Information on lead in toys.
www.healthytoys.org www.momsrising.org/NoToxicToys The Ecology Center and the Washington Toxics Coalition (WTC) have been testing children's toys for lead and other harmful chemicals. Experts at WTC test the toys by using an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer to look for the presence of chemicals such as lead,...

Company Watch - American Pacific.
Apr 21, 2008 American Pacific Corporation ("AMPAC") is a leading manufacturer of specialty and fine chemicals within its focused markets, as well as propulsion products sold to defense, aerospace and pharmaceutical end markets. AMPAC's products provide access to, and movement in, space via solid fuel and propulsion...

Thermoplastic polyurethane wire and cable technologies.
Lubrizol Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai) Co Ltd, a subsidiary of The Lubrizol Corp, has introduced new capabilities from its Estane Engineered Polymers group for wire and cable applications. Since the 2007 expansion of the company' facilities in the Song Jiang Industrial Zone near Shanghai, Lubizol has been able...

Polypropylene resins meet Chinese medical packaging requirements.
LyondellBasell Industries, a global leader in polymers, chemicals and fuels, has developed new Purell polypropylene (PP) resins in Asia for use in customer injection stretch blow moulding (ISBM) and extrusion blow moulding (EBM) processes. Bottles produced by customers using these new PP grades have passed relevant China...

Products change, relationships last.
These days, there's a lot of hand wringing about the difficult period the industry is going through. Nowhere is this more evident than in the chemical manufacturing and distribution chains. Many people worry about the potential disappearance of branded chemicals from the market. What happens, these distressed...

Chemical--radiation exposure linked to health risks.
Nurses who are exposed to high levels of chemicals and drugs on the job are more likely to report having asthma, miscarriages and some cancers, according to a survey released today. More than 1,500 nurses nationwide, including a sample from Missouri and Illinois, were asked last year...

Dear EarthTalk: what green-friendly lawn and garden pesticides are available today? I'm particularly interested in options that won't harm my cats.
Pesticides have greatly boosted agricultural yields over the last half century, so it is no wonder, given the commercial availability of many of these synthetic chemicals, that American homeowners apply 100 million pounds of the stuff each year to make their own gardens grow bigger and faster, too. ...

Company directory.
21st Sensory 400 SE Frank Phillips Blvd. Bartlesville, OK 74003 Tel: 918-333-1011 Fax: 918-337-9139 Website: www.21stsensory.com Email: info@21stsensory.com Contact: Kathleen Rutledge, president 3C Inc. 265 Royal Ave. Hawthorne, NJ...

China orders tighter controls on heparin production; FDA establishes permanent presence in China.
In a reversal of its earlier stance, China's drug safety agency is ordering local authorities to tighten controls on production of heparin, a blood-thinner linked to 19 deaths in the U.S. and hundreds of allergic reactions, The Associated Press reported March 21. China's State Food and Drug...

Fueling bioenergy endeavors.
Sustainable production of bioenergy is in the spotlight. It is estimated that one billion tons of biomass are needed to replace 30 percent of current annual petroleum consumption in the United States alone. Meeting the global challenges to reduce dependence on fossil fuels requires the expertise of ASABE's agricultural...