Report: Chinese Drywall Contains High Chemical Count
WDSU
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The federal government says in a new report that Chinese drywall used to build thousands of homes has higher amounts of some chemical substances than its American counterparts. But the report released Thursday stopped sh...
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Philadelphia Inquirer
FMC Corp. said yesterday that its third-quarter profit fell 65 percent as the economic slump reduced demand for the Philadelphia chemical company's products. FMC earned $28 million, or 38 cents a share, in the quarter that ended Sept. 30. T...
WWF Says Australian Barrier Reef Faces Chemical Threat
Environmental News Network
Just when you think all human activities are making the environment worse, news comes that our efforts to improve efficiency and reduce environmental impacts (0ur environmental footprint) are doing some good. According to a new U.S. Geologi...
Apple overhauls iMac line, with 21.5-, 27-inch models
Mac Central
Not only has Apple removed toxic chemicals such as mercury by opting for the LED-backlit display, but it's also finally managed to remove PVC from the external power cords, the last remaining source of that chemical in the machine. (The PVC...
Key figure of U.S. chemical demand falls -report
Reuters
NEW YORK, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Chemical shipments on U.S. railroads fell 1.9 percent last week, the Association of American Railroads said on Thursday. The train shipments, called rail car loadings, are a measure of demand for products rangin...
Global Oxygen Levels Actually Grew Earlier than Thought
Softpedia
Common scientific knowledge has it that, about 2.4 billion years ago, the levels of the chemical oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere began to suddenly climb, until they reached at one point concentrations similar to the ones existent today. Th...
Drywall not linked to health issues yet
Bradenton Herald
To help find it, the CPSC tested 17 drywall samples — seven from China and the rest from the U.S., Canada and Mexico — to determine their chemical composition. Those tests found sulfur concentrations in the Chinese samples that were up to 4...
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SYRGIS APPOINTS CHEMICAL INDUSTRY VETERAN ROBERT BETZ TO BOARD Cincinnati - CINCINNATI – (Oct. 13, 2009) – Syrgis, Inc., an international diversified group of fine and specialty chemical manufacturers, today named Robert Betz, former Cognis...
China Drywall Emits Gas; No Tie to Illness, U.S. Says (Update3)
Bloomberg
“They find chemical elements, but they don’t find enough to be detrimental to people’s health,” Nelson, a Democrat, told reporters in Washington after a briefing by safety officials. “I simply don’t think the investigation is happening fast...
How Earth-Class Planets Form
Softpedia
One of the preferred ways to do this was with the help of a computer model, which simulated the interactions that appeared between a number of chemical elements, and determined the probability of these chemicals combining themselves in such...
Press Releases: PR Newswire: Chemical
Biloxi Sun Herald
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) today commented on a significant study funded and conducted by EPA and published online yesterday in the journal Toxicological Sciences. In this study, researchers exposed female rodents to both BPA and ...
Exxon's Chemical Business Posts Strong Third Quarter
CNN Money
HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Exxon Mobil Corp.'s (XOM) chemical business emerged Thursday as a significant source of income for the oil major, bringing in about one-fifth of its third-quarter profits. The business, which usually gets little mentio...
Some weapons to be destroyed separately
Pueblo Chieftain
One of the potential processes for disposing of leaking mustard agent weapons was outlined in detail Wednesday night for members of the Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission. Most of the 780,000 mortar rounds and ...
