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PITMAN, DAVID
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CHEMICAL industry , *SODIUM bicarbonate , *ECONOMIC demand , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *EMISSION control , *AIR quality standards - Abstract
The article reveals that U.S. manufacturers of sodium bicarbonate are expecting an increase in demand in response to new environmental regulations. Coal-fired power plants and other industrial facilities are expected to adopt the material as a tool for treating harmful air emissions. Particular focus is given to the National Ambient Air Quality Standard established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in June 2010. A sodium bicarbonate plant was opened by Solvay Chemicals in Green River, Wyoming to produce 125,000 tons of bicarbonate annually.
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- 2010
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