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SGS Publishes Complimentary White Paper on Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Consumer Products and Supply Chains
SGS publishes a new complimentary white paper on the proliferation, regulation and mitigation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in consumer products and supply chains. Proliferation, regulation and mitigation of persistent organic pollutants in consumer products and throughout the supply chain. Persistent Organic Pollutants – Management and International Regulations The purpose of ...
By SGS
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India takes steps to reduce persistent organic pollutants
India being a signatory to the Stockholm Convention would require to develop a National Implementation Plan to demonstrate how the obligations of the convention will be implemented. Inaugurating the Inception Workshop for the Development of National Implementation Plan in India as First Step to Implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Ms Meena Gupta, Secretary ...
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Data sought by EPA on chemicals nominated for treaty on persistent organic pollutants
Lynn L. Bergeson is quoted in the January 7, 2008, issue of the Daily Environment Report regarding the prospects of legislation to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to allow the Senate to ratify the Stockholm ...
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Absorbing organic pollutants in soils
A new study closely examines the role degrading plant materials play in absorbing organic pollutants in the soil. These “biopolymers” are the waxy, water resistant barriers between the plant cells and the environment. This information is important to evaluate the role of these biopolymers as a natural sorbent for organic pollutants in the environment. The study, reported in the ...
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Report: Methods of Responsibly Managing End-of-Life Foams and Plastics Containing Flame Retardants
John Vijgen, IHPA director, and Roland Weber (POPs Environmental Consulting), IHPA ambassador, have been co-authors in Green Science Policy Institute Report: Methods of Responsibly Managing End-of-Life Foams and Plastics Containing Flame Retardants, March 2017. Summary: Millions of tonnes of foams and plastics containing flame retardants including Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are ...
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EU Parliament misses the mark on putting end to toxic chemicals in children’s toys made from recycled plastics
Following a provisional agreement with the Romanian Presidency of the EU, the European Parliament’s environment committee today agreed to new EU rules on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which will keep millions exposed to toxic chemicals in toys and other products made of recycled plastics [1]. Under the new agreement, high levels of hazardous brominated flame retardants ...
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2015 Environment Division Research and Development Dima Award
Congratulations to the 2015 Environment Division Research and Development Dima Award winner: Dr. Frank R. Wania University of Toronto Frank Wania studied environmental science at the University Bayreuth in Germany and received his doctorate in chemical engineering and applied chemistry from the University of Toronto in 1995. After two years ...
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Global Scientific Supply offer STS SMF4 Fluorimeter
STS Instruments are pleased to announce that Global Scientific Supply are now offering their novel portable fluorimeter the SMF4 for sale in the USA. Global Scientific Supply are the first US company to offer the STS portable fluorimeter in a move that marks the expansion of STS Instruments into international markets. The SMF4 is a field based fluorimeter sepcifically designed to rapidly ...
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UPDATE Germany: Supply Chain Law moves forward
Yesterday (March 3, 2021), the German federal cabinet agreed on a draft supply chain law which will oblige larger German companies (more than 3,000 employees) from 2023 to comply with regulatory requirements protecting human rights and the environment throughout the supply chain. According to the new law, the companies' responsibility extends to their entire supply chain, graded according to the ...
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Governments Meet to Eliminate 12 Persistant Organic Pollutants
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay, May 2, 2005 (ENS) - The Conrad Resort and Casino in Punta del Este is full of government officials from 130 countries this week, but they are not here to play - they are here to work on ridding the world of some of the most dangerous chemicals ever created. The officials represent countries that are Parties to a new international treaty that will eventually ...
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EU calls for nine new chemicals to be added to Stockholm Convention
At a meeting of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Geneva from 4-8 May, the EU will call for nine new chemicals to be added to its list of dangerous substances to be phased out globally. If successful, it will be the first time since the adoption of the Convention that new substances have been added to the list. The EU has nominated the majority of the ...
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New CRM for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in fish released (ERM-CE103)
Although the ban on use and production for pentachlorobenzene (PeCB) and hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs, specifically the γ-HCH isomer lindane) date back in time, they are still found in the environment and living organisms because of their POPs characteristics (resistance to degradation, long-range transport and potential of bioaccumulation in the food chain). Their hazardous properties are ...
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STS SMF4 Goes Global
STS Instruments Ltd have seen demand for their novel portable fluorimetry instruments, for investigating organic pollutants in water bodies, expand rapidly into international markets. Since first sales in the home UK market STS has now expanded into global markets including the USA, Australia, South Africa, France and Romania and shortly to include India. The battery operated, small & ...
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Pine Environmental Services LLC sign up as Distributors for STS SMF4 Portable Pollution Monitor
STS Instruments are delighted to announce that the USAs leading Environmental Monitoring supplier PINE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC have included the SMF4 portable pollution monitor in their portfolio. The SMF4 is available to purchase or Hire from Pine Environmental as from this week. The instrument has been promoted widely in the UK and Europe and is now in use in more than 6 countries ...
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Misconnections monitor gets the thumbs up.
Severn Trent first purchased two SMF4 units in 2012 and rapidly integrated them into their misconnections teams in the Central Region based out of the Minworth Office. The teams rapidly identified the value of the instruments in being able to identify organic pollution in the storm water system and the ability to immediately trace the pollution back to the source. The teams using the ...
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CTP’s new solution for a combined cleaning of organic pollutants and nitrogen oxides: RTO-i-SCR
Lanxess, the specialty chemicals company, has taken another major step on the road to climate neutrality. The new nitrous oxide reduction plant breaks down around 500 metric tons of nitrous oxide per year, which is equivalent to the climate impact of 150,000 metric tons of CO2. Nitrous oxide (N2O), also known as laughing gas, is generated at the Antwerp site during the production of the ...
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Study maps pollution’s pathway to the Arctic, sets path for future research
MIT researchers have built a model that will be further developed as part of an NSF-funded project to track how chemicals get to remote Arctic environments. Written by Vicki Ekstrom. You can read the original story in MIT News It's been more than a decade since global leaders met in Stockholm, Sweden, to sign a treaty with the goal of eliminating persistent organic pollutants making their way ...
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ENSR`s pollutant testing procedure receives ASTM approval
A new provisional analytical method co-developed by an ENSR toxicologist for assessing organic pollutants in sediments has been adopted by ASTM International (ASTM). The method measures the concentration of contaminants in sediment porewater - the water filling the spaces between grains of sediment - to which aquatic organisms become exposed. ENSR, part of AECOM, is a global environmental ...
By AECOM
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Axine eyes commercialisation with US$6m funding round
Canadian electro-chemical wastewater treatment firm Axine Water Technologies has closed a Can$8 million (US$6 million) Series B funding round led by Japanese conglomerate Asahi Kasei. The Vancouver-based company, which has raised around Can$7.7 million (US$5.8 million) since 2012 in seed capital and Series A funds said it is now ready for a first commercial deployment of its technology, which ...
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Decentralized PURITAINER waste water treatment plant in Vietnam from BIOGEST
PURITAINER – is a mobile wastewater treatment plant for the biological treatment of domestic sewage and is manufactured as a norm container including the complete technical equipment for the biological purification of wastewater. Ideal application: camps, settlements, hotels, restaurants, hospitals and sanitariums, barracks, campsites and holiday villages. BIOGEST AG provided, in ...
By BIOGEST AG
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