All articles by Rebecca Trager
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ResearchHigh mercury levels in tropical birds in Americas blamed on gold mining
Exotic birds are the canary in the gold mine when it comes to mercury pollution and provide warning that other animals, including humans, affected
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ResearchNew catalytic process completely breaks down nylon-6 in minutes
US chemists report the mildest conditions to date for Nylon-6 depolymerisation, recovering 99% of the original monomