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BusinessChemours under fire for trying to exempt fluorochemicals from EU regulation
European Court of Justice will rule on whether GenX chemicals should be listed as substances of very high concern
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Research
Sunlight transforms plastic into tens of thousands of new compounds
Marine plastics don’t persist forever, sun exposure can break them down into extremely complex chemical compounds in just weeks
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News
Wastewater chemicals shortage may see partially treated effluent flushed into English rivers
Lack of HGV drivers hits supplies of ferric sulfate
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News
Leaded petrol is finally phased out worldwide
One-hundred years after it was first developed UN hails end of an era as heavy metal is banned in fuel in Algeria
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News
EPA accused again of compromising chemical safety assessments
Four scientists at EPA’s chemical safety office step up allegations against the agency, saying they’re prohibited from seeking expert colleague input
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Research
Photocatalyst couples denitrification and water splitting to manage nitrate pollution
Hydrogen gas generated in situ serves as reducing agent
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News
Europe raises the bar for carcinogens in artificial turf pitches
Permissible limits for certain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to fall 50-fold in 2022
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Opinion
Measuring pollutants with paper devices
Citizen scientists monitor phosphate levels in local rivers
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Business
Deadly explosion and fire at chemicals park in Germany
At least 2 dead and 31 injured when an explosion led to a solvent tank fire in Leverkusen
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News
Efforts underway in Europe to ban PFAS compounds
Five European nations will formally propose to bar the production, trade and use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by July 2022
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Business
Industry tightens emissions reduction targets
As COP26 approaches, many firms are announcing ambitious climate goals. But are they achievable?
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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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News
Scientists at EPA allege ‘deliberate tampering’ with chemical risk reviews
Environment body’s inspector general asked to probe claims that safety assessments of chemicals, including PFASs, have been ‘improperly altered’ for years
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Business
Engineering microbes to degrade contaminants
Allonnia is using synthetic biology to tackle major environmental challenges like PFASs, metals and plastic waste
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News
Negative emissions coalition launches with a call for urgent climate action
New grouping with interests in low carbon technologies warns that world risks missing climate targets if CO2 removal is overlooked
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News
Inside the clean-up of last year’s deadly Beirut blast
German firms hired to handle the 59 contaminated containers in Beirut’s port found hydrochloric, sulfuric, hydrofluoric acids, and more
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News
Cost of tackling PFAS pollution on US military bases expected to reach $2.1bn
Price tag for cleaning up per- and polyfluoroalkyl will ‘likely increase significantly’, a congressional report estimates
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Research
Historical lead from petrol still poisons London’s air 20 years after its ban
Two decades after leaded petrol was banned in the UK, the toxic metal still hangs around London’s dusty roads – and it’s not going away
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Business
Deadly fire in Indian chemical factory
Blaze killed 18 workers, mainly women, who were trapped inside SVS Aqua Technologies plant
