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GAINESVILLE, Ga., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Mansfield announced today the addition of three locations for the packaging of Air1® diesel exhaust fluid (DEF). These DEF packaging facilities will be located within and serving the Chicago, IL, Albany, OR and Garden Grove, CA areas. Mansfield's current packaging locations include the Greater Philadelphia, PA, Memphis, TN, Cincinnati, OH and Southern California regions. (Photo:...
The Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center says, "We are urging non smokers, who were exposed to heavy levels of asbestos decades ago, and now have been diagnosed with lung cancer to call us about possibly significant financial compensation." For more information victims of lung cancer, or their family members are encouraged to contact the Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center at 866-714-6466. http://LungCancerAsbestosVictimsCenter.Com (PRWEB) February 08, 2013 The Lung Cancer...
-- National Program Continues to Reduce Cigarette Litter by More than Half -- STAMFORD, Conn., Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Keep America Beautiful (KAB) reports an average 55 percent reduction of cigarette litter in the communities implementing KAB's Cigarette Litter Prevention Program (CLPP) during 2012. In 2012, the program's 10(th) year, there were 195 grant-supported implementations across the country in a variety of places including downtowns, roadways, beaches,...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new study from Columbia Engineering and the Georgia Institute of Technology shows – for the first time – certain volatile organic gases can promote cloud formation in ways atmospheric scientists have never before considered. The findings of this study were published online in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). "This is the first time gases have been shown to affect cloud...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Picarro Inc., the world's leading producer of stable isotope and gas concentration measurement systems for science and industry, today announced the company's inclusion in four new reports from Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI) and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), which highlights Picarro Surveyor(TM) as the benchmark for natural gas leak detection. With PG&E as the lead author, the reports include two...
SYMBOL OTCBB: PIEX NEWPORT BEACH, CA, Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - IBA Green, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pioneer Exploration Inc. (PIEX) is pleased to announce it has received a request for further testing of Incinerator bottom ash from previous processed samples (See press release dated September 21, 2012) Coal ash, the by-product of burning coal, contains toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, lead and mercury. Billions of tons of this toxic...
The primary goal of the Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center is now reaching out to all US Navy Veterans, who have been diagnosed with any type of lung cancer, and they are asking one simple question, "were you exposed to asbestos?" If the answer is yes the group is asking the US Navy Veteran, or their family members to call them at 866-714-6466 about what could be significant financial compensation. (PRWEB) February 01, 2013 The Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center wants to hear...
OSLO, Norway, February 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Biowater Technology is pleased to announce the arrival of its prefabricated systems to be used for residential wastewater treatment. Biowater's prefabricated package plant [http://www.biowatertechnology.com/en/index.php?mod=pages&id=151 ] is compact, easily installed above or below ground, skid mounted or trailer configuration with easy delivery and installation and most importantly cost effective. Some of the...
[Watch Video: Smog in China] Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Thick smog in Beijing, China has left the city’s 20 million people with the worst air quality rating on its six-level scale. The city recommended its residents stay indoors, close windows and drink plenty of water as the air quality was reaching hazardous levels in the Chinese capital for the fifth straight day, and the nineteenth day this month. The government also advised the elderly, young and...
The hazards of breathing outdoor air in some Chinese cities have been well-documented. Now a University at Buffalo study confirms that breathing indoor air also carries significant cancer risks, especially for Chinese women. The UB study, published online this month, in the journal Cancer Causes & Control, found that indoor air pollution that generates fine particulate matter is a key contributor to the high rates of lung cancer among Chinese women, despite the fact that few of them...
Latest Pollution Reference Libraries
Acid rain is any form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that is possesses high levels of hydrogen ions. It can have harmful effects on aquatic animals, plants, and infrastructure. Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which react with the water molecules within the atmosphere to produce acids. Nitrogen oxides can be produced naturally by lightening strikes. Sulfur dioxide can be produced naturally by volcanic eruptions. The chemicals that are...
Water pollution is the contamination of bodies of water including rivers, oceans, lakes, aquifers and groundwater. Water pollution is when pollutants are discharged directly or indirectly into a body of water without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds. Water pollution affects the plants and organisms that reside in these bodies of water. In almost all of the cases the effect is damaging not only to individual species and populations, but to the natural biological communities as...
Today's soil contamination is a direct result of man-made chemicals or other changes in nature's soil environment. This contamination most commonly occurs from underground storage tanks bursting, use of pesticides, discarding oil and fuel illegally, leakage of dirty surface water, draining of wastes from landfalls and knowingly dumping industrial wastes into the soil. The most widespread chemicals found are petroleum hydrocarbons, solvents, common pesticides, lead and additional heavy metals....
Arctic haze is a phenomenon that occurs in the atmosphere at high latitudes in the Arctic due to air pollution. What distinguishes Arctic haze from haze found elsewhere, is the ability of its chemical ingredients to endure in the atmosphere for a longer period of time compared to other pollutants. Due to limited snowfall, rain, or turbulent air to displace pollutants from the polar air in the spring, Arctic haze can continue for more than a month in the northern atmosphere. Arctic haze...
