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2020-2021 NNI NanoEHS Webinars Will Begin in November 2020
According to the Summer 2020 edition of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) Quarterly Newsletter, the 2020-2021 National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) nanomaterial environmental, health, and safety (nanoEHS) webinars will begin in November 2020. According to the Newsletter, the Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications (NEHI) Working Group is planning nanoEHS ...
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NNCO Will Hold Webinar on 2011 EHS Research Strategy Progress Review
On July 31, 2014, the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) will hold a public webinar to provide a forum to answer questions related to the federal government’s “Progress Review on the Coordinated Implementation of the National Nanotechnology Initiative 2011 Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy.” According to the July 22, 2014, Federal Register ...
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EU-U.S. Joint NanoEHS Workshop Will Be Held in March 2015 in Italy
The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) announced on December 5, 2014, that, in collaboration with the European Commission (EC), it will hold the 2015 “EU-U.S.: Bridging NanoEHS Research Efforts” joint workshop on March 12-13, 2015, in Venice, Italy. According to NNCO, the workshop will bring together the U.S.-European Union (EU) Communities of Research (COR), which ...
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OECD Posts Preliminary Guidance Notes on Nanomaterials Concerning Interspecies Variability Factors in Human Health Risk Assessment
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) posted a new publication in its Series on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials, Preliminary Guidance Notes on Nanomaterials: Interspecies Variability Factors in Human Health Risk Assessment. The report includes the following recommendations for further work: The Expert Opinion prepared in support of the project noted a ...
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Integral Continues Support to Pulp and Paper Industry, Joins NCASI
As part of a commitment to helping pulp and paper clients reduce their environmental impacts, Integral has joined the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), an independent nonprofit research institute that focuses on topics of interest to the forest products industry. “Integral’s sustaining membership allows us to stay closely connected with NCASI’s technical ...
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Integral Consulting Opens New England Office Specializing in Risk Assessment and Litigation Support Services
Integral Consulting Inc. announces the opening of a new office in Portland, Maine, expanding its environmental and health services to the New England region of the United States. The new office is located at 45 Exchange Street, Suite 200, Portland, Maine 04101. Noted toxicologist Dr. Russell Keenan recently joined Integral to launch the new office, which will initially focus on human health and ...
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AECOM Wins Leading Environmental and Climate Change Industry Awards
AECOM has been awarded three major environmental and climate change industry Awards from the Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) and Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ). AECOM is a premier, fully integrated infrastructure and support services firm with a leading global environmental practice. The company won the awards for joining with URS to create an industry-changing firm; its air quality ...
By AECOM
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Clark Seif Clark Announces Merger with CSC Targhee
Established in 1987, Targhee, Inc. has been providing customers with a wide range of technical and consulting services related to environmental chemistry and regulatory compliance. Targhee’s services have been built upon science-based protocols with a strong background in chemistry. This has made Targhee the preferred environmental consultant to industrial and manufacturing companies, ...
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PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency released a new version of IMAGE - IMAGE 3.0
One of the world’s leading integrated assessments modelling frameworks, IMAGE has been improved to strengthen its relevance in assessing long-term environmental and sustainability problems and identifying possible answers. The new model version comes with fully updated documentation, both in print and as a webpage. to the publication download the report (PDF, 34 MB) to the website ...
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Stormwater Monitoring & Sampling Season Begins in California
The environmental professionals at CSC Targhee, a member of the Clark Seif Clark (CSC) family of companies, are busy helping California companies comply with stormwater regulations. The stormwater season has begun. The official wet season runs from October 1st through May 30th. That means the next storm that results in runoff from a facility must be sampled within the first 60 minutes of ...
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EPA Scientist Receives Prestigious Award
Today, Dr. Steven Thomas Purucker of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was honored as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. “Congratulations to Dr. Purucker for receiving this ...
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USACE Awards Tetra Tech $400 Million Environmental Remediation Contract
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that they were one of seven contractors selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, for a multiple-award contract valued at $400 million. Under this five-year contract, Tetra Tech will provide comprehensive environmental remediation services on behalf of the USACE Omaha District to the Department ...
By Tetra Tech
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EPA Awards South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium a $78,564 Environmental Education Model Grant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium (SCSGC) with a $78,564 environmental education model grant for their Sowing the Seeds of Estuary Health: Exploring Tidal Creek-Salt Marsh Ecosystems while Raising Awareness project proposal. The proposal intends to increase the stewardship of tidal creek-salt marsh habitats, thereby protecting coastal waters ...
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Risk Assessment for Human Health & Controlled Waters using RBCA and HERA-Soil
GSI Environmental Inc., in collaboration with Royal Haskoning is pleased to offer an intensive two-day course (December 9th and 10th 2008) focusing on the application of RBCA Tool Kit V2 within UK regulatory context for both human health and groundwater risk assessment. This course is designed for environmental consultants and regulatory authorities who require a robust risk modeling tool for ...
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NNI releases 2011 EHS research strategy
On October 20, 2011, the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) released its 2011 Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy (Strategy), which is intended to provide guidance to the federal agencies that produce scientific information for risk management, regulatory decision-making, product use, research planning, and public outreach. The Strategy lists the following core research ...
By Acta Group
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NNI Releases 2011 EHS Research Strategy
On October 20, 2011, the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) released its 2011 Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy (Strategy), which is intended to provide guidance to the federal agencies that produce scientific information for risk management, regulatory decision-making, product use, research planning, and public outreach. The Strategy lists the following core research ...
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Quantification of the interactive effects of ozone pollution on health and ecosystems
For the first time, researchers have quantified the link between heat waves, the removal of ozone from the atmosphere by vegetation, ground-level ozone concentrations and its impact on human health and ecosystems. They found that high ozone levels, enhanced by effectively ‘turning-off’ the loss of ozone to the vegetated surface, could have caused around 460 extra deaths during a UK ...
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ECHA Report Includes Recommendations for Exposure Assessment and Risk Characterization of Nanomaterials under REACH
On March 26, 2014, SAFENANO announced that the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a report entitled Human health and environmental exposure assessment and risk characterisation of nanomaterials: Best practice for REACH registrants. The report summarizes the outcomes of the third (and last) meeting of the Group Assessing Already Registered Nanomaterials (GAARN). The September 30, 2013, ...
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EPA Releases Final Risk Evaluation for Methylene Chloride and the Need to Protect Workers in Puerto Rico from Exposure Risks
Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Final Risk Evaluation for Methylene Chloride. The evaluation was completed as part of the agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The document contains the EPA’s final determinations on which conditions of use present unreasonable risks ...
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ASEAN: SLP Environmental Offer Soil and Groundwater Contamination Remediation Services
Phase 3 Environmental Remediation (Site Clean-Up) is the process of cleaning up polluted sites by treating, immobilizing or removing contaminants present in soil and groundwater at the project site with the ultimate objective of reducing risks to human health and ecological systems to acceptable levels. SLP Environmental Consultants specialize in utilizing the latest quantitative environmental ...
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