Brazil starts to clean up its CPI (chemical process industry) act

Journal Article · Wed Oct 04 04:00:00 EDT 1978 · Chem. Week; (United States)

OSTI ID:5150141

According to N. Nefussi, director of Pollution Control at Sao Paulo State Environmental Protection Agency (CETESB), $104 million will be invested to improve air quality and $66 million will be used for water treatment in Sao Paulo; the program is expected to reduce particulate pollution by 79% within five years. Air quality in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro has improved in the past two years by the addition of 20% alcohol to automobile fuel; the number of carbon monoxide alerts (i.e., carbon monoxide in excess of 15 ppm) in Sao Paulo dropped from 120 in 1966 to 61 in 1977. CETESB oil-spill control teams are currently being trained in the U.S. The $2.5 billion Camacari petrochemical complex includes a $25 million effluent treatment center that reduces pollution by 95% and has the capacity to treat 31,000 cu m/day of discharge. According to a U.S. Department of Commerce study, Brazil will install, in 1979, pollution equipment worth $616 million, about $92 million of which will be imported.

• OSTI ID: 5150141
• Journal Information: Chem. Week; (United States), Journal Name: Chem. Week; (United States) Vol. 123:14; ISSN CHWKA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
BRAZIL
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
CONTROL
COST
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EQUIPMENT
EXHAUST GASES
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
LATIN AMERICA
MANAGEMENT
OIL SPILLS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
PROCESSING
SOUTH AMERICA
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES