Lowering VOC content is a popular topic these days, primarily because of the increasingly restrictive regulations throughout the country demanding decreased levels of volatile organic compounds in a range of paint and coatings applications. VOCs are organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure at ordinary room temperature. Due to the intense regulatory environment, it’s […]
Green Cleaning Methods You Can Try at Home
If you want to clean up the messes in your home in the eco-friendliest way possible, there are several cleaning methods that you can use that won’t harm the environment. In addition to eliminating your mess, you’ll be doing good for the planet and possibly reduce your carbon footprint when you try any of these […]
The Poisoning of Flint Michigan’s Drinking Water
This story was on the front page of the New York Times on January 20. Pretty shocking story. But if you look into it, it’s been all over the front pages of the state press in Michigan for months. Local papers and MLive have been talking about it nonstop for at least five months — that’s […]
Million of rupees medicines were burnt at DHQ Hospital Chitral
Medicines in huge quantity were burnt at DHQ hospital Chitral By: Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: Medicines in huge quantity were gutted at district headquarters hospital Chitral worth million of rupees. According to detail government supply medicines million of rupees to different hospitals for issuing to indoor admit patients under treatment at hospital. But unfortunately some […]
Record-Breaking Air Pollution Readings in Beijing
By owen Beijing is no stranger to air pollution, but this time it was different. A lingering 4-day heavy smog with jaw-dropping pollution readings [1] hit the Chinese capital in mid-January, making news headlines and galvanizing an online community that has become increasingly vocal about environmental issues. State media [3] called on citizens to take […]
Tainted Chinese Drywall Concerns Went Unreported for Two Years
Remnants of Chinese drywall sit in an infested home in the Venetian Golf and River Club in North Venice, Fla., on Friday, May 20, 2010. (Chip Litherland / Sarasota Herald Tribune) A leading East Coast homebuilder learned four years ago that the Chinese-manufactured drywall it had installed in several Florida homes was emitting foul […]