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Study Says Drinking Water Has Toxic Byproducts
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Mixing drinking water with chlorine, the United States’ most common method of disinfecting drinking water, creates previously unidentified toxic byproducts, says Carsten Prasse from Johns Hopkins University and his collaborators from the University of California, Berkeley and Switzerland.
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Bats Inspire Oil, Gas Pipe Leaks Detectors (Re: Laboratory Equipment)
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Engineers have developed a new scanning technique inspired by the natural world that can detect corroding metals in oil and gas pipelines.
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Release Radioactive Water from Fukushima into Ocean (Re: Laboratory Equipment)
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An expert panel on Friday advised the Japanese government to release radioactive water from the Fukushima power plant into the ocean, rather than boiling it and releasing it in the atmosphere.
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Robbie Walker President, Marine Chemist Service, Inc. (Re: Oyster Pointer)
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Learn about the president of Marine Chemist Inc., Robbie Walker in Oyster Pointer’s interview.
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Maritime Association turns 100, eyes expansion (Re: Virginia Business)
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In the Virginia Maritime Association’s 100th year, Ashley McLeod has a wish for inland businesses to recognize the impact of the Port of Virginia on the entire state.
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Confined Spaces: The Initial Test of the Atmosphere (Re: The Maritime Executive)
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International maritime standards currently require crews sailing on vessels around the world to have an extensive amount of training and certifications which permit them to sail on board ships of all types.
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Certified Marine Chemists Help With Enclosed Space Safety (Re: The Maritime Executive)
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Certified Marine Chemists could be an asset make the maritime industry safer for confined space hazards.
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Asbestos Is Far from an Antiquated Threat (Re: EHS Today)
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Anyone involved in manufacturing or production should be intimately aware of the legacy of asbestos. The diseases most commonly associated with the mineral – asbestosis and mesothelioma – commonly take 20 to 30 years to gestate, long after the underlying problems have been corrected. The result is that mistakes made as far back as the 1970s are still returning to haunt businesses – and may continue to do so for decades to come.
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Should Workers Be Allowed to Wear Earbuds? (Re: EHSToday)
DNV GL Presents AIP for ‘LNG Ready’ Mega Box Ships
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Wednesday at the SMM trade fair in Hamburg, DNV GL presented Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) with an Approval in Principle (AIP), recognizing the technical feasibility of the LNG fuel system design for the A14 and A18 series of container vessels.