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Reports and Studies May 23, 2018 Spray Polyurethane Foam Monitoring and Re-Occupancy of High Pressure Open Cell Applications to New Residential Constructions The purpose of the study was to determine SPF emissions during application and to evaluate emissions during trimming on freshly sprayed foam as well as foam aged one day to one week following application.
Reports and Studies May 23, 2018 CPI Ventilation Research Project for Estimating Re-Entry Times for Trade Workers Following Applicati(1) The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) Ventilation Research Task Force conducted experiments to evaluate and determine the decay rate of specific chemical vapor following SPF application.
Reports and Studies May 23, 2018 Open Cell Monitoring, a Follow-up After Reformulation In this follow up study, after reformulation of the catalyst package, the half-pound open cell SPF formulation, was applied at the BASF Research and Training Center in Houston.
Reports and Studies Apr 30, 2018 Life Cycle Impacts of Plastic Packaging Compared To Substitutes in the United States and Canada The goal of this report is to use LCA methodology to assess the environmental impacts of plastics packaging relative to alternative packaging in North America and answer the question: "If plastic packaging were replaced with alternative types of packaging, how would environmental impacts be affected?"
Reports and Studies Apr 24, 2018 Commentary on New Formaldehyde Studies in Trp53 Haploinsufficient Mice: Further Support for Nonlinear Risks From Inhaled Formaldehyde Formaldehyde is a widely used industrial chemical, a byproduct of combustion, and is generated endogenously. The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed far lower safety values based, in part, on controversial associations between formaldehyde exposure and increased risk of leukemia.
Reports and Studies Apr 20, 2018 A Review of Whether Dermal Exposure to Diisocyanates Causes Occupational Asthma Provides a review regarding the role that dermal contact with diisocyanates plays in the development of diisocyanate-related occupational asthma.
Reports and Studies Mar 26, 2018 Retroactive Engine Test Registration of the Sequence X According to correspondence with the ASTM Sequence X Surveillance Panel Chair, Sequence X engine test stands were calibrated on March 19 2016.
Reports and Studies Mar 14, 2018 Progress Report – 2018: The Declaration of the Global Plastics Associations for Solutions on Marine Litter The projects vary widely, from beach clean ups to expanding waste management capacities, and from global research to awareness and education campaigns.
Reports and Studies Mar 07, 2018 ACC Science & Research at the Society of Toxicology Meeting March 11-15, 2018 Approximately 7,000 scientists from more than 50 countries will participate in the annual meeting of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) in San Antonio March 11-15.
Reports and Studies Feb 21, 2018 2016 National Report on Post-Consumer Non-Bottle Rigid Plastic Recycling
Reports and Studies Feb 21, 2018 2016 National Postconsumer Plastic Bag & Film Recycling Report The 2016 National Postconsumer Plastic Bag and Film Recycling Report is the twelfth annual report on the amount of plastic bags and film recovered in the United States for recycling.
Reports and Studies Jan 26, 2018 Petroleum Additives Product Approval Code of Practice This Code of Practice will help ensure that a particular engine lubricant meets its performance specifications.
Reports and Studies Dec 15, 2017 December 15, 2017 - Retroactive Engine Test Registration of Sequence VH ACC's Product Approval Protocol Task Group (PAPTG) reached consensus to initiate retroactive registration of the Sequence VH engine test.
Reports and Studies Dec 15, 2017 Code Bulletin C-59 – Product Approval Code of Practice – January 2018 Edition The January 2018 edition of the ACC Product Approval Code of Practice incorporates everything in the December 2010 edition of the COP, as well as all changes detailed in Code Bulletins C-42 through C-58.
