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Reports and Studies Dec 14, 2018 2017 National Post-Consumer Plastics Bottle Recycling Report The 2017 edition of the United States National Postconsumer Plastics Bottle Recycling Report is the 28th annual report on plastic bottle recycling.
Reports and Studies Nov 05, 2018 ICCA-LRI Global Research Strategy Advancing Chemical Safety Assessment for the 21st Century
Reports and Studies Oct 30, 2018 Elements of Chemistry 2018 Chemistry contributes in many ways to the products and services that consumers and industries use in their day-to-day activities.
Reports and Studies Oct 24, 2018 Drinking Water Chlorination A Review of Disinfection Practices and Issues Providing clean, safe drinking water requires a multi-barrier approach that includes protecting source water from contamination, appropriately filtering and treating raw water, and ensuring safe distribution of treated water to consumers’ taps.
Reports and Studies Oct 18, 2018 The Economic Benefits of the U_S_ Polyurethanes Industry 2017 - Full Report The contributions of the polyurethanes industry to the U.S. economy are numerous.
Reports and Studies Oct 17, 2018 An Assessment of the Impact of Retaliatory Tariffs on US Chemical Exports to China: Jobs Lost and Economic Harm
Reports and Studies Sep 30, 2018 Municipal Procurement: Competitive Bidding for Pipes Demonstrates Significant Local Cost-Savings In today’s American cities, adopting the use of advanced technology and better approaches to clean water and sewer are common and often required by law.
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 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 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 02, 2018 Role of Plastics in Decoupling Municipal Solid Waste and Economic Growth in the US This study has determined that the increase of plastic use is a contributing factor to the decoupling of MSW generation from PCE.
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.
