Environmental Consequences: Asbestos and Human Health
| Environmental Consequences: Asbestos and Human Health When microscopic asbestos fibers are inhaled, they lodge themselves in the lining of lungs. This lays the groundwork for the deadly asbestos cancer, mesothelioma. Perhaps it should come as no coincidence then that rates of pleural cancer (mesothelioma) in oil refinery workers are among the highest of any occupation.  |
Getting Biofuel from the Worlds Garbage There is plenty of garbage on this planet; in fact there is so much garbage that many developed countries are trying to dump their garbage on the lands of lesser developed countries, at a fee of course. But does dumping garbage on other places solve the problem? On the contrary it spreads pollutions and [.]Posted in: Biofuels, Ethanol, Waste Energy |
| Big oil looks to biofuels. The biofuels industry, hit hard by the global credit crunch, is getting a shot in the arm from a new sourceEURthe oil majors. |
Turning Wastewater into Ethanol As the world continues to search for alternative fuels to fuel our cars and heat our homes, many different opportunities are being explored and there has finally been a significant breakthrough in turning wastewater into ethanol as an automobile fuel source. Qteros and Applied Clean Tech have teamed up to create a biofuel will [.]Posted in: Ethanol, Inventions, Waste Energy |
| Asbestos Use Today: information from a reader Asbestos is still imported and used in the U.S. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. imported and used an estimated 1,820 tons of asbestos in 2007; see this PDF file from the USGS, please click only if you want to download the PDF. Also, the U.S. House of Representatives is considering a [.]  |
GE to Manufacture Offshore Wind Turbines GE, the US industrial group, is promoting and showing confidence in offshore wind technology by buying ScanWind, which makes direct-drive turbine components. This move will help in generating thousands of new jobs in the field of designing and manufacturing turbines. This move will affirm the confidence of investors in the fledgling offshore wind industry, [.]Posted in: Wind Farms, Wind Power, Wind Turbines |
| Where Youll Find Us in October (Conferences of interest) By Julie StoferWhere You’ll Find Us in October: Elizabeth Sturcken is a panelist speaking about partnerships and getting past barriers towards efficiency at the Sustainable Supply Chain Summit on October 16th in San Francisco.Rachel Beckhardt Hinchliffe and Jason Mathers are both leading panels at the Green Fleet [.] |
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