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• ANYUE, China, Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 18, the Fourth World Lemon Industry Development Conference, organized by Anyue County People's Government, was held in Anyue County, Sichuan Province.
• At the event, seven projects, including the Budweiser Beer Anyue Lime Base Project and the Russia's 20,000-ton Lemon Procurement Project were contracted.
• On the day of the event, the Lemon Industry Chain International (Technology) Cooperation and Exchange Conference and the Lemon Branding Sharing Conference & Investment Promotion Conference were successively held, providing participants with a professional platform for face-to-face experience exchange, international cooperation, and economic and trade negotiations.
• Anyue County, located in Ziyang City, Sichuan Province, China, is one of the five major lemon producing areas in the world and the only commercial lemon production base in China, known as the "Hometown of Chinese Lemons".

• But a research collaborative, of which I’m a member, has found that schools might not be ready to protect students from environmental contaminants.
• Environmental health standards can help a school community ensure each potential hazard is accounted for.

Air, water and food quality

• Understanding and controlling common pollutants indoors can improve the indoor air quality and reduce the risk of health concerns.
• It may seem like maintaining proper food safety and drinking-water quality would be common practices.
• But many schools do have some level of lead contamination in their food and water.
• To combat contamination and ensure safe food and water, the Food and Drug Administration overhauled the Food Safety Modernization Act in 2016.

Integrated pest management

• Many schools have insect infestations, and many combat these pest problems with harsh chemicals when there’s a simpler solution.
• Integrated pest management is an environmentally sensitive approach to pest management.
• IPM programs consider the pests’ life cycles and their larger environment, as well as all the available pest control methods, to manage pest infestations economically and scientifically.

Green cleaning

• School administrators also determine what products to use for pest control and cleaning.
• Green cleaning uses safer – or less harsh – chemical and pesticide products, since studies have found that the repeated use of harsh chemicals indoors can lead to chronic health effects later in life for anyone directly exposed.
• Schools need a plan to manage their pollutants long term – these pollutants might be cleaning chemicals and pesticides or chemicals used in science classes.
• When the school building is safe, students and educators are more able to get down to the business of learning, undistracted.

• The global organic chemicals market, which was valued at $153.2 billion in 2022, is expected to experience significant growth, estimated to reach $286.0 billion by 2032, with a remarkable compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.5% from 2023 to 2032.
• These trends are expected to boost the organic chemicals market for personal care and cosmetics applications.
• Organic aldehydes, on the other hand, are being used in the manufacturing of industrial chemicals, dyes, and solvents, further increasing demand across various industries.
• Government initiatives promoting manufacturing in emerging economies like India are also likely to foster further development in the organic chemicals market.

• IDTechEx's market research report, " Antiviral and Antimicrobial Technology Market 2023-2033 ", finds that though the field of antimicrobial technology is broad, the majority of established companies in the space focus on antimicrobial metal ions such as silver.
• IDTechEx examines several alternative approaches in its report, following three central themes.
• One of the approaches companies have taken in developing antimicrobial technologies beyond silver is to look towards nature for inspiration.
• Relatively few companies are active in this space, and each focuses on developing their own bio-based antimicrobial material.