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• Periodic Table
• Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone & Lead Partner to Increase Pollution Dangers to Urban Children
• Hydrogen Fuel Cells: Energy of the Future

Go Green

• 70s House Eco Renovation 
  • Redecorating
    • Painting Walls
    • Replacing Carpets
    • Updating Light Fixtures
  • Bathroom Renovation
    • Installing a low flow showerhead
  • Switching to Renewable Energy
    • Buying local clean power electricity
  • Kitchen Renovation - Coming in 2010 or 2011
  • Weatherization - Coming late 2009
    • Energy Audit
    • Revised ROI Calculations

Environmental Issues

• Consumer Health & Food Safety Concerns
  • ADA Recommendation for Fluoride in Infant Diets
  • Asbestos
    • Asbestos, a Brief History its Uses & Health Risks
    • Asbestos, its Chemical & Physical Properties
    • Asbestos: A Manufacturing Health Hazard Dating to Prehistoric Times
  • Dry-Cleaning Chemicals
    • Looking Good, Feeling Bad; or, What's the Problem with Perc?
    • Are there Realistic Dry-Cleaning Alternatives to Perc?
  • DuPont's Teflon Cover-up
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children: Autism & ADHD
  • PCBs in the food you love
  • Seafood Safety
    • Mercury in Fish vs. the Benefits of Fish Oils
    • Norwegian Farmed Salmon Raises Global Concern
  • The Dangers of Lawn Chemicals at Home
• Energy & Sustainablity
  • Biofueling to the future
  • CO₂ Pollution and Global Warming
  • Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs): Are They Worth the Switch?
  • Global Trends in Energy Technology Innovation
  • Hydrogen Fuel Cells: Energy of the Future
• Environmental Disasters
  • Chernobyl
    • Chernobyl Revisited
    • Agricultural and Environmental Impact
    • A Turning Point
  • From Bhopal to Hazardous Waste Compliance
  • Love Canal NY: Grownups Don't Do Blue Goo
  • New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina & the Oil Industry
• Politics and Policy
  • Environmental Justice and the NIMBY Principle
  • Prairie Dogs: Small mammal, big controversy
    • Prairie Dogs: A Threatened Species or Public Health Nuisance?
    • Prairie Dog Control: Non-Lethal Techniques
    • Prairie Dog Control: Lethal Techniques
    • Can Prairie Dogs be Managed Utilizing Reconciliation Ecology?
  • Pseudoscience: A Threat to Our Environment
  • Sorting out Science from Junk Science
• Pollution - Air
  • Effects of Air Pollution on your health
  • Clean Air Act Contributing to Mercury Problem
  • Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone & Lead Partner to Increase Pollution Dangers to Urban Children
  • The Heat facing Outdoor Wood Furnaces & Boilers
• Pollution - Water
  • PCBs in New York's Hudson River
  • Increased Mercury Levels Attributed to Industrial Activities
  • Environmental Pollution of the Concord River
• Waste & Recycling
  • Guide to Handling Household Chemicals
  • How Well Do You Know Recycled Paper?
  • Protecting Wildlife from Trash
  • Plastics - From Recycling Bin to New Product
  • RoHS: Europe's Initiative to Control Technological Waste
  • Treatment of Biohazardous Waste
  • The History of Waste

Chemistry

• Articles
  • Anatomy of the Atom
  • The Chemistry of Polychlorinated Biphenyls
  • Molar Mass Calculations and Molecular Weight Calculator
  • Stoichiometry: Molarity, Molality and Normality
  • What You Do and Don't Know About Fluorine
• Reference Resources
  • Chemical Database
  • Chemistry Dictionary
  • Periodic Table of Elements
  • Sort periodic table by: select orderAtomic RadiusBoiling PointCovalent RadiusCross SectionCrystal StructureDensityElectrical ConductivityEletronegativityFreezing PointHeat of VaporizationIonic RadiusIonization PotentialMass AverageMelting PointNamePeriodic TableSeriesSymbolThermal ConductivityYear of Discovery

Hazardous Materials

• Household
  • Guide to Handling Household Chemicals
  • The Dangers of Lawn Chemicals at Home
• Industry
  • Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)
    • List materials by
      • UN Number
      • Material Name
  • 49CFR USDOT Hazardous Materials Table
  • USDOT HazMat Placards
    • Select Class/Div.1 Explosives2 Compressed Gas3 Flammable Liquid4 Flammable Solids5 Oxidizers6.1 Poisons7 Radioactives8 Corrosives9 MiscellaneousRelated Markings
  • Placarding Quiz
  • USDOT HazMat Placards CD & training modules
  • Exceptions, Exemptions and Variances
  • FMCSA HazMat Transportion Permit System