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LEAD POISONING IN THE UNITED STATED IS A SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEM, ESTIMATED TO AFFECT SOME 3 TO 4 MILLION CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIX YEARS OLD. TO PREVENT THIS NUMBER FROM GROWING, EPA HAS UNDERTAKEN THE ROLE OF ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF LEAD IN LEAD PAINT. RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC. PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A MUCH IMPROVED, PORTABLE, X-RAY FLUORESCENC ...

EFFORTS TO MITIGATE DAMAGE TO LAKES, FORESTS, AND OTHER ECOSYSTEMS FROM ACID RAIN HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR SO2 EMMISSIONS. THE COMBUSTION OF COAL FOR POWER GENERATION HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH APPROXIMATELY 80% OF ALL SO2 EMISSIONS. WHILE FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION (FGD) TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS WET SCRUBBING, DRY SCRUBBING, AND DRY SORBENT INJECTION HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, PROBLEMS OF ...

SUBSTANTIAL AND INCREASING AMOUNTS OF WASTE LUBRICATING OIL ARE IMPROPERLY DISCARDED EVERY YEAR IN THE U.S. IN ADDITION TO THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF THIS PRACTICE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, UNRECLAIMED LUBRICATING OILS REPRESENT THE LOSS OF A RECOVERABLE RESOOURCE. WHILE CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART RE-REFINING PROCESSES PRODUCT SALEABLE LUBRICATING OIL BASE STOCKS, THEIR PROCESS SCHEMES INVOLVE COMPLEX UNIT OP ...

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THIS PROPOSAL PRESENTS A CONCEPT FOR A CHEMICAL MONITOR BASED ON DIFFERENTIAL CATALYTIC REACTIVITIES AND LARGE REACTION EXOTHERMICITIES. THE SIMPLICITY OF THE PROPOSED SENSOR CONCEPT PROMISES AN ECONOMIC AND RELIABLE MONITOR FOR IN-SITU MEASUREMENT OF A VARIETY OF GASES. IN THIS PROJECT, ENVIROCHEM, INC., WILL INVESTIGATE THE APPLICATION OF THIS CONCEPT FOR MEASURING AMMONIA IN FLUE GASES. A SENSI ...

FOSTER-MILLER PROPOSES TO UTILIZE SCRAP PREPREG WASTE AS A REINFORCEMENT IN RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE. BY REINFORCING RECYCLED PLASTICS SUCH AS POLYETHYLENE WITH SCRAP PREPREG AND SUITABLE BINDERS, AN ECONOMICAL USEFUL PRODUCT CAN BE OBTAINED. AT THE SAME TIME, THIS INNOVATION WILL ALSO HELP TO REDUCE 2.5 MILLION POUND/YR OF HAZARDOUS WASTE -- UNCURED PREPREG SCRAP. FOSTER-MILLER IS WORKING WITH A COM ...

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