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- LIMITED (FREE) OPPORTUNITY | Attend Smoke School; Get the Same Training as the Health Inspectors
good news for you: Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) is covering the cost of the training by Eastern You can get more information about smoke school on the Eastern Technical Associates website.
- Good News, Murrysville: Emissions of Ozone-Forming Compounds from Westmoreland Compressor Station
Here’s what happened: Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. has filed an application for a Plan Approval Quick FYI on ozone: Ground-level ozone is created by chemical reactions that occur between nitrogen oxides This happens when sunlight chemically reacts with pollutants emitted by cars, power plants, industrial boilers, chemical plants, refineries, and even some species of trees.
- GASP Applauds EPA Finalization of Ban on Ongoing Uses of Asbestos to Protect People from Cancer
ongoing uses of asbestos is the first rule to be finalized under the 2016 amendments to the nation's chemical The action marks a major milestone for chemical safety after more than three decades of inadequate protections EPA's authority under TSCA to address risks to human health from asbestos or from any other existing chemical the law with clear requirements and a mandate to comprehensively prioritize and evaluate the risks of chemicals
- REVIEW: 'A New War on Cancer' a Must-Read; Features Mon Valley Advocate & GASP Volunteer
It talks about the crazy number of chemicals invented since the early 20th Century - about 300,000 - It talks about how rates of chemical exposure are so much higher for Black and Brown Americans, another It talks about burgeoning rates of childhood cancer and the increasing amounts of forever chemicals seeping how ineffective The War on Cancer has been - interspersing terrifying statistics about carcinogenic chemicals We have to change our regulations to protect everyone from harmful chemicals, minimize the influence
- Air Quality 102: Understanding What’s in the Air
Ground-level ozone is a a type of air pollution emitted by cars, power plants, industrial boilers, refineries, chemical plants, and other sources of chemicals that react in the presence of sunlight to form ozone. To others, it has a chemical odor similar to chlorine.
- Welcome to Ozone Season, Allegheny Co.: Here’s What You Need to Know About the Air Pollutant
Ground-level ozone is created by chemical reactions that occur between nitrogen oxides (known as NOx) This happens when sunlight chemically reacts with pollutants emitted by cars, power plants, industrial boilers, chemical plants, refineries, and even some species of trees.
- U.S. Steel Fined Nearly $13K for (Again) Violating Air Quality Regs
quick word on anhydrous ammonia: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has classified it as a toxic chemical “Anhydrous ammonia is very corrosive, and exposure to it may result in chemical-type burns to skin, eyes
- EPA Good Neighbor Rule to Require Lower Emissions for PA Sources
Nitrogen oxides are used in the production of nitric acid, lacquers, dyes, and other chemicals. When they react with chemicals produced by sunlight it leads to the formation of ground-level ozone ( Let’s get back to ozone: It forms when sunlight chemically reacts with pollutants emitted by cars, power plants, industrial boilers, chemical plants, refineries, and even some species of trees. used in several industries, including iron, steel, and ferroalloy mills; paper and pulp mills; basic chemical
- EPA Offers Exemptions from Clean Air Act Standards...Can It Do That?
Press: “ EPA offers industrial polluters a way to avoid rules on mercury, arsenic and other toxic chemicals apply to sources in these industries: Coal- and oil-fired electric generating units; Synthetic organic chemical
- What’s in the Air: How Ground-Level Ozone Impacts Health & Plants
For those who might not be familiar: Ground-level ozone is created by chemical reactions occurring between This happens when sunlight chemically reacts with pollutants emitted by: Cars Power plants Industrial boilers Refineries and Chemical plants And even some species of trees Ozone is most prevalent – and