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Learning The Hazards And The Right Way Of Processing Nitric Acid
By Jo Alelsto · 15 years ago
Nitric acid is known to be a very dangerous substance. It is highly corrosive, very reactive, poisonous and a strong oxidizer. Needless to say, one should be very well-equipped with the necessary knowledge and gears ...
Flooded House Do's and Don'ts
By Carolyn Ethington · 15 years ago
If your home has been hit by flooded due to a broken pipe, spring runoff, or backed up sewer, your first instinct is probably to start removing the water right away by whatever means are ...
10 Easy Ways to Conserve Water and Save Money at Home
By Ellen Bell · 15 years ago
In today's economy, with millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet and pay the bills, saving money is at the forefront of our minds. Pair this concern with growing ecological worries about water shortages ...
Microwave Emission Labels Provide Comfort of Mind
By Alistair Ogilvie · 15 years ago
Microwaves can be found almost anywhere people and employees are found. If not working properly, microwaves can emit harmful radiation that can be quite dangerous for anyone using or working near the microwaves, so it’s ...
Minnesota Affirms Atrazine Regulation Is Protective
By Sherry Ford · 15 years ago
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) this month completed a special registration review of the corn herbicide atrazine for the State of ...
Atrazine saves the soil
By Sherry Ford · 15 years ago
As people around the world recognize Earth Day, it’s also a good time to recognize the vital role the herbicide atrazine plays in protecting the environment and promoting responsible land stewardship. Besides helping to effectively ...
Environmental Issue Surveys: What Are They Telling Us?
By Eric Eckl · 15 years ago
A fresh environmental issue survey from CNN/Opinion Research finds that a majority of Americans believe that the economy should take precedence over the environment. It wasn’t by a huge number – a little more than ...
Is UFO Really Exists?
By Alice Calvin · 15 years ago
UFO is short for unidentified flying object. For the first there are people reporting this queer object, it has been connected with outer space aliens. Many people believe its space shuttle of aliens which are ...
Factors To Remember When Handling Nitric Acid
By Jo Alelsto · 15 years ago
Nitric acid is a colorless oxidizing agent that could become potentially explosive when in contact with certain compounds such as metallic powders, carbides and cyanides. It can also be very violent and self-igniting when used ...
5 Ways to Conserve Water
By Tim Kress · 15 years ago
Plumbing: One great practice for residential water users is the installation of an indoor plumbing fixture which saves water. You can also replace existing plumbing equipment with another type which would use less water. Low-flow ...
Sawdust Toilet vs. Composting Toilet: What's the Difference and Which Is Better?
By Ellen Bell · 15 years ago
Anyone who's done a little research on the topic of composting toilets has undoubtedly stumbled across information about sawdust toilets, sometimes also referred to as homemade composting toilets. In this article, we'll make some important ...
The Dangers of Pesticides
By Ann Guevara · 15 years ago
Pesticides are Poison!
It's important to remember that the purpose of pesticides is to kill living organisms. That being the case—what effect could these same pesticides have on your baby?
A June 2000 report by ...
The Green Office: Developing An Effective Office Recycling Program
By Jeremy Smith · 15 years ago
Recycling programs have been steadily expanding over the past few years throughout municipalities and towns as well as in industry and business. However, there is still a long way to go before everyone gets on ...
Global Warming $Profit
By Tony Blanch · 15 years ago
While there are many things we as a country have not yet agreed upon, there are some that are not only science but fact that we will all support, if and when they are modeled ...
Energy monitoring will help you save money
By Julia Herniak · 15 years ago
Many companies want to reduce energy usage, but they feel that the capital costs are too high to change equipment to become more energy efficient.
However, there is a cost effective solution for companies that ...
Bid Hazardous Waste a Goodbye
By Nancy Hopton · 15 years ago
With the need to save our environment increasing, one has to take the responsibility of waste too. Companies are looking for ways to get away from waste but because of hazardous nature of some waste ...
Protect Georgia Children from Mercury Poisoning from Fish!
By Eric Eckl · 15 years ago
Electric utilities have applied for the permits they need to build new coal burning power plants in south Georgia, and local families have every reason to be concerned. Already, we live with the pollution from ...
Rainforest Conservation - What is the Big Deal and How Does it Affect Me Anyway?
By Peggy Farabaugh · 15 years ago
Lush green rainforests may be something you've pictured only briefly when dreaming about a tropical vacation but did you know that the health of the world's rainforests has a huge influence on the quality of ...
Global Warming
By Anne Cross · 15 years ago
Air Pollution
Air pollution is an extremely serious issue all over the actual world. It's worse in some areas than other people however it still has long term results that are popular. Industrialization resulted in ...
Stenholm, NRDC Spar on Atrazine
By Sue Schulte · 15 years ago
Former Representative Charles Stenholm published an opinion piece in The Hill on March 23, questioning the administration's handling of energy and agriculture issues, including atrazine. NRDC responded, and spurred a response from Rep. Stenholm. See ...