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EPA announces winners of the 2024 Green Chemistry microbial pesticide for crops including 9.9 out of 10, noting that the Pro Farm cal granules of phosphate rock with
corn, cotton, soy, and wheat. RinoTec Group’s documentation also showed other materials that improve phosphate
Challenge Awards is based on a microbe with natural pesti- minimal soil, aquatic, and human toxicity availability for plants. The additional
cidal effects. Bioceres has engineered as well as minimal ecosystem impacts materials allow the tricalcium phos-
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the growth of this microbe to produce and harmful materials. phate in the phosphate rock, which is not
n September 26, the U.S. Environ the starting point. The new method uses that works by increasing the ability of more of the natural pesticide compound, available to plants, to be converted into
mental Protection Agency a heterogeneous (i.e., solid) catalyst, the body’s immune system to help detect which reduces the application rate for Specifi c Environmental Benefi t – available forms in the soil. This avoids
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O(EPA) announced the winners which reduces the amount needed and and fi ght tumour cells. Typically, these RinoTec. The microbe is grown in large Climate Change: PhoSul, Sugar City, traditional phosphate processing in
of the 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge also avoids hard reaction conditions of types of proteins are produced in large vessels, then killed and incorporated into Idaho Free for subscribers of Chemical Weekly
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Awards for new and innovative green existing bio-based lubricant production. batches. Merck now uses a continuous a seed treatment package that coats the PhoSul is being recognized for deve- sulphuric acid are used to convert the
ChemImpex, the trade database, tracks, on a daily
IndiaChemTrade provides consolidated trade statistics
chemistry technologies. This year’s Professor Vlachos’s team has developed process to produce pembrolizumab, in seeds prior to planting. According to Pro loping enhanced phosphate rock ferti- tricalcium phosphate into a usable form.
of India. The information provided here is based on the
basis, exports and imports of chemicals and related
winners have developed chemical three classes of bio-lubricant base oils which the protein is fi ltered away from Farm Group, RinoTec is “readily bio- lizer, which avoids hazards associated Acid processing generates hazardous
products through the major ports in India — a vital
annual trade data published by the Directorate General
products and processes that reduce or with different properties, which they the cells continuously instead of per- degradable” and can replace several com- with traditional phosphate fertilizer gypsum waste, which contains concen-
eliminate the generation and use of found can provide comparable or better forming a one-time fi ltration step at the monly used synthetic pesticide products. production and improves performance trated heavy metals and radionucleides
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hazardous substances, use less energy, performance to existing technologies. end of a batch. This process can produce how international markets are moving; where your of India. The database can be searched by: Chemical
compared to existing rock fertilizers. from the phosphate rock and can release
and are more sustainable. substantially more pembrolizumab per competitors are exporting and at what price; where Name/Harmonised Code to obtain the consolidated
RinoTec is an improvement to their Phosphate fertilizers improve crop fl uorine into the atmosphere in fl uorine-
Small Business Award: Viridis reactor volume, which allows Merck to prior product called BIOst, a nematicide health and yield, but need to be in containing gasses such as hydrofl uoric
trade (import or export) in that item; or by Country to
imports are coming from and how their prices are
An independent panel of techni- Chemical Company use smaller equipment and thus shrinks and insecticide based on the microbe specifi c forms to be usable by plants. acid. Further, PhoSul minimizes phos-
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cal experts convened by the American Viridis Chemical Company is being the facility’s physical footprint, reducing Burkholeria rinojensis. Unlike BIOst, Currently, usable phosphate is pro- phate leaching in the fi eld, eliminating
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Chemical Society Green Chemistry recognized for developing a process the facility’s energy use. The continuous which requires relatively high applica- duced from phosphorus-containing phosphate runoff and its associated
Institute formally judged the 2024 for making renewable ethyl acetate, a process also reduces the energy and tion rates, for RinoTec, Pro Farm Group rock, which must be processed with ecological damage.
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Academic Category: University of to produce ethyl acetate from corn ethanol water the facility uses prevents pollution application rates, thereby reducing the material. PhoSul has developed a method nations for the 2025 Green Chemistry
Delaware, Professor Dionisios instead of from chemicals acquired by leading to fewer air emissions. amount of this product being released to use phosphate rock directly by Challenge Awards, from companies or
G. Vlachos from processing coal or natural gas. The into the environment. For more information contact: 022-24044477. Fax: 022-24044450
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being recognized for developing new a byproduct, which is used to generate substantially more pembrolizumab per A life cycle assessment by Bound- and the associated wastes. that helps protect human health and the
synthetic methods to produce lubricant about 40% of the energy needed to reactor volume, which allows Merck to less Impact Research and Analytics environment. Nominations are due to
base oils from renewable feedstocks. operate the plant, thus reducing the use smaller equipment and thus shrinks scored the BIOst pesticide product a PhoSul’s fertilizer consists of spheri- EPA by Friday, Dec. 13, 2024.
Lubricant base oils are the main com- plant’s energy needs and therefore green- the facility’s physical footprint. The
ponent of lubricants and are used in house gas emissions and emissions of smaller physical footprint of the facility
many applications, including machinery other hazardous substances, pollutants, helps prevent pollution because Merck
and vehicles. The new technology uses or contaminants associated with energy is able to reduce energy consumption
biomass (e.g., plants or food waste) to production. and therefore air emissions.
produce the lubricant base oils instead
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