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BusinessBalkan states face uphill task over environmental remediation
Abandoned chemical plants and stores pose cleanup challenges
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France to ban 36 glyphosate products by end of 2020
Move follows similar bans in several European states, with safety agency citing ‘absence of scientific data ruling out genotoxic risks’
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Business
Chemicals industry roundup 2019
Focus turns to sustainability amid rising economic pressures and political uncertainty
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Carbon Cycle’s gypsum purification process cleans up radioactive fertiliser waste
The patented process could prevent environmental damage and provide a new source of gypsum and rare-earth metals
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Business
Chemical firms urged to plan for no-deal Brexit
European Chemicals Agency highlights hundreds of chemicals whose Reach registrations would be voided
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Industry delves into the digital toolbox
Chemical companies are making their plants and processes increasingly digital, data-driven and interconnected
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Opinion
Has x-ray had its day?
Will the giant of structure determination be toppled by blasts from electron beams?
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Business
Enhancing solvents' sustainability
Increased recycling and replacing toxic solvents with greener alternatives will reduce environmental impact
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Business
US ditches chlorpyrifos ban for food crops
Environmental Protection Agency says evidence of harm from food residues is insufficient
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US judges slash damages in glyphosate cancer lawsuits
While upholding rulings linking the herbicide to cancer, judges have cut Bayer-Monsanto’s fines from billions to tens of millions of dollars
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Opinion
The silent rise of the robots
Mechanical helpers have been creeping into our labs for decades
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Business
Profile: Oxford nanoSystems’ heat transfer coatings
Nanospiked coatings drastically increase heat exchangers’ efficiency and can be applied after manufacturing
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Business
BASF to axe 6000 jobs worldwide
5% cut to global staff part of a drastic restructuring to simplify corporate structure
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Opinion
Get with the quantum program
Now is the time for industry to engage with the emerging world of quantum computers
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Business
China makes slow progress on safety
Government policy drive continues, as self-regulation also grows
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Opinion
Is Bayer regretting its Monsanto takeover?
Large damages in Roundup litigation have got investors questioning the move
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Jury awards $2bn damages in US glyphosate trial
Bayer vows to appeal third defeat over Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, while experts suggest damages will likely be reduced
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Opinion
It's complicated
In a complex world, binary answers are often requested but rarely sufficient
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Business
At least six dead in explosions in US and Russia
Blasts at silicones and fertiliser plants each leave three confirmed dead
