The Poro Point Industrial Corporation (PPIC) recently cited a report by the environmental management staff of the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) which absolved the firm from alleged infractions.
The public is invited to DuPage County's 14th annual Take Back the Night rally and march to fight against the alarming statistics of rape and other forms of sexual and domestic violence.
Satire's seasoning goes astray |One of the defining traits of genius is univer- sality, and 342 years after its premiere, Molière's "Tartuffe" remains fresh with insights on fundamentalism and religious
Hitachi Plant Technologies has developed a system to purify ship ballast water that is considered to cause marine pollution due to its high plankton and bacteria content.
Tokyo, Sept 27, 2006 (JCN) - Together with Hitachi Plant Technologies, Hitachi has developed a system to purify ballast water that is used to keep the horizontal balance of a ship but considered to cause marine pollution as it contains planktons and bacteria in a variety of sea areas.
Equipped with 13 W UV-A black bulb that causes coatings to glow, handheld UV Portable Magnifier features 5-diopter, white crown glass lens with 2.25x magnification. Supplied with protective cover, lens measures 4 x 2.5 in. and provides rectangular viewing area. Plug-in ballast minimizes heat emission and produces flicker-free illumination. Magnifier is suited for inspection of welds, solder
The need to fend off Asian carp has grabbed the headlines recently, but it's equally important to keep the pressure on to treat ballast water, perhaps the most common way that foreign plants and animals make their way into the Great Lakes. Two important steps forward took place last week: