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Reports and Studies Jul 24, 2015 Report Combined Heat and Power as a Compliance Option Under the Clean Power Plan A template and policy options for state regulators.
Reports and Studies Jul 01, 2015 OECD Harmonized Tiered Approach to Measure and Assess the Potential Exposure To Airborne Emissions of Engineered Nano-Objects and Their Agglomerates and Aggregates At Workplaces View this important document to learn more.
Reports and Studies Jul 01, 2015 Formaldehyde Exposure and Mortality Risks From Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Other Lymphohematopoietic Malignancies in the US National Cancer Institute Cohort Study of Workers in Formaldehyde Industries To evaluate associations between cumulative and peak formaldehyde exposure and mortality from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other lymphohematopoietic malignancies.
Reports and Studies Jun 23, 2015 Comparative Assessment of Nanomaterial Definitions and Safety Evaluation Considerations Comparative Assessment of Nanomaterial Definitions and Safety Evaluation Considerations
Reports and Studies Apr 21, 2015 Formation, Accumulation, and Hydrolysis of Endogenous and Exogenous Formaldehyde-Induced DNA Damage Formaldehyde is not only a widely used chemical with well-known carcinogenicity but is also a normal metabolite of living cells.
Reports and Studies Apr 02, 2015 ICCA-IEA-DECHEMA Catalysis Roadmap Energy and GHG reductions in the chemical industry via catalytic processes.
Reports and Studies Mar 20, 2015 2014 ICCA-LRI Workshop Executive Summary What will work? Application of new approaches for chemical safety assessment.
Reports and Studies Nov 12, 2014 LRI Research Strategy 2015 2019 The LRI Research Strategy 2015-2019 outlines an agenda that complements ACCs advocacy priorities by advancing the analytical and scientific tools necessary for success in three crucial areas.
Reports and Studies Nov 05, 2014 Executive Summary of the ToxStrategies Report View this important document to learn more about CHAP and phthalates.
Reports and Studies Oct 31, 2014 Learn about the Economic Benefits of Pine Chemistry Learn about the Economic Benefits of Pine Chemistry
Reports and Studies Sep 24, 2014 ACC Presentation on NRC 2014 Recommendations for Improving IRIS Learn more about: Implementing the NRC Recommendations for EPAs IRIS Program
Reports and Studies Jul 30, 2014 New Study from the National Toxicology Program NTP Finds No Association Between Formaldehyde and Leukemia A recently-completed study adds further compelling evidence that the current body of existing mode of action data do not support a causal association between formaldehyde and leukemia.
Reports and Studies Jul 09, 2014 2014 Update of Potential for Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste and Non-Recycled Plastics in the 50 States This Report is an update of the 2011 Earth Engineering Center Report to ACC which was based on U.S. 2008 data and quantified the energy and economic value of municipal solid wastes (MSW) and non-recycled plastics.
Reports and Studies May 16, 2014 Issues of Methods and Interpretation in the National Cancer Institute Formaldehyde Cohort Study In 2004, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reclassified formaldehyde (FA) from a probable (Group 2A) to a known human carcinogen (Group 1) citing results for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) mortality from the follow-up through 1994 of the National Cancer Institute formaldehyde cohort study.
Reports and Studies Apr 18, 2014 U.S. Freight Rail Policy Report Congress needs to reform US freight rail policy.
