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  • China's green revolution

    Here's a nice interesting insight from my colleague John Richardson about China's fast track towards becoming the world's leader in clean technologies. If you're an ICIS subscriber ( about ICIS ), you can access the whole article in this link . Or you can also read the unedited somewhat...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-25-2008
  • Ingenious solar water heater

    Your "99 bottles of beer on the wall" could have some real use after all. This Do-It-Yourself solar water heater can be easily constructed according to the website Ananov a. The site said a Chinese farmer invented his own solar water heater using beer bottles and hose pipes attached to a board...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-11-2008
  • What's today's air forecast in China?

    In China, not only do you need forecasts for weather, pollen, UV rays, and wind, you also need to monitor air pollution forecasts especially with the incoming Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Starting July 20, car traffic was restricted in the city in order to to take 50 percent of Beijing's 3,5...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-25-2008
  • Nightmare on Sesame Street

    With closer scrutiny on lead-contained toy products, you might think that your kids' toys might now be safe but retailers, product manufacturers and ultimately consumers should also consider each product's complete life cycle analysis not just raw materials but including labor and manufacturing...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-14-2008
  • Can you live without chemicals?

    ICIS Chemical Business (Disclosure: I work for ICIS ) published today an article about one of my colleagues, Andy Brice, trying to live for a week without polypropylene plastics. This challenge came about during a "going cold turkey" discussion in the chemical community forum ICIS Connect ...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-19-2008
  • Toxic disasters

    The town of Picher in Oklahoma devastated by a deadly twister last week is being tested for toxic air because of the blown-off massive piles of lead and zinc mining waste, according to Associated Press . The area was already declared a Superfund site long ago because of the mining waste but this disaster...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-13-2008
  • Worldwide green issues

    ICIS Chemical Business, the magazine I work for ( About ICB ), released on Monday its second annual Green issue covering topics ranging from consumer green trends, China's environmental crisis, to the backlash of biofuels. These feature stories are free to access and don't be shy if you have...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-12-2008
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