Agrochemical industry
The latest news relating to the agrochemicals industry, including regulation, litigation, business news and relevant industrial and academic research, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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Business
US aims to reinstate chlorpyrifos insecticide ban
2021 ban on remaining food uses was overturned on appeal in 2023
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News
Forty years on from the Bhopal disaster what lessons have been learnt?
India looks to the future as survivors fight on to receive adequate compensation and medical care
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Business
US industry braced for change as election looms
Regulation, trade tariffs and innovation support top lists of concerns
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Business
Dacthal herbicide withdrawn in US over risks to foetal development
Sole supplier American Vanguard has cancelled US and international registrations
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Feature
Seaweed success
Scientists and entrepreneurs are sowing the seeds for a new kind of industry. Hayley Bennett explores the buzz around the marine ‘biorefinery’ business – and what might hold it back
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Feature
How DDT went from triumph to tragedy
Few compounds have a story as controversial as this insecticide. Mike Sutton traces the tale from its beginning 150 years ago
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Opinion
Making chemicals safe and sustainable
The green transition is an opportunity to also make industry simpler and safer
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Business
US federal court revokes approval of dicamba herbicides
Judge overturns 2020 reapproval of three products over procedural failure
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Business
US industry leaders repeat calls to reinstate security programme
Six month gap in vetting people with access to high-risk chemicals means potential threats may have been missed
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Business
EU renewal of glyphosate approval formally challenged
Environmental coalition says independent data was not considered in decision
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Business
Three US juries side with cancer victims over Bayer on Roundup
Bayer unit Monsanto has lost its ‘winning streak’ of nine defence verdicts, and the company plans to appeal
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News
European intellectual property system ready for gene-edited crops
Updates to New Genomic Technology regulations irrelevant to IP say experts
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Opinion
Who knew what? And when?
Finding the line between commercially sensitive information and public and environmental protection
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Business
Environmental groups claim US herbicide reapprovals were illegal
Lawsuit says Environmental Protection Agency ignored serious risks with 2,4-D-containing Enlist products
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Business
DuPont and a senior employee plead guilty to criminal negligence
$16 million in fines and probation related to fatal methyl mercaptan leak at La Porte, US
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News
EPA proposes new rules to cut ethylene oxide exposure
US agency plans to tighten emissions standards and implement safeguards for exposed workers
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Opinion
The psychology of our future with AI
It’s time to accept that digitalisation is changing laboratory work, and embrace the opportunity
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Business
Anti-drift additives may volatilise alongside herbicides, causing pollution
Research suggests amine salts could be entering atmosphere, but manufacturers say lab model is unrealistic
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Business
Chemicals industry roundup 2022
Russia’s invation of Ukraine mounted further pressure onto already strained supply chains