Ask Umbra: On aerosols

www.grist.org | Oct 6, 2008

Dear Umbra, Love the column. Keep up the great stuff! A question: My co-workers and I are suspicious of buying spray cans, even though we know they no longer contain CFCs. We suspect that aerosol cans contain HCFCs -- hydrochlorofluorocarbons -- which are proving to be dangerous as well, this time

http://www.grist.org/advice/ask/2008/10/06/index.html?source=rss

Refrigerants: The drop-in centre

www.ACR-news.com | Mar 1, 2006

Drop-in replacements enable users to replace CFC and HCFC refrigerants with minimum inconvenience and cost while not losing o...

http://www.ACR-news.com/news/news.asp?id=860&title=Refrigerants%3A+The+drop%2Din+centre

Entering the fray-11/10/2004-ECN

www.icis.com | Oct 8, 2004

Total’s intention, announced in February this year, to carve out a separate chemicals business became reality last week when Arkema was introduced to its 19 300 employees and the world at large.

http://www.icis.com/Articles/2004/10/08/618795/entering-the-fray.html

CFC Replacements Near Halfway Mark

www.csemag.com | May 23, 2001

According to a recent survey conducted by the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI), Arlington, Va., U.S. building owners are expected to just about reach the halfway point in the replacement of comfort-cooling chillers that use chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

http://www.csemag.com/article/CA230304.html

J.T. Baker

Honeywell Chemicals encompasses a broad range of business segments including fluorines, performance chemicals, industrial wax and commercial roofing systems.

http://www.kemchem.com/Honeywell.htm

Volatile methylsiloxane (VMS) fluids are low molecular weight organosilicon materials with...

www.dowcorning.com

Volatile methylsiloxane (VMS) fluids are low molecular weight organosilicon materials with significant vapor pressure under ambient environmental conditions. They are volatile, low-viscosity silicone fluids consisting of-(CH3)2SiO- units in either linear or cyclic structures.

http://www.dowcorning.com/content/publishedlit/01-769B-97.pdf

Disease and starvation

"Substitutes are less efficient." (page 170) "This means burning more fossil fuels and more pollution. Hardly an ideal solution for the environment!" "And more people will go hungry because food cannot be safely preserved." (page 171)

http://www.info-pollution.com/starve.htm

Rockville, MD - US (United States)

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The firm of Buchbinder Tunick & Company LLP has a legacy of excellence in the practice of public accounting and management consulting that reaches back more than 60 years.

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