Global ban on organotin ship paints proposed by UN maritime group

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The United Nations' International Maritime Organization is proposing a worldwide ban on the use of organotin biocides in ship anti-fouling paints. The organotin biocides, including tributyltin (TBT), were found to cause sex changes in shellfish and harm other marine life. TBT-based paints, which have already been banned in every European country and the US, are still being used on large ships sailing internationally.

All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing, Paint and Coating Manufacturing, Paints and allied products, Industrial Organic Chemicals, Organotin Compounds, Marine Paints, Environmental aspects, Environmental policy, International Maritime Organization, Tributyltin, Paint, Antifouling, Antifouling paints, Marine coatings

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Proton-transfer chemical-ionization mass spectrometry allows real-time analysis of volatile organic compounds released from cutting and drying of crops

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Researchers from the University of Colorado and Environmental Research Laboratories, CO used proton-transfer chemical-ionization mass spectrometry technique to measure in real-time the volatile organic compounds released from the wounding and drying of clover, alfalfa and corn cutting during crop harvest.

United States, Science & research, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, Analytical instruments, Mass Spectrometers & Spectroscopy, Instrument industry, Research, Instrument industry (Equipment), University of Colorado, Environmental Research Laboratories

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