All environmental chemicals articles
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NewsWorld agrees to sign up to a treaty to control plastic and chemical pollution
New advisory panel on chemicals and waste will also be set up, modelled on the IPCC
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Research
Array of compounds found in plastics promote fat cell formation in vitro
A third of thousands of chemicals that leach from consumer polymers linked to the development of fat cells
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Opinion
The human cost of inaction on chemical waste
Chemists must press the UN to act and set up a body to deal with the world’s toxic legacy
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News
UN accused of inaction on international agency to oversee waste and chemicals
Scientists press for swifter progress as Switzerland plans proposal on setting up new body
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Podcast
Tannic acid
Tannic acid in green acorns can kill wild animals and livestock, but you can prevent poisoning with pannage pigs
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News
Window of opportunity to deal with harmful chemicals closing, UN warns
Innovative solutions needed as report acknowledges governments and businesses won’t hit 2020 targets
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Review
The Invisible Killer: The Rising Global Threat of Air Pollution – and How We Can Fight Back
Gary Fuller details myriad forms of air pollution from the pea soup fogs of mid-20th century London to eye-burning ozone smogs in modern day Los Angeles
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News
Hawaii bans sunscreens containing chemicals thought to harm coral
Oxybenzone and octinoxate will be outlawed in January 2021
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News
UN’s non-toxic targets unlikely to be achieved
The United Nations’ goal of achieving a ‘poison-free environment’ by 2020 won’t be met, Sweden’s chemicals agency warns
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News
Chemicals strategy to lay out UK government aspirations after Brexit
Twenty-five year environment plan short on details
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Research
Indigo genes dyeing to make jeans cleaner and greener
Denim dye could become more environmentally friendly with some clever chemistry
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Research
Molecular map-making simplified
Open-source software allows thousands of trace chemicals to be analysed using 3D scans and mass spec
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News
Environment ministers commit to pollution prevention
UN assembly secures declaration from the world’s environment officials that they will clamp down on hazardous chemicals and end pollution
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News
Neonicotinoid pesticide ban backed by the UK
Scientific review confirms that honeybee health is harmed by the pesticides
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News
US chemical assessment programme under fire
Environment agency’s integrated risk information system attacked at congressional hearing
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Research
Flat phosphorus flagged as potentially toxic
Material with promising biomedical applications damages cell membranes and generates reactive radicals
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News
US environment agency delivers on chemical reform
One year after Obama enacted law to modernise chemical regulation the EPA has met its deadlines and issued the required rules
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News
Taiwan moves to create chemical safety agency
Government plans to establish a bureau to oversee chemicals following a serious food contamination scandal in 2011
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Research
'Chemisphere' maps reveal everyday molecules we leave behind
Mass spec analysis of frequently touched surfaces and objects could one day tell forensic scientists who was in a room
