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CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Tax chemicals | December 02, 2020

An international group of environmentalists and legal counselors is pushing for an assessment on manufacturers to finance the more secure management and removal of synthetic substances across outskirts. The Center for International Environmental Law and the International Pollutants Elimination Network presented the proposition a month ago to an international gathering under the umbrella of the UN Environment Program. In excess of 100 governments, common society grou...

Chemical Watch | February 12, 2020

NGOs gathered yesterday to call on the budget chain 99 Cents Only Stores to follow the lead of its competitors and adopt a chemicals policy. Five years ago, the Campaign for Healthier Solutions – which is made up of over 100 health, community and environmental justice organisations nationwide – released a report that found over 81% of products in budget chains contain "hazardous substances", such as phthalates or heavy metals. And while 99 Cents Only Stores’ competito...

Chemical Week | April 03, 2020

Following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Nova Chemicals has implemented several safety measures within its sites, including major cuts in construction activities. “We’re keeping our site-critical workers safe with enhanced protocols, and we’ve reduced all our construction activities [by] 90%, to only those most essential, says Todd Karran, CEO. The chemical industry has been designated an essential critical infrastructure in the US and an esse...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Sigura | August 31, 2021

Sigura Water announced an exclusive license agreement of PristineBlue® and AlgaeShield® Performance Chemistry™ water treatment systems for recreational and commercial swimming pools. This new relationship leverages the marketing, services, and distribution depth of Sigura Water to bring the high quality, proprietary chemistry solutions of ESL to more pool owners. "PristineBlue is a unique copper-based chemistry, unlike others in the market, that gives trouble-fr...