Latest Persistent organic pollutants Stories
BEER SHEVA, Israel, December 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ICL Industrial Products ("ICL-IP"), a subsidiary of ICL Ltd. (TASE:ICL), today reported that it has begun a program designed to accelerate the market's transition to sustainable flame retardant solutions. The program is comprised of two components: 1) the acceleration of ICL-IP's development of next-generation, polymeric flame retardants; and 2) a three-year phase-out (with extension of 1 year for essential uses)...
Even the snow on Aconcagua Mountain in the Andes is polluted with PCBs. An international team of researchers detected low concentrations of these toxic, carcinogenic chlorine compounds in samples taken from America's highest mountain. The snow samples taken at an altitude of 6200 meters are among the highest traces found anywhere in the world of these substances, which have been banned since 2001. In particular, the samples contained more persistent compounds like hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 138)...
BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of flame retardants, will increase the price of SAYTEX® HP-900 flame retardant by 20%, effective Jan 1, 2010, or as its contracts allow. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050801/ALBEMARLELOGO ) About Albemarle Corporation Albemarle Corporation, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a leading global developer, manufacturer and...
NEW YORK, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Flame Retardant Chemicals - A World Market Review http://www.reportlinker.com/p0164407/Flame-Retardant-Chemicals---A-World-Market-Review.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=prnewswire The world flame retardant chemicals market is driven by innovation in flame retardant chemistries, and widespread product application of plastics. New...
Researchers have reported that the melting Alpine glaciers are letting off harmful pollutants once captured by the ice, which could result in a "dire environmental impact" for the region.In a study of sediment from an Alpine lake, Swiss researchers found trace amounts of now banned chemicals such as dioxins and pesticides like DDT."We can confirm with the help of these layers that, in the 1960s and 1970s, POPs (Persistant Organic Pollutants) were produced in great quantities...
The EPA says that hundreds of school buildings across the U.S. have caulk around windows and doors that contain potentially cancer-causing PCBs. It is not known how many schools could be affected, nor the danger it causes to students. However, the agency is still telling schools to test old caulk and remove it if PCBs turn up in significant amounts. Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator, said PCBs remain in schools and many other buildings built before the chemicals were banned in the late...
High levels of persistent environmental chemicals found in breast milk in a population with many male reproductive problemsA comparison of breast milk samples from Denmark and Finland revealed a significant difference in environmental chemicals which have previously been implicated in testicular cancer or in adversely affecting development of the fetal testis in humans and animals. This finding is published Thursday (Sept. 24) in the International Journal of Andrology.In recent years a...
NEW YORK, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. The Global Market for Flame Retardant Chemicals http://www.reportlinker.com/p0128582/The-Global-Market-for-Flame-Retardant-Chemicals.html Provides an overview of the global market for flame retardant chemicals Assesses flame retardant chemicals by retardant mechanism and chemical type, and by end-use application Makes forecasts for the global flame retardant...
U.S. researchers have linked Parkinson's disease to significantly higher blood levels of a particular pesticide. The study, published in Archives of Neurology, found higher levels of the pesticide beta-HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane) in 76 percent of people with Parkinson's, compared with 40 percent of healthy controls and 30 percent of those with Alzheimer's. The study involved 113 participants -- ages 50-89 -- whose blood was tested for 15 pesticides known as organochlorines. Fifty had...
 People with Parkinson's disease have significantly higher blood levels of a particular pesticide than healthy people or those with Alzheimer's disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.In a study appearing in the July issue of Archives of Neurology, researchers found the pesticide beta-HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane) in 76 percent of people with Parkinson's, compared with 40 percent of healthy controls and 30 percent of those with Alzheimer's.The finding might...
