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 STUDY DOCUMENTS GROWTH OF ECF (Enhanced Connectivity Facilities) IBM software that allows DOS PCs to query and download data from mainframes and issue mainframe commands. It also allows printer output to be directed from the PC to the mainframe.  PULP. The Alliance for Environmental Technology (AET) released its annual report on "Trends in World Bleached Pulp Production: 1990-2002." The document shows:

* Elemental chlorine-free (ECF) pulp production continued to grow in 2002 capturing more than 75% of the world market.

* ECF pulp bleached with chlorine dioxide chlorine dioxide,
n an oxidizing agent used in oral care to decrease amounts of volatile sulfur compounds that may cause halitosis.
 continues to dominate the world bleached chemical pulp market. It reached more than 64 million metric tons in 2002--more than 75% share of the world market.

* Totally chlorine-free production maintained a small niche with slightly more than 5% of world bleached chemical pulp production.

* ECF is a core component of best available technology.

* Bleached chemical production coming to the market in the next few years will use ECF-based bleaching bleaching, process of whitening by chemicals or by exposure to sun and air, commonly applied to textiles, paper pulp, wheat flour, petroleum products, oils and fats, straw, hair, feathers, and wood.  technology.
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