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The use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect contaminants such as solvents, fuels, and pesticides in soil and water samples is now well established. Although ELISA and related methods can facilitate analysis of samples, several washing and separation steps are involved that require 30 to 120 minutes per sample to reach equilibrium. Recently, near infrared fluorescence immunoassa ...

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Drinking water filtration plants nationwide are failing to adequately reduce the public health risk due to exposure to sometimes lethal Cryptosporidium and other microbial particle levels. New regulations also will require reduction of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to minimize the risk from potentially carcinogenic reaction by-products resulting from disinfection. Particle and DBP precursors ar ...

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The chemical stability and slow natural attenuation of certain persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as polychlorinted biphenyls (PCBs) and DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane). DDT makes remediaton of these compounds a particularly intractable environmental challenge. The problems posed by such organic pollutants are reflected in their listing as Persistent Biological and Tox ...

Prospective technologies for stationary post-combustion NOx control include: Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) and Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR). These processes reduce NOx by non-catalytic or catalytic reactions with N-Agents (ammonia or urea). There are several problems with SCR, such as high capital cost, limited catalyst life, catalyst poisoning, and disposal. SNCR is less expe ...

Green Building design, at the planning and schematic design stages when sweeping decisions about sustainable siting, water efficiency, indoor ari quality, materials, atmospheric and energy technologies can still be made, is difficulet at best. Building Design & Construction 2003 "White Paper on Sustainabitity - A Report on the Green Building Moverment" identified significant bariers to green buil ...

IonEdge Corporation has developed and envionrmentally safe bright chrome application for the automatove industry. The application method does not use liquid chemicals, eliminates hexavalent chromium, reduces number of procedss steps and simplifies operatinb procedures. The process has the potentail to reduce manufacturing cost substantially. However, in order to realize these cost benefits, tec ...

Ion Edge has been in the business of developing and commercializing environmentally safe metal coating methods and equipment for several years. Recently, the company has developed a decorative bright chrome finish with acceptable appeal and promising qualities desired in the automotive sector. This application technology does not use liquid chemicals, eliminates hexavalent chromium, reduces numb ...