ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of international voluntary consensus standards. Today, some 12,000 ASTM standards ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $4.9 million research grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara to better understand the impacts of chemicals throughout their life cycle—from design, manufacture, ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $5 million research grant to Arizona State University to better understand the impacts of nanomaterials throughout their life cycle—from design, manufacture, use and ...
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The twenty-first Scooby-Doo video has just been released. Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery was released by Warner Home Video on 24-25 March. It's not easy to get anyone excited about the twenty-first anything. And in the world of kids' ...
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Forman Mills Inc., of Pennsauken, N.J., has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty. The penalty agreement has been accepted provisionally by the Commission in a 3-0 ...
Kohl’s Department Stores and Disney announced a Disney-branded apparel collection for kids under the Jumping Beans brand, available exclusively at Kohl’s stores nationwide and Kohl's website. The fun and fashionable line ...
Wear Pact, LLC (Pact), a Boulder, CO-based ethical and organic apparel basics brand, has closed its second round of equity financing with Revelry Brands, LLC. Boulder-based Revelry Brands (Revelry), an investment firm focused on ...
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In the last five years, the proportion of Australians drinking soft drinks such as colas and lemonades in an average seven days has declined from 56 per cent to 49 per cent, but could it be that more consumers are simply starting to enjoy a ...
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Like all Super Hero blockbusters, Black Milk Clothing’s DC Comics collection is preparing for an epic sequel. The second phase of the Australian clothing brand’s collaboration with Warner Bros. Consumer Products Australia ...
The BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LCC (BTP) joint venture (60 percent BASF, 40 percent Total) announced the startup of a 10th furnace at its steam cracker facility in Port Arthur, Texas. The additional furnace improves feedstock flexibility, ...
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Ineos said Friday it was taking legal action against China's Sinopec Ningbo Engineering and subsidiaries SNEC and Anqing for alleged infringement of copyright and trade secrets. It said in a statement the Ningbo Engineering Company had ...
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Norwegian conglomerate Orkla plans to source sustainably produced palm oil for use as an ingredient in its consumer products. Palm oil is a widely used vegetable oil across the world with around 87% of it coming from Indonesia and ...
Over the last four years, a new crop of ‘Irish’ alcoholic beverage brands has gained popularity among Australian drinkers, while consumption of Guinness remains steady, according to market research organisation Roy Morgan ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is asking companies or institutions to nominate their innovative technologies for the 2014 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. EPA is looking for nominations from companies and ...
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The recycling of rigid plastics excluding bottles rose to nearly 1.02 billion pounds in 2012, an increase of 10 percent over 2011 and triple the amount recycled in 2007 when the industry first began tracking rigid plastics recycling. The ...