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[My Quiet Life] Mazda has beaten the rest of the auto industry to the punch by eliminating four harmful heavy metals from all of its cars — lead, hexavalent chromium, cadmium and mercury.
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Jalopnik: In a startling blow to the Jim Anchowers of the world, Mazda is reportedly banning four kinds of heavy metal from its vehicles: Black Metal, Doom Metal, Thrash Metal and the lesser-known genre of Well Hey! Metal (cf. (via Cosmos)
[Blogs.sun.com] The Navel of Narcissus: "Member States shall ensure that, from 1 July 2006, new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market does not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE).
[Bobwhitson.typepad.com] Howling At A Waning Moon: Good News Archives: And in the 1980s, it was discovered that several tech companies had underground storage tanks that leaked toxic solvents into the groundwater. In a south San Jose area affected by the leaks, the state Health Department found that children were more likely to be born with holes in the heart, Down syndrome, deformed genitalia and webbed toes, but investigators could not establish any direct link to the leaks.
[Metaefficient.com] MetaEfficient: July 2004 Archives: NiCad batteries use Cadmium, a highly toxic heavy metal that will damage the environment if not disposed of properly. NiCad batteries should be should be recycled, not disposed of in your household trash.
[Spewingforth.blogspot.com] Confined Space: "When a unit has been down there is a checkout procedure that is followed by a BP person," Chappell said.Three identically sized pipe spools were removed during maintenance of the hydrotreating unit -- one carbon steel and two chromium alloy. A carbon steel pipe came from a low heat area, but was replaced in the high heat area instead of the chromium alloy pipe.
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