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July 29, 2008
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Air freshener chemical concerns revived A long-running controversy over the safety of scented household products has flared up once again, with the publication of a US study.   |
Financial Advisor
November 2012
Jerilyn Klein Bier |
Chemical Solutions Safer chemical management strategies can help prevent toxic financial fallout. Consumer products companies are also moving away from controversial chemicals such as triclosan, an antibiotic agent used in soaps. |
Chemistry World
July 10, 2006
Arthur Rogers |
Outdoor Chores Outlawed Under restrictions triggered when ground levels of ozone -- an indicator of photochemical smog -- exceed set thresholds, French officials are empowered to ban certain activities in order to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds. |
Chemistry World
August 8, 2013
James Urquhart |
Wealth of undiscovered volatiles found drifting above orange groves Scientists have measured the exchange of hundreds of volatile organic compounds in the air above an orange grove in California and the ecosystem below. The finding could have implications for climate and air pollution models |
Chemistry World
July 26, 2012
Andrew Turley |
New US chemical rules edge nearer A political committee in the US has voted in favor of plans to change the way chemicals are regulated by shifting the burden of proving safety to manufacturers. |
Chemistry World
January 2, 2013
Derek Lowe |
Fear of the unknown My mental file drawer labelled 'Terrible Reagents I Have Known' is even larger than the one called 'Lunatics I Have Worked With and their Life-Threatening Ideas'. We organic chemists really do work with some terrible chemicals, and it's up to us to keep them from causing havoc. |
Chemistry World
August 18, 2009
Jon Cartwright |
Ozone reaction with skin causes irritants Armin Wisthaler of the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria, and Charles Weschler of Rutgers University in New Jersey, US, have performed a study of ozone with human occupants in an office environment. |
Chemistry World
October 1, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
US to Overhaul Industrial Chemicals Inventory A plan by the US Environmental Protection Agency to overhaul its inventory of industrial chemicals could lead to a lot more paperwork for chemical firms, industry officials have warned. |
Chemistry World
March 10, 2011
Kate McAlpine |
Aerosol data from BP spill Analysis of atmospheric data suggests that emissions of intermediate volatile organic compounds and semi-volatile organic compounds were low compared with those of volatile organic compounds. |
Chemistry World
February 28, 2013
Andrew Turley |
Does chemical regulation boost innovation? According to a report from the Center for International Environmental Law, a US environmental group, tougher chemical regulation has sparked the continuous invention of safer chemicals. |
Information Today
June 20, 2011 |
EPA Releases Two New Databases With Chemical Toxicity and Exposure Data The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the release of two databases that make it easier to find data about chemicals. |
Salon.com
September 12, 2002
Sam Boykin |
New weapons in the war on toxic mold Environmentally friendly building materials may help combat "sick building syndrome." But if that doesn't work, there's always your lawyer. |
Chemistry World
August 22, 2007
James Mitchell Crow |
North Americans Unite to Control Chemicals As part of the latest North American Leaders' Summit, the US, Canada and Mexico have agreed to develop a regional partnership to assess and manage the potential risks from industrial chemicals. |
Chemistry World
January 12, 2010
Sarah Houlton |
EU to look into chemical mixture exposure The Council of the EU has called on the European Commission to look at whether current legislation adequately assesses the risks from exposure to multiple chemicals from different sources. |
Chemistry World
March 6, 2013
Ian Farrell |
How healthy is your breath? Breath analysis for healthcare is a hot topic, with the ultimate goal being a device that can identify an illness from a single breath at your doctor's office. Although this is still some way off, breath chemistry is used currently to monitor some conditions. |
Chemistry World
August 30, 2009
Nina Notman |
Nanoparticle breath test for lung cancer A sensor that can differentiate between the volatile organic compounds in the breath of lung cancer patients and those of healthy people has been developed by scientists in Israel. |
Chemistry World
December 7, 2012
Andrew Turley |
Mango and Zara sign up to 'detox' plan Greenpeace has won more support for its campaign to remove potentially harmful chemicals from the supply chain of the global fashion industry. |
Chemistry World
June 25, 2014
Ruth Knowles |
'Smell of death' reveals cadaver's secrets Research into the chemical odors released by decomposing bodies is providing forensic scientists with a powerful tool to determine how long a person has been dead |
Chemistry World
January 2007
Mark Peplow |
Editorial: The End of the Beginning for Reach It's been a long time coming, but the European Reach (registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals) legislation has finally been settled, and should come into force progressively from June 2007. |
Chemistry World
December 19, 2011
Rebecca Trager |
US agencies collaborate to test 10,000 chemicals A high-speed robotic screening system jointly initiated by three key US health agencies began testing more than 10,000 chemical compounds for potential toxicity on 7 December. |
Chemistry World
September 18, 2012
James Urquhart |
UN report urges chemical industry to clean-up Governments and industry worldwide must address the management of chemicals in order to curtail the escalating heath and environmental risks associated with the widespread production, use and disposal of chemicals, warns the United Nations Environment Program. |
Chemistry World
December 9, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
EPA tweaks hazardous waste rules for academic labs US chemistry laboratories have been freed from regulations on handling hazardous waste that lumped them under the same rules as industrial facilities. |
Chemistry World
February 22, 2006
Arthur Rogers |
EU Chemical Regulation Could Save 150 Billion in Environment and Health Costs According to a new study, Europe's forthcoming registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals (Reach) is expected to offer savings that far outweigh expected costs to the chemicals industry. |
Chemistry World
February 26, 2014
Hepeng Jia |
Dangerous delivery problems dog chemical transport in China A lethal accident caused by the leak of a laboratory reagent being delivered by untrained couriers in an inappropriate vehicle has once again highlighted the difficulty of transporting small quantities of chemicals in China. |
