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PHOSPHORUS
AND
WATER QUALITY
February 1 991
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Prepared For:
The 66th Oregon Legislative Assembly
Prepared By:
A Task Force
For
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Water Quality Division
811 SW Sixth Avenue
Portland. Oregon 97204-1390
WH4432
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY iii
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
v
. Nutrients, Algal Growth and Water Quality v
. Sources of Nutrients in Surface Water and HLnicipal Uastewater .VI. . . .
Control of Phosphorus in Uastewater. vi…
Laundry Safety
Q. Have you ever, even once, kept liquid laundry packets in a place where a child could see or reach them?
11% said yes, once.
15% said yes, several times.
73% said no, never.
Q. Which of the following apply to you?
53% said "I have a dedicated laundry room in my house"
24% said “I do laundry in another room (e.g. kitchen, basement, etc.)
22% said “I have a laundry closet”
12% said “I do laundry in a laundromat”
10% said “I do laundry in a communal laundry room in…
March 5, 2024
People don't typically dispose of cleaning products - they use them up. Empty packages can then be recycled or discarded with other household waste. Unused amounts of cleaning products can generally be safely disposed of down the drain or in the trash. That's not the case with all products found around the home. For those products that do require special handling, such as solvent-based paints, used motor oil and certain pesticides, household hazardous waste collection programs are an…
July 11, 2019
Originally posted May 2021, updated March 2023
Industry strives to reach net zero global emissions by 2050
ACI drives members toward climate action
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) is challenging companies in the cleaning products industry and supporting supply chain to align their corporate climate strategy and targets with the 1.5°C ambition, which strives to reach net-zero global emissions by 2050. Nineteen ACI members have already stepped up to the…
May 7, 2021
Report from the Asthma Science Forum May 10, 2011
Industry Sponsored
Asthma Science Forum
Report of Workshop held May 10, 2011
Renaissance Capital View, Arlington, Virginia
Submitted to:
Asthma Scienc ng Committee
e Forum Steeri
Submitted by:
Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment
(Contact: Jacqueline Patterson, patterson@tera.org)
January 17, 2012
Final
Copyright © 2012 …
A RIVER NUTRIENT PROCESSING MODEL
FOR POINT SOURCE INPUTS
Paul A. Amodeo, Jr.
A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate
Faculty of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
in partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Major Subject: Environmental Engineering
Approved b the
Examining %mrn&ttee:
lesceri, Thesis Advisor
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Donald B. Aulenbach, Member
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Charles W. Boylen,
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kenore S. Clesceri, Member
Rensselaer Polytechnic…
Here at ACI, we have challenged our members to align their corporate climate strategy and targets with the 1.5°C ambition, which strives to reach net-zero global emissions by 2050. Across the cleaning products industry, companies are taking bold action to limit the global average temperature rise to less than 1.5°C.
Ecolab, a recognized global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions, is helping combat climate change in its own operations and in its…
December 9, 2021
. THE IMPACT OF BANNING PHOSPHATI.COI{TAINING DETERÊENTs
0N THE l,lATEB QUALITY 0F rNLA}iD I,¡ISC0NSIN LAKES
Frepared for The Soap and Detergent Association
Nicho'las L. CJesceri, Ph,t.
Bolton Landing, fi.Y, 128i4
February 1983
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TABLE OF CONTINTS
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List of Fígures
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Materiality assessments provide a comprehensive evaluation of the risks and opportunities most significant to a company’s mid- to long-term success.
In 2015, ACI became one of the first organizations to perform such an analysis on an industry-wide basis. Doing so has allowed us to gain a deeper understanding of the sustainability issues that matter most to companies and stakeholders. Now we are using this…
December 6, 2018
US Consumer Products:
Research has demonstrated that a consumer’s attention can be diverted from important use and safety information by too much information on a label. Placement of information regarding all potential hazards posed by a consumer product could contribute to this effect. Furthermore, it was shown that warnings focused on specific hazards that are likely to cause injury to man or the environment enhance consumer and environmental protection. …
December 6, 2018