Irish Industry

Figure 5 Irish industry specific criteria for whole effluent toxicity.

In preparing this account of the leather manufacture, much of the information, besides what has been derived from private sources, has been obtained from Doctor Mobpjt S able work on Tanning, Knapp S Technology, So mm art, Dumas, Parnell, Sullivan, the Catalogue of the Irish Industrial Exhibition, and other authorities. 

The Irish Industrial Development Authority, which hcis responsibility for job development in the industrial sector, has for many years pursued a policy of attracting the pharmaceutical industry to the Republic. This resulted in over 40 intema-tioncil compcinies setting up a manufacturing bcise between 1970 and 1990. US companies predominate, with 15 of the top firms. There is also a substantial European... 

Following its re-election in 2002, the government faced an almost immediate fall in popularity due to deterioration in public finances caused primarily by the downturn in the global economy and the high rate of inflation, including wage inflation there were also concerns over the competitiveness of Irish industry, in particular the ongoing ability... 

Irish Industry, Abbey Bldg., Middle Abbey St., Dublin. 

Robert Galloway (Cartmell, Lancs., 9 January 1822-London, 15 January 1896) worked in London with Hofmann and then Playfair. He was professor of practical chemistry to 1880 in the Museum of Irish Industry, Dublin. He wrote some good text-books. ... 

T. C. Barker and J. R. Harris. A Merseyside Town in the Industrial Revolution St. Helens 1750-1900. Liverpool Liverpool University Press, 1954. Source for pollution in Leblanc towns and factories industrial map of Europe regulation and court suits children, women, and Irish in work force. 

Fassett DW Organic Acids and related compounds. In Fassett DW and Irish DD (eds.) Patty s Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, 2nd ed, Vol 2, Toxicology, pp 1817-1818, New York, Interscience, 1963... 

Li—SOCI2 4Li + 2SOCI2 —y 4LiCl + SO2 + S 3.6 1.0 530 high voltage. Irish energy Electrochem Industries... 

B. Guillot and Y. Guissani, in Steam, Water and Hydrothermal Systems Physics and Chemistry at the Needs of Industry, edited by P. Tremaine, P. G.Hill, D. E. Irish, and P. V. Balakrishnan, NRC Press, Ottawa (2000). 

PCB organic compounds found as soil and water contaminants continue to grow each year. They include polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), phenols, cyanides, plasticizers, solvents, and numerous industrial chemicals. PCBs were historically used as coolants in electrical transformers and are also known by-products of the plastic, lubricant, rubber, and paper industries. They are stable, lipophilic, and break down only slowly in tissues. Because of these properties they accumulate to high concentrations in fish and waterfowl in 1969 PCBs were responsible for the death of thousands of birds in the Irish Sea. 

Irish DD. 1963. Halogenated hydrocarbons. II. Cyclic. In Patty FA, ed. Industrial hygiene and toxicology. Vol 2. 2nd ed., New York, NY John Wiley and Sons, 1333. 

The cost of medicines is determined on a five-year basis by agreement between the industry, represented by the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA), and the government Department of Health. As in other countries, there have been recent initiatives to reduce the cost of medicines, the latest of which is a five year price freeze imposed by government. 

Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (industry representative body) Franklin House 140 Pembroke Rd. 

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