The United States and Europe have widely differing views of what constitutes an acceptable standard for use of these biosolids. Rebecca Renner examines the raging controversy over sludge standards and concerns about the high levels of heavy metals found in this material. Water-based finishing processes and a carefully designed building help reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds at a Michigan furniture plant. If testing proves its promise, an alternative to fuel oxygenates developed by General Technology Applications, Inc., may have a fighting chance to reduce automotive pollution throughout the world. 414A Reductions in nitrogen pollution to the Gulf of Mexico are a given, but the devil is in the details.
Nuclear transmutation attracts opposition.