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Clean Air America Assists South Puget Sound Community College to Meet LEED Gold Certification With Welding Booths
Clean Air America, Inc., innovator in air filtration products that protect workers and the environment, recently assisted South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) meet LEED Gold certification. SPSCC trains students to become employed as welders in the building trades, shipbuilding, bridge construction, welding fabrication, and maintenance repair work in a state-of-the-art facility. ...
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Pulsar Instruments Model 30 Real Time Frequency & Sound Level Meters:
During difficult economic times it is often tempting for businesses to postpone certain health & safety projects. Over a million of people in the UK suffer permanent and irreversible deafness, tinnitus or other ear conditions as a result of exposure to excessive noise at work (source HSE), therefore if you have issues with noise at work you cannot afford to ignore them. Pulsar ...
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ASTM D1050 - 05(2011) standard specification for rubber insulating line hose
This specification covers acceptance testing of rubber insulating line hose for use as a portable protective device for protection of workers from accidental contact with live electrical conductors. Two types of line hose are provided and are designated as Type I, non-resistant to ozone, and Type II and Type III, resistant to ozone. Five classes of line hose, differing in electrical ...
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Nuclear electricity: a fallen dream?
Nuclear power is no magic solution, argues Pervez Hoodbhoy — it's not safe, or cheap, and it leads to weapons programmes. A string of energy-starved developing countries have looked at nuclear power as the magic solution. No oil, no gas, no coal needed – it's a fuel with zero air pollution or carbon dioxide emissions. High-tech and prestigious, it was seen as relatively safe. But ...
By SciDev.Net
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Oregon export company pays $17,000 for illegally exporting hazardous waste to Hong Kong
Jones International Groups, Inc., has agreed to pay $17,000 for failing to comply with requirements related to the export of universal waste (spent lead-acid batteries) to Hong Kong through the Port of Portland, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. On September 7, 2009, Jones International Groups, located in Hillsboro, Oregon, arranged for the export of ...
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State FIFRA issues research & evaluation group meeting
On September 19-20, 2011, the Pesticide Operations Management (POM) Working Committee (WC) of the State Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Issues Research & Evaluation Group (SFIREG) met in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offices in Arlington, Virginia. Through a cooperative agreement in 1978, EPA and the Association of American Pesticide Control Officials ...
By Acta Group
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Rochester, NY asbestos abatement contractor sentenced to six years in prison for environmental crimes and making false statements
After a two day hearing in federal court in Rochester, U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa sentenced Keith Gordon-Smith, 54, of Rochester, N.Y., to six years in prison late yesterday for knowingly violating the Clean Air Act and making false statements to a federal inspector. Gordon-Smith was also sentenced to serve a three year term of supervised release to follow his prison term and ...
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ACT Now to Protect Your Groundwater!
The Water Replenishment District (WRD) and more than 125 students from Rancho Santa Gertrudes Elementary School launched "Protect Your Groundwater Day" in an effort to increase groundwater awareness and protection in the region. One hundred and twenty-five kindergarten, 4th grade students and local officials signed the Acknowledge, Consider and Take Action (A.C.T.) Pledge, promising to do ...
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SlipNOT® Products Contribute to a Cleaner Environment
SlipNOT® Metal Safety Flooring, a preeminent manufacturer of slip resistant metal safety flooring products, is dedicated to contributing to a cleaner environment by utilizing recycled materials and limiting waste and energy consumption in creating slip resistant products. SlipNOT® manufactures an all metal slip resistant coating that is applied to metal ...
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Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., to pay civil penalty and replace windows for failure to disclose lead-based paint hazards
Washington University of St. Louis, Mo., has agreed to pay a $2,778 civil penalty to the United States and spend at least $24,998 to replace old windows in its married student housing units to settle allegations that it failed to disclose the presence of lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards to tenants prior to the leasing of some of its other housing units. ...
