[CPEO-MEF] Smoke signals

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

South Tucson firm making safer smoke signals
Ventana Research creates defensive military products

By Michelli Murphy
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
October 3, 2007

From a nondescript former storefront in the heart of South Tucson, John 
Lombardi has waged a campaign against toxic waste, first with a novel 
green-tea compound to eliminate the use of solvents in the hard-drive 
manufacturing industry.

Now, the U.S. military has asked him to tackle toxins that threaten troops.

Ventana Research Corp. is developing a nontoxic smoke signaling compound 
and an anti-contamination dye activated by light and air, under $3.5 
million in military contracts, said Lombardi, Ventana's chief executive 
and principal investigator.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.azstarnet.com/business/204287

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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