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Arsenic in Wood — Dangers Persist | |
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INDOOR AIR QUALITY FOR THE EPA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Research Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is the new home to one of the largest multidisciplinary groups of environmental scientists in the world. Designing and building this 1.1 million-square-foot (100,000-square-meter) campus presented the agency with an opportunity to demonstrate its environmental ethics.
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ARSENIC IN WOOD — DANGERS PERSIST When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a report last year on the safety of pressure-treated lumber, they acknowledged the danger of arsenic, a poison and carcinogen, which is used widely in wood preservatives like chromated copper arsenate (CCA). They announced a phase-out of some uses of the preservative by the end of 2003.
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More Environment How to Make Superfund Sites Live and Breathe Again — Metropolis, 2003.05Effect of Artificial Light on Man-Made Environments — Metropolis Online, 2003.05 Old Brooklyn Ice House Turns Green — Metropolis, 2003.05 AIA COTE Awards for Top Ten Green Projects — AIA Press Release, 2003.0422 'Green' Designs Grab Honors — Inma News, 2003.0422 Smart Schools — Star Telegram, 2003.0422 Dogs Become Newest Weapon in Battle against Mold — Designare, 2003.0421 Collier Earth-Sheltered Home Reduces Energy Costs — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2003.0419 Lighthouse Goes Green for Sustainable Future — Evening Times, 2003.0418 Kyocera Solar Modules to Power Community Cafe — Kyocera Solar, Inc. press release, 2003.0417 EPA and LightFair Focus on Energy-Saving Lighting — Designare, 2003.0416 ING Bank's Thinking Headquarters — Toronto Star, 2003.0414 RedVector.com Delivers Toxic Mold Online Course — RedVector.com press release, 2003.0401 How Much Electricity Does the Internet Use? — Rocky Mountain Institute Newsletter, 2003.04 Biomimetic Buildings: Applying the Lessons of Nature — Rocky Mountain Institute Newsletter, 2003.04 Reaching Out to China — Rocky Mountain Institute Newsletter, 2003.04 Energy Trust Launches Commercial/ Industrial Retrofit Program — Con.WEB, 2003.0327
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