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Reports and Studies Jul 01, 2016 The Industrial Gases Industry: Essential to US Manufacturing, Health Care, Domestic Energy Production and Energy Efficiency For more than 100 years, the industrial gases industry has supplied sectors that are essential to the economy nationwide.
Reports and Studies May 01, 2016 Measurement of Endogenous Versus Exogenous Formaldehyde-Induced DNA-Protein Crosslinks in Animal Tissues by Stable Isotope Labeling and Ultrasensitive Mass Spectrometry DNA-protein crosslinks (DPC) arise from a wide range of endogenous and exogenous chemicals, such as chemotherapeutic drugs and formaldehyde. Importantly, recent identification of aldehydes as endogenous genotoxins in Fanconi anemia has provided new insight into disease causation.
Reports and Studies Apr 23, 2016 BCC Research Carolinas Study The primary objective of this study was to provide a comparison of water distribution and transmission (pressurized) pipe installation and costs between three communities in North and South Carolina.
Reports and Studies Mar 04, 2016 Shedding Light on Studies Contending Associations of Human Biomonitoring Levels with Health Effects ACC Science and Research Highlights - March 2016.
Reports and Studies Mar 03, 2016 Socio-Economic Evaluation of the Global Silicones Industry - Europe This summary provides key information to stakeholders on the important contributions that silicones and the related materials, silanes and siloxanes, make to European society.
Reports and Studies Mar 03, 2016 Socio-Economic Evaluation of the Global Silicones Industry - Asia This summary provides key information to stakeholders on the important contributions that silicones and the related materials, silanes and siloxanes, make to Asian society.
Reports and Studies Mar 03, 2016 Socio-Economic Evaluation of the Global Silicones Industry - The Americas This summary provides key information to stakeholders on the important contributions that silicones and the related materials, silanes and siloxanes, make to society in the Americas.
Reports and Studies Mar 03, 2016 Socio-Economic Evaluation of the Global Silicones Industry - Final Report This independent report evaluates the socio-economic importance of the silicones industry to the global economy.
Reports and Studies Mar 02, 2016 An Updated Re-Analysis of the Mortality Risk from Nasopharyngeal Cancer in the National Cancer Institute Formaldehyde Worker Cohort Study To determine whether the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) suggestion of a persistent increased mortality risk for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) in relation to formaldehyde (FA) exposure is robust with respect to alternative methods of data analysis.
Reports and Studies Feb 15, 2016 BCC Research Ohio Study The primary objective of this study was to provide a comparison of water transmission (pressurized) pipeline installation and costs between two Ohio communities.
Reports and Studies Feb 04, 2016 The Bottom-Up Approach to Bounding Potential Low-Dose Cancer Risks from Formaldehyde: An Update In 2013, we proposed a novel bottom-up approach to bounding low-dose cancer risks that may result from small exogenous exposures to chemicals that are always present in the body as a result of normal biological processes.
Reports and Studies Jan 21, 2016 Healthy Environments: Strategies for Avoiding Flame Retardants in the Built Environment Review of the Scientific Basis for the Document: Healthy Environments: Strategies for Avoiding Flame Retardants in the Built Environment.
Reports and Studies Dec 01, 2015 The Economic Benefits of Industrial Gases The American industrial gas industry provides essential products to manufacturers, innovators and service providers that help drive the U.S. economy.
Reports and Studies Sep 30, 2015 Full Report of PTC Impact Analysis Assessment of the economic and social impacts of the failure of Congress to extend the compliance deadline for Positive Train Control (PTC).
Reports and Studies Sep 03, 2015 2015 ICCA-LRI Workshop Executive Summary The workshop opened with three plenary presentations providing overviews of North America, Europe, and Japan, focusing on advances in hazard and eposure assessment for chemical safety.
