News from elsewhere on the web (21 August 2008)

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£1m bait fails to entice firms to Staffs Birmingham Post (UK)

CSB Investigating Causes of Fatal Rupture of Heat Exchanger at Rubber Facility Safety BLR (US - Texas)

Safety board cites closed valve in Goodyear blast Chron (US - Texas)

Program to reduce toxic air makes gains Courier-Journal (US - Kentucky)

Rubber producers urged to focus on output The Hindu Business Line (India)

FMC seeks resumption of trading in banned commodities Business Standard (India)

Dunlop to get tyres from overseas markets for domestic sale The Hindu Business Line (India)

Bridgestone, Newspaper Firm Start Testing E-paper Signage Nikkei Tech-on (Japan)

Hindustan Latex to manufacture medical devices Sindh Today (India)

Glove makers brace for tougher times The Star (Malaysia)

Flexy RFID tags can survive temperature extremes Tech Radar (Japan)

Clean-air Games hit PVC prices (Chinese polluters may remain closed after Olympics) Shanghai Daily (China)

Back to nature for former tyre quarry Doncaster Free Press (UK)

Lead wheel weights to be phased out in California by end of 2009 Los Angeles Times (US - California)

Washington: Tire Reef Dismantled New York Times (US - Washington State)