New Video Highlights Companies, Communities, Researchers Reducing Toxics
Watch our new video to hear directly from companies, communities, researchers and a TUR planner on how TURI's services helped them reduce toxics. We encourage you to use TURI services -- grants , lab , research and training.
Continuing Education Conference Features Keynote Speaker Barbara Karn
Wednesday, November 13
Fall Continuing Education Conference
Norwood Four Points Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike, Norwood

The fall Continuing Education Conference features keynote speaker Barbara Karn. She is Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization , a professional scientific society that advances knowledge of the applications and implications of nanotechnology.

Her talk, "How Nanomaterials can Support Your TUR and Sustainability Goals," will highlight how to understand and minimize inherent hazards and ways certain nanomaterials may be used to reduce toxics. She will also join the afternoon panel in Session B on nanomaterials.

The conference includes presentations and sessions on the following topics:
  • Nanomaterials environmental, health and safety
  • Real world lessons when switching from solvent to safer alternative industrial parts cleaning
  • REACH and other regulatory restrictions that can influence your TUR choices
  • Using safety data sheets to help guide your TUR decisions

12 Continuing Education Credits
Synventive Demonstrates Safer Cleaning System
In celebration of October's Manufacturing Month, TURI organized a demonstration at Synventive, a leading manufacturer of hot runner systems for the plastics injection molding industry. Attendees learned about the process that Synventive and the TURI lab used to explore safer alternatives to n-Propyl Bromide (nPB or 1-bromopropane). The lab identified three potential aqueous cleaners that worked for part of the company's process. Further research is continuing to identify a safer solvent for more complex parts. For more information, contact Alicia McCarthy .
New Kettle Cuisine Case Study
Soup maker Kettle Cuisine of Lynn worked with researchers in the UMass Lowell Department of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences to optimize the use of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and identify and evaluate the effectiveness of less toxic alternatives. Funded by a TURI industry grant, UMass Lowell students performed the research and testing.

Most Valuable Pollution Prevention Awards Announced
UMass Lowell public health students were one of seven groups or individuals that received the 2019 Most Valuable Pollution Prevention (MVP2) awards.

Presented by the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, the annual awards celebrate the successes of innovators in the areas of pollution prevention and sustainability.
Public Health students and TURI research assistants Nicole Kebler, AdorrahLe Khan and Ross Goding found safer ways to clean reusable bags.
TURI Lab Tour Showcases Capabilities
Companies, toxics use reduction planners and other organizations recently toured the TURI lab to learn about performance testing (free to Massachusetts companies) that helps organizations identify and evaluate safer cleaning chemistries. The group toured the wet, analytical, demonstration and disinfection labs and heard about companies that have switched to safer alternatives. Learn more by contacting Jason Marshall or Alicia McCarthy .