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Understand more about Disinfection at lesser hazard

Econaur

Dissolving the pathogenic micro-organism using strong solvents like alcohol or soap. Oxidising (much-localised burning / disintegrating) the pathogenic micro-organism. The generation of gaseous chlorine dioxide (ClO2) is one of several techniques available for the remediation of structures impacted by microbial growth (US EPA 2007).

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How To Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

A carbon footprint is defined as a measure of the total GHG emissions caused directly or indirectly by a person, organization, product, or service. E.g. Organizations may account for the carbon footprint of a given product or service, which would contribute to but be different from the carbon footprint of the business as a whole. .

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‘How did we miss this for so long?’: The link between extreme heat and preterm birth

Grist

When Rupa Basu was pregnant with her second child, her body temperature felt out of control — particularly as her third trimester began in the summer of 2007. Rupa Basu poses for a photo while pregnant with her second child in June 2007. Still, she felt uncomfortably warm even as her colleagues and friends were unbothered. And the U.S.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. The process helps organizations highlight and target high GHG emitting operations with emission reduction strategies.

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Inside the University of Chicago’s controversial solar geoengineering initiative

Grist

Adding sulfate aerosols to the stratosphere would degrade the ozone layer (thereby increasing global cancer rates) and increase acid rain. The United States supported research, but argued it should be conducted by a different mechanism — specifically, within a climate research program at the World Meteorological Organization.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

Today K-Solv is legally allowed to release almost 20 times more volatile organic compounds — a class of chemicals that includes benzene — into the air each year than it did back then. In 2007, the TCEQ raised its annual guideline from an average of 1 ppb to 1.4 It’s 22 times higher than the 8 ppb guideline California uses today.

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Ohio officials know how to stop Lake Erie from turning toxic, but no one will do it

Grist

Mike Ferner, a retired union organizer and former Toledo councilman, leads Advocates for a Clean Lake Erie. Ferner, a retired union organizer and former Toledo councilman, runs the all-volunteer Advocates for a Clean Lake Erie. “I In this 2007 photo, hogs are shown in a pen at a 4,800-head swine farm in Amanda, Ohio.