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EPA probes its own dismissal of expert scientist
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an internal enquiry on its decision to remove toxicologist
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Water footprint could foil energy plans
The Indian Academy of Sciences is to investigate after Chemistry World alerted it to a possible instance of plagiarism by an Indian chemist
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Regulator's doubts grow over bisphenol A
Canada's national public health agency, Health Canada, has become the first regulator in the world to label bisphenol A (BPA) as 'toxic'
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Note book: May 2008
EU funding opportunities The European parliament has given the green light to a €400 million Eurostars programme aimed at small and medium enterprises (SMEs) conducting market-oriented R&D (see also Chemistry World, March 2008, p46). Meanwhile, the European Commission has developed a draft guide to help researchers select and combine ...
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Environmental scientists report political interference
Hundreds of EPA researchers say they were told to alter their work
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Drug costs cut on World Malaria Day
Novartis has reduced the price of its antimalarial drug Coartem, potentially boosting supplies to developing countries
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Radiochemicals firm first to recycle tritium
World's biggest supplier to re-use all its waste, thanks to humble wire mesh rings
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Bitter melon yields sweet results for diabetes
Chemicals from the warty Asian vegetable could inspire drugs for diabetes
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Global fluoride and arsenic contamination of water mapped
Swiss researchers have made maps showing the estimated levels of two important contaminants in groundwater
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EPA probes its own dismissal of scientist
Agency to investigate its own removal of toxicologist Deborah Rice amid a congressional enquiry
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Canada may brand bisphenol A 'toxic'
Retailers pull BPA bottles, as separate US study suggests 'some' concerns over cancer links
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World's first therapeutic cancer vaccine approved
US biotech Antigenics wins Russian approval to market kidney cancer treatment
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The shortest recipe for Tamiflu
Chemists announce most efficient synthetic route yet to flu-busting drug
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Indian spin-outs set to flourish
Chemists have welcomed a new bill that will allow academics to own IP and run businesses
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Guessing nature's silica secrets
Chemists have mimicked two key catalysts used by sponges and diatoms to make silica
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FDA under pressure over Bisphenol A
Congressmen threaten to subpoena agency on decision not to restrict use of chemical in baby bottles