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White lightning: Ethanol and Iogen: Patrick Foody’s 20-year ethanol itch pays off. Finally
(March 19, 1998) It was an unremarkable concoction, this mealy mush of wood bits cooked in steam. Pulpy, brown bog was what it looked like. But the American scientist immediately understoof the significance of Patrick Foody’s discovery. Continue reading
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Government releases report of panel studying the disposal of nuclear fuel waste
(March 13, 1998) Ottawa – March 13, 1998 – The federal panel studying the long-term management of nuclear fuel waste and the safety and acceptability of Atomic Energy of Canada’s concept to bury nuclear waste deep within the rock of the Canadian Shield has recommended a step-by-step approach to managing nuclear wastes. Continue reading
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Cndn Government releases report of panel studying the disposal of nuclear fuel waste: backgrounder
(March 1, 1998) In a 1978 joint statement, the governments of Canada and Ontario directed Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) to develop the concept of deep geological disposal of nuclear fuel wastes. A subsequent joint statement in 1981 established that disposal site selection would not begin until after a full federal public hearing and approval of the concept by both governments. Continue reading
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Hormesis as a biological hypothesis
(February 1, 1998) A comprehensive effort was undertaken to identify articles demonstrating chemical hormesis. Nearly 4000 potentially relevant articles were retrieved from preliminary computer database searches by using various key word descriptors and extensive cross referencing. Continue reading
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Hormesis as a biological hypothesis
(Feb. 1, 1998) A comprehensive effort was undertaken to identify articles demonstrating chemical hormesis. Nearly 4000 potentially relevant articles were retrieved from preliminary computer database searches by using various key word descriptors and extensive cross-referencing. A priori evaluation criteria were established including study design features (e.g., number of doses, dose range), statistical analysis, and reproducibility of results. Evidence of chemical hormesis was judged to have occurred in approximately 350 of the 4000 studies evaluated. Continue reading
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Letter on legislative change requirements for natural gas deregulation
(January 25, 1998) The following remarks are in response to your letter of December 19, 1998 about the Ontario Energy Board’s “Advisory Report to the Minister of Energy, Science and Technology on Legislative Change Requirements for Natural Gas Deregulation”. Continue reading
Ethics of DuPont’s CFC strategy: 1975-1995
(January 1, 1998) The ethics of DuPont’s CFC strategy are analyzed using a Potter’s Box framework. This approach includes an examination of relevant facts, prioritization of stakeholder loyalties, selection of a mode of ethical reasoning, and a world view. Continue reading
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Canadian export a type of reactor they closed down
(December 3, 1997) On the blustery shore of Lake Ontario, in Canada’s most heavily populated region, four aging nuclear reactors bedeviled by leaks, failures and operators who sometimes drank beer or smoked marijuana on the job are being shut down because they cannot be safely run by one of the largest utility companies in North America. Continue reading
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Environmentalists laud PetroCan-Iogen deal
(November 25, 1997) Deal includes building test plant in Ottawa. Environment groups reacted ecstatically to yesterday’s announcement that Petro-Canada will get into the ethanol fuel research business and hopes to start major ethanol production. Continue reading
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Select committee on Ontario Hydro nuclear affairs- part 2 of 2
(October 20, 1997) Mr Conway: But certaintly it is your view that this current and longstanding difficulty, malaise and worse at Ontario Hydro has not been helped by the fact it has been a monopoly, correct, in your view? Continue reading
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