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Forever chemicals – also known as per and poly fluoralkyl substances (PFAS) – are a family of different compounds so called because of how they persist in the environment, with many (such as perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid) associated with adverse effects in both animals and people. PFAS enjoy widespread use in a range of different industries, featuring in ...
Picosecond is actually short for picosecond laser. A picosecond is a unit of time equivalent to one ten trillionth of a second. Picosecond laser tattoo removal machine has a wide range of applications in dermatological treatments and are used in cosmetic equipment. Picosecond laser device can remove spots, acne marks, melanin, remove tattoos, rejuvenate skin and shrink pores, among other effects. ...
Water for sterilization has a new requirement and standard. This applies to surgical tools and instruments, and is useful to feed steam sterilizers and autoclaves.Medical Surgical Devices Require Steriliza New Standard AAMI calls the new standard for water for sterilizing medical devices “Water for the Processing of Reusable Medical Devices”. This is technically AAMI ST108. The ...
In April, the Department of Justice filed in federal district court in Puerto Rico a complaint against and a Stipulation and Settlement Agreement with the firm to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Clean Water Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. The EPA identified several areas of the ...
The outbreak was associated with contaminated cooling towers and resulted in new statewide regulations. Cooling towers use water to regulate heat exchange throughout the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system (HVAC). During the cooling process, aerosolized water is released and can often be seen as vapor emitted into ...
EPA is proposing to use ground-breaking tools developed in the ToxCast program to improve testing for chemicals that have the potential to disrupt hormone function in the human body. EPA uses automated chemical screening technologies to rapidly and simultaneously perform tests on thousands of chemicals and feed the results into computational models to predict hormone-related, endocrine activity. ...
” EPA’s FY 2014 request will allow EPA to continue its progress in addressing climate change; protecting the nation’s air, waters, and lands; supporting sustainable water infrastructure; and assuring the safety of chemicals. ...
Today the Obama Administration proposed a FY 2013 budget of $8.344 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This budget reflects a government-wide effort to reduce spending and find cost-savings, and is $105 million below the EPA’s enacted level for FY 2012. The FY 2013 budget is the result of EPA’s ongoing efforts to carefully consider potential cost savings and ...
According to the United States’ complaint, Merck failed to take necessary preventative measures and follow reporting requirements under federal environmental regulations. Because Merck has already resolved the alleged violations, the United States has filed in federal district court a proposed stipulation and order to dismiss the complaint. ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the final health assessment for trichloroethylene (TCE) to the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database. IRIS is a human health assessment program that evaluates the latest science on chemicals in our environment. The final assessment characterizes the chemical as carcinogenic to humans and as a human noncancer health hazard. ...
Outbreaks of norovirus have occurred in restaurants, cruise ships, nursing homes, hospitals, schools, banquet halls, summer camps and family dinners. These outbreaks occur across the nation and the Mid-Atlantic region is no exception. Earlier this year, a hospital in Pennsylvania witnessed an outbreak that appeared to occur both from within with existing patients and from people being ...
Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that interact with and possibly disrupt the hormones produced or secreted by the human or animal endocrine system, which regulates growth, metabolism and reproduction. Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has made it a top priority to ensure the safety of chemicals, and this is another step in this process. ...
Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that interact with and possibly disrupt the hormones produced or secreted by the human or animal endocrine system, which regulates growth, metabolism and reproduction. Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has made it a top priority to ensure the safety of chemicals, and this is another step in this process. ...
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. – The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) announced today that aquatic scientist Nancy N. Rabalais, Ph.D., will be the fifteenth recipient of the NWRI Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize for excellence in water research. Rabalais is Executive Director and Professor of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium in Chauvin, Louisiana, which provides coastal ...