keep soldiers and industrial workers safe from toxic materials. Garden Grove, CA, September 27th, 2010 Earlier this month it was reported that a widow of a retired Marine was awarded compensation for her husband’s death. The retired soldier had worked at the Marine Corps Air Station in El Toro, California from 1968 ...
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Santa Clarita Faces Environmental Challenges with Whittaker-Bermite Property
In the California city of Santa Clarita there is a 996 acre piece of land that developers would like give a new lease on life to with new construction. The problem is the property has been found to be contaminated with various toxic substances. For decades the land was the site of various manufacturing plants that included everything from the manufacturing of dynamite and fireworks to ...
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EPA Continuing Cleanup Progress at Hazardous Waste Sites
(Washington, D.C.) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continued to make significant progress in cleaning up America's most contaminated hazardous waste sites over the past year. Superfund, the federal government program that cleans up these sites, completed work at 40 sites during fiscal year 2006 for a cumulative total of 1,006 sites with construction work completed. 'EPA continues to ...
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California Business Owners File Suit against Commercial Property Owners
Earlier this month, it was reported in the Marin Independent Journal that former business owners of a video store have filed a lawsuit against their past landlords in Fairfax, California. The suit alleges that the property owners knew of improperly disposed of perchloroethylene at the shopping center by another tenant that operated a dry cleaning business, but did not inform the video store ...
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Testing for lead in paint gets easier, faster and cheaper with ANDalyze - Powered by DNA
ANDalyze offers a new EPA tested technology for detecting and measuring lead levels in paint. The combined sensor/fluorimeter platform solution requires no special knowledge of chemistry, and produces no hazardous chemical waste and shows test results in less than ten minutes, greatly reducing operational testing time and cost. Champaign, IL, USA: ANDalyze has developed an innovative lead (Pb) ...
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ANDalyze Expands Product Sales Into China and Australia, Capturing Growing Opportunity in the Water Testing Market With DNA Based Sensor Technology
ANDalyze's focus on water testing for heavy metal contamination has found growing demand for its new DNA based sensor technology. The product cuts the time and effort needed for field testing water supplies and is ideal for fast on-site detection and analysis of low part per billion (ppb) contamination levels. CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. - ANDalyze sensor/Fluorimeter platform solution for simplifying ...
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DeconGel® Approved for Disposal at U.S. Department of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
HONOLULU - After rigorous testing performed by the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), the innovative decontamination product, DeconGel®, has met requirements for safe transport to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico for disposal of transuranic waste (TRU). DeconGel® was used at SRNL in a headspace simulation test of ...
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Bench-Scale Study Provides Insight Into PCE and TCE Aerobic Cometabolism
CL Solutions completed a bench-scale test of aerobic cometabolism of PCE and TCE in contaminated ground water. The purpose of the pilot study was to confirm applicability of aerobic cometabolism to a hazardous waste release site. Additional testing was undertaken to provide insight into the aerobic cometabolic pathway. The pilot study included treated and untreated microcosms for comparison ...
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Harsco Metals Forms Strategic Alliance with Tetronics
Tetronics Ltd., a global leader in the supply of Direct Current (DC) plasma waste recovery plants for the treatment of hazardous waste and metal recovery, today announced that it has signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Harsco Metals Group Ltd, an established and well respected globally operating services company. Through this alliance Harsco will seek to extend their technical offering ...
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PerkinElmer unveils web site tailored to environmental customers
PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, a global leader in application-focused measurement and analysis solutions, today introduced its enhanced environmental market Web site. The site provides improved functionality and searching capabilities to enable environmental scientists to quickly obtain information on regulatory compliance, methods or standards, applications and product information. ...
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UNSAFE: New EU Rules Allow Toxic Chemicals in Children’s Toys and Other Products Made of Recycled Plastics
The European Parliament and Council decision on the reform of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation announced this week, hailed as protective for health, will keep children exposed to hazardous flame-retardant chemicals associated with thyroid disruption and neurological deficits. Under the agreement, high levels of hazardous brominated flame retardants that are present ...
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ASTM D5058 - 12 Standard Practices for Compatibility of Screening Analysis of Waste
This practice is intended for use by those in the waste management industries to aid in determining the compatibility of hazardous wastes before they are commingled. 1. Scope 1.1 These practices cover assessment of the compatibility/reactivity of waste. The individual practices are as follows Sections Practice ACommingled Waste ...
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Federal Court Approves Settlement of Environmental Claims Against Weylchem US, Inc. Facilities in Elgin and Lugoff, South Carolina
U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that United States District Court Judge Cameron Currie approved a consent decree with Weylchem US, Inc. to resolve alleged violations of federal and state air, water, and solid waste pollution laws at Weylchem’s specialty chemical manufacturing facility in Elgin and its ...
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Toxins from Iron King Mine have Dewey-Humboldt Residents Concerned
Environmental testing solutions for abandoned mines include testing for hazardous waste, toxins, particulates and groundwater contamination. All of these analyses are available from LA Testing. Los Alamitos, CA, May 19th, 2010. The Iron King Mine and Humboldt Smelter encompass over 300 acres on the outskirts of the Central Arizona town of Dewey-Humboldt. Although it has been decades since ...
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Expect Mold Problems Throughout Flooded Northeast Properties
EMSL Testing Lab Offers Solutions for Testing Mold, Bacteria, Asbestos, Sewage Contamination, Chemicals and Contaminated Drinking Water. Over the past few days, the Northeast part of the United States has been facing flooding issues caused by hurricane Irene. The Northeast already had flash flooding a little over a week ago that brought rising water tables to many areas. The floods from ...
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Mc2 signs cooperation agreement with thiess for opportunities in Australasia
McMillan-McGee Corp. Announces Exclusive Co-operation Agreement with Thiess Services to Bring ET-DSP™ Technology to Australia and New Zealand McMillan-McGee Corp (Mc2), the market leader in electromagnetic systems and services to the energy and environmental sectors, is proud to announce it has entered into an Exclusive Co-operation Agreement with Thiess Services (Thiess) to bring the most ...
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