Pegasus Capital Advisors In 2015, Pegasus Capital Advisors committed to catalyzing healthier working conditions and improved air quality in New York City’s nail salons. An issue largely overlooked, nail polish contains many volatile ...
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SILIKOPHEN AC 950 – the new high-temperature resistant, high-solids silicone resin from Evonik – is HAPS-free and intended to provide protective properties in industrial applications. No toxic substances release during curing, ...
The 2015 Polyurethanes Technical Conference will highlight issues and topics specific to the automotive market at the three-day event this October. Hosted by the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI), the conference is set to take ...
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The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong is asking people not to consume fresh bamboo shoot, which contains unpermitted preservative sulphur dioxide. Though sulphur dioxide is commonly ...
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A new Israeli study on the ability of a coral reef to eject its internal organs when it gets stressed could lead to advances in human tissue regeneration, especially in the digestive track. A recent Tel Aviv University study published in ...
It was a different kind of catwalk in Almedalen in Sweden. At a seminar called ”The world’s most sustainable catwalk” a garment made of the water repellent and fluorocarbon-free fabric OrganoTex was presented. The ...
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LLC has developed Safkote, a line of food-based coatings that are composed exclusively of (“generally regarded as safe”) components. The water-based coatings can be applied to paper on existing roll coaters at high speeds and ...
KRS Technologies has introduced Safkote, a product lineup of food-based coatings that can be applied to paper to make them grease-resistant. Derived from generally regarded as safe (GRAS) components, the coating is compliant with the ...
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German eco-business firms Zelfo Technology and Upgrading have teamed up to introduce an up-cycled packaging material based on wheat straw for the food industry. The Micro and Nano Fibrillated Cellulose (M/NFC) packaging solution ...
Michael Stephen, chairman of the Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association and deputy chairman of Symphony Environmental Technologies, discusses how this material biodegrades in the outdoor environment. Oxo-biodegradable plastics have from ...
This follows the news that Huntingdon Beach in California has cancelled its ban on plastic bags in response to a recent surge in support for them from local residents, and the decision of Arizona’s State Legislature to stop cities and ...
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Paper and packaging company Georgia-Pacific will close its manufacturing plant at Parchment in Michigan by the end of this year. Terming it as a strategic decision, the company said it will move the plant's food and other wrapping ...
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In a major setback to efforts to ban plastic bags, Arizona lawmakers have made it illegal for cities to impose bag bans through a recent legislation. Arizona Retailers Association and the Arizona Food Marketing Alliance, which ...
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The standing committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC) has amended the 2009 Food Safety Law in a bid to strengthen food security in the country, after a string of food safety violations in recent years. Xinhua reported ...
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FabricLink Network has chosen WoolVisions, the intimate blend of CoolVisions dyeable staple polypropylene with wool as one of its Top 10 Textile Innovations for 2014–2015. The innovative intimate blend of CoolVisions staple ...
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