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MEPs reject plan to recycle toxic plastics into footwear
2015-11-27 11:42:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Proposals to allow the recycling of plastics that contain the banned softener diethylhexyl phthalate (DHEP) into soft PVC items such as footwear, have been rejected by the European Parliament.
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BHP rebuts UN 'toxic waste' claim
2015-11-27 03:11:50| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Australian mining giant BHP says mud spilled by the devastating collapse of a dam at a Brazilian mine is not toxic.
EPA bans sale of pesticide that's toxic to honey bees
2015-11-14 03:39:35| Chemicals - Topix.net
It's the end of the line for sulfoxaflor, a pesticide used on a wide array of produce, but that has been found to be toxic to honey bees that are crucial to pollination of crops. The federal Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday officially prohibited further sales and distribution of the chemical, produced by Dow AgroSciences.
U.S. EPA Requires ASARCO To Cut Toxic Emissions At 103-Year-Old Arizona Copper Smelter
2015-11-09 01:47:10| pollutiononline News Articles
Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with ASARCO that requires the company to spend $150M to install new equipment and pollution control technology to reduce emissions of toxic heavy metals at a large copper smelter in Hayden, Ariz.
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EPA requires ASARCO to cut toxic emissions.
2015-11-06 14:31:07| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Settlement with ASARCO requires company to spend $150 million to install new equipment and pollution control technology to reduce emissions of toxic heavy metals at a large copper smelter in Hayden, AZ. Company will also fund local environmental projects valued at $8 million, replace diesel locomotive with cleaner model for $1 million, and pay $4.5 million civil penalty. Air pollutants should be reduced by at least 8.5 tons/year, and PM emissions are expected to be reduced by 3,500 tons/year.
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