Recent news on Furan

India - Strong rupee may dent yarn prices  -  May 16, 2007
YarnsandFibers (subscription),THF-tetra hydro furan has come down from Rs 155 a kg a month back to Rs 147 a kg. Acetone nytryl has declined from Rs 103 to Rs 97 and caustic flex from Rs

Living lab  -  May 3, 2007
Flint Journal,Co. complex in Midland, where past unregulated pesticide and chemical manufacturing has left toxic deposits of dioxin and furan, a dioxin-like compound.

Mauritius: Not in My Backyard  -  May 22, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Indeed, many consider dioxin and furan emissions produced to be serious health hazards and air pollution elements and it does not suffice to use a single

Canadian Company Acquires the Power to Vaporize Waste  -  May 17, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),...plasma gasification technology as a viable solution to convert waste to energy without emitting harmful chemicals such as dioxin, furan and mercury.

Black Death-type bacteria found in trash  -  May 7, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...backyard - still a common practice in many rural areas - can potentially put as much dioxin and furan into the air as a well-controlled municipal .

Study sheds new light on burning issue  -  Apr 20, 2007
Truro Daily News,But because “the mechanism and rate of dioxin/furan formation is still largely unknown,� the study said, “and although it is at this point impossible to

Componenta Oyj: Componenta quarterly report componenta’s interim ...  -  Apr 24, 2007
Kauppalehti (press release),The operating losses recorded by the Karkkila foundry and the Heerlen Furan foundry decreased considerably from the previous year.

California Inventor Develops Nano-Porous Low Dielectric Constant Film  -  Apr 24, 2007
Electronics Semiconductor (press release),Preferred nano-porous silicon oxide based films are produced by reaction of methylsilyl-1,4-dioxinyl ether or methylsiloxanyl furan and 2,4,6-trisilaoxane

DOE looking for dioxin clean up comments  -  Apr 6, 2007
KONP.COM 1450,...may use the Environmental Protection Agency's toxicity equivalency factor values and methodology when assessing dioxin and furan mixtures for cleanup.

NYU project helps city speak to immigrants  -  Mar 20, 2007
NYU Washington Square News,Taranto and Gallatin juniors Elizabeth Smith and Ashley Furan proposed Promoting Immigrant Voices in Education, a program to inform immigrant parents about

Cuba : Alternative Fuel in Sancti Spiritus’ Cement Factory  -  Mar 8, 2007
Escambray,Tests have been undertaken in France and Germany to prove that the co-incineration process applied in the cement factories do not produce dioxin nor furan

JEC Biocomposites Forum at the JEC Composites Show 2007  -  Feb 26, 2007
NETCOMPOSITES,Biomass based thermoset furan resin systems by Mr. Hans Hoydonckx from Transfurans Chemicals Bvba (Belgium). 5. Development of a new composite material

Parent suspects cancer caused by toxic school  -  Mar 23, 2007
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin,High levels of lead, dioxin and furan were detected, and thousands of tons of contaminated soil were removed from the site in March 2005.

India imports THF from Japan, USA, Malaysia and Taiwan....  -  Feb 13, 2007
Chemical Explorer (subscription),Chemical Explorer has been informed that Japan, USA, Malaysia and Taiwan shipped substantial quantity of Tetra Hydro Furan to India.

New cameras watch campus  -  Jan 31, 2007
SCSU University Chronicle,Public Safety Security Coordinator Jennifer Furan said the installation of the cameras began Jan. 22 with an expected completion date within the next week

Campus braces for bitter cold  -  Feb 4, 2007
SCSU University Chronicle,Jennifer Furan, security coordinator, said Public Safety officers have requirements they must meet before they go out on duty.

McGuire Ranch tests find dioxins  -  Feb 8, 2007
Fort Bragg Advocate-News,Frontier specializes in dioxin and furan assessment, while Curtis and Tompkins Ltd. is analyzing samples for other chemicals of concern,

Stringent Environmental Legislation Drives Advances in Hazardous ...  -  Feb 1, 2007
Business Wire (press release),..."The negative effect of toxic contaminants such as dioxins and furan emissions on the health of human beings and the environment has highlighted the need to

Provincial board OKs first step in cement plant’s tires-for-fuel plan  -  Jan 27, 2007
ChronicleHerald.ca,She said that burning tires would increase cancer-causing dioxins and furan emissions from the plant. The board presented a study at a press conference

Componenta Oyj: Financial statements 1 january - 31 december 2006  -  Feb 4, 2007
Kauppalehti (press release),The Heerlen furan foundry recorded an operating loss in 2006 of EUR -2.8 (-5.6) million. The enhancement programme at the unit is expected to further

New ASTM International Declarable Substances Guide Offers Case ...  -  18 Jan 2007
Aggregate Research Industries,...“For example, a list of declarable substances may contain hundreds of organic substances such as dioxins, furan, PCBs, PBBs and PBDEs, but those substances

Lyons hears ideas for Cemex fines  -  Jan 17, 2007
Longmont Daily Times-Call,But while kiln temperatures serve as a surrogate measurement for dioxin and furan air emissions, and Cemex did exceed permitted temperatures 72000 times

EFSA calls for data on furan food contamination  -  Jan 4, 2007
MeatProcess.com,04/01/2007 - EFSA has invited the food industry to submit data on furan contamination in food and beverages from 1 January.

Dock dredging stirs waters in Crofton  -  Jan 17, 2007
Cowichan Valley News Leader,McKendrick notes dioxin and furan levels are highest near the mill’s ocean outfall “which is some distance away from the dredge site.�

CEMEX Lyons Plant Agrees to Settlement with State  -  Dec 27, 2006
Aggregate Research Industries,The plant is required to monitor temperature, which is a surrogate for dioxin and furan. When excess temperature recordings were discovered,

Advancing ethics in export business  -  Dec 20, 2006
Financial Express.bd,Recently, huge quantities of shrimps were rejected by the European buyers for containing health hazarding nitro-furan which is not permissible by the

Acid-resistant concrete  -  Jan 15, 2007
Plant Services,Generally, most of the coating and lining systems are epoxy, vinyl ester, polyester urethane, furan, or silicate-based. The liners, for the most part,

CEMEX Lyons Plant Agrees to Settlement with State  -  27 Dec 2006
Aggregate Research Industries,The plant is required to monitor temperature, which is a surrogate for dioxin and furan. When excess temperature recordings were discovered,

CEMEX Lyons Plant Agrees to Settlement with State  -  Dec 23, 2006
FinanzNachrichten.de,The plant is required to monitor temperature, which is a surrogate for dioxin and furan. When excess temperature recordings were discovered,

Advancing ethics in export business  -  Dec 20, 2006
Financial Express.bd,Recently, huge quantities of shrimps were rejected by the European buyers for containing health hazarding nitro-furan which is not permissible by the

Economic dangers from weird politics  -  Dec 3, 2006
Financial Express.bd,Diesel smuggling up in lax border security, Installation of nitro-furan detecting machine delayed -- Foreign experts won't come on security ground,

Building awareness against organic pollutants  -  Dec 17, 2006
The New Nation,POP chemicals aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, chlordane, heptachlor, DDT, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), mirex, toxaphene, PCBs, dioxin and furan as "dirty dozens".

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