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Greater New Orleans area receives over $485,000 for Green Endeavors
Today in New Orleans, EPA Region Administrator Al Armendariz announced that EPA is awarding $487,500 in environmental justice, job training and education grants to the Greater New Orleans Area. The projects will recruit and train people for environmental jobs and provide air quality sampling. Regional Administrator Armendariz was joined by Charles Allen, Director of Environmental Affairs ...
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EMLab P&K Prepares Mold and Bacteria Testing Capacity to Assist Flooded Areas in Eastern Seaboard After Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene brought gale force winds, surging seas and torrential rain, including as much as 15 inches falling in some areas. Hurricane Irene was unusual with its large size and slow speed, which created problems with winds and rains that reached far inland and for long durations. Severe storms and coastal flooding battered states along the Eastern Seaboard from North Carolina to ...
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Climate change `to increase malaria` in Indian Himalayas
Climate change is likely to spread malaria to new areas in the Indian Himalayas, and lengthen the periods in which the infection is spread in a number of districts, according to projections from malaria researchers in India. But the country's east coast could see fewer malaria cases by 2030, because of rising temperatures which affect mosquitoes' activity, they said. The projections by the ...
By SciDev.Net
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California’s Prop 65 and Ethylene Oxide Public Health Concerns
In 1986, California voters approved an initiative to address increasing concerns about exposure to toxic chemicals. That initiative, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, is better known by its original name of Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires businesses to notify Californians about significant amounts of chemicals in the products they purchase, in their homes or ...
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Clean Air America Introduces Next Generation Air Filtration Solutions That Protect Workers & the Environment
Clean Air America, Inc., innovator in air filtration products that protect workers and the environment, announces a revolutionary new generation of industrial air cleaners, the Clean Air ScandMist. The ScandMist separates oil and emulsion mist and fumes created by modern machine tools and returns cleaned air directly to the production area. "Various manufacturing operations, especially ...
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New Multi-Threat Portable Gas-Detection Monitors Now Available Following Extensive Field Testing
RAE Systems Inc. today announced its new portable MultiRAE instruments with unmatched sensor versatility have been field tested in responder, government and industrial environments, and are now available worldwide. The new MultiRAE monitors reliably give safety professionals unprecedented visibility and control of chemical and radiation threat data to enhance safety for workers, responders and ...
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Chevron Puerto Rico, LLC, agrees to improve leak detection at Puerto Rico gas stations
A settlement announced today between the United States and Chevron Puerto Rico, LLC resolves Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) violations at approximately 100 of Chevron’s underground storage tank facilities in Puerto Rico. Under the terms of the settlement, Chevron has agreed to spend approximately $5.2 million to improve its leak detection methods and operations at these ...
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Lakeland Industries Receives First Purchase Order Under Contract With Maximum Value of Over $5 Million From the Brazilian Navy
Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAKE) today announced that it has received the first purchase order under a contract with a maximum value of over $5 million net of VAT taxes from the Brazilian Navy. The contract pertains to fire resistant coveralls developed by Lakeland specifically for use by the Brazilian Navy. It is expected that initially all Navy personnel on one ship will use the ...
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Recofloor, the UK's vinyl flooring recycling scheme, heads for record-breaking year
Due to the overwhelming success of the UK’s award-winning vinyl flooring recycling scheme, Recofloor Limited has been created to demonstrate commitment to sustainability within the flooring sector by the scheme’s founders Altro and Polyflor. The change of status to a limited company coincides with Recofloor heading for a record-breaking year having collected nearly 190 tonnes of ...
By Axion Group
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EMLab P&K Helps North Dakota With Mold Testing and Bacteria Testing After Flooding
The Souris River overflowed its banks last month, breaking a 130-year-old high-water record and damaging thousands of homes. About 11,000 people were evacuated from Minot, ND neighborhoods nearest the river as the water crested nearly 13 feet above flood stage. The flood damaged an estimated 4,100 homes in Minot, ND, most of which were not insured against flooding. The damage was so severe that ...
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