February 2010
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Health & Safety E-Zine February 2010 |
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EPA takes unprecedented action on `Risk List` chemicals
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Dec. 30, 2009, issued a breathtaking series of action plans on `Risk List` chemicals that will shape future legislative proposals which industry will need to participate in and monitor. EPA has never announced so many actions under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), nor has it ever so widely cited use of Section 6. That they were issued in this form after Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review is significant, and portends potentially ... |
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Why MTBE should be banned in all petrol or gasoline
MTBE a toxic chemical solvent was used in the 60s, by oil majors, as an additive in gasoline or petrol they refine and distribute to all their pump stations. That was when the World was phasing out leaded gasoline to unleaded gasoline. Then leaded gasoline was banned, MTBE was introduced to be premix with petrol or gasoline at the refineries and distribute round the World, from refinery to vessel tankers to road tankers and to various pump stations round the World. There were many cases of gasoline ... |
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