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No health risk from BPA at current levels: European watchdog
2015-01-21 17:01:45| Canadian Plastics Headlines
The chemical bisphenol A (BPA), used to stiffen some plastic food containers, poses no health risk to consumers of any age, including unborn children, at current levels of exposure, according to Europe’s food safety watchdog. In a new re-evaluation, the… The post No health risk from BPA at current levels: European watchdog appeared first on Canadian Plastics.
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Paper Production Levels Off, Environmental Footprint Still High
2015-01-21 08:58:51| pulpandpaperonline Home Page
In wealthy countries, paper is ubiquitous and is often fated to be discarded soon after purchase, with only a portion recovered for recycling. Although slow improvements have been made in production methods and in the recovery of paper products, additional progress is needed to reduce the industry's environmental impacts, writes Michael Renner, senior researcher at the Worldwatch Institute, in the Institute's latest Vital Signs Online article
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Paper Production Levels Off, Environmental Footprint Still High
2015-01-20 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Worldwatch: In wealthy countries, paper is ubiquitous and is often fated to be discarded soon after purchase, with only a portion recovered for recycling. Although slow improvements have been made in production methods and in the recovery of paper products, additional progress is needed to reduce the industrys environmental impacts, writes Michael Renner, senior researcher at the Worldwatch Institute, in the Institutes latest Vital Signs Online article (www.worldwatch.org). According to the United Nations...
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Hyperpolarizer Upgrade Kit doubles polarization levels.
2015-01-19 14:30:45| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Available to owners of 9800 Series Polarean Xenon Hyperpolarizers, Upgrade Kit enables users to consistently reach polarization levels of 20–25%. Hyperpolarization technology produces hyperpolarized inert xenon gas, used in conjunction with standard MRI imaging to create high resolution 3-D images of human lung. Higher levels of polarization can reduce amount of Xenon to be inhaled, without compromising image quality, which is especially important in pediatric studies.
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Airpocalypse Now: Beijing Toxic Smog Measures Beyond Index Levels
2015-01-16 21:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: Again. No matter what desperate steps the Chinese government takes--banning coal burning plants within the city limits, shuttering more than 300 factories, wiping out old vehicles and boilers, forcing heavy trucking to go nocturnal--this just keeps happening: Beijing`s smog has yet again soared off the charts. On Thursday local time, Beijing measured "beyond index" levels of the dangerous airborne particulate matter known as PM2.5--considered hazardous to human health because the tiny particles...
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