Abstract
The Statue of Liberty, Independence Hall, and the White House are all prominent U.S. landmarks with a common problem—termites. And all are being treated with a technology that won a Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award this year. According to one estimate, U.S. consumers spend as much as $1.5 billion annually on termite treatment and as many as 1.5 million homes require treatment each year. The standard method of treatment is the creation of a chemical barrier around the threatened structure. Indianapolis-based Dow Agro- Sciences has developed a system for eliminating termite colonies—known by the trade name Sentricon—that does not require the usual widespread application of chemical deterrents. The Sentricon system is one technology among five that were honored with a green chemistry award at a ceremony on June 26 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. Dow AgroSciences received the award in the designing safer chemicals category. The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards ...
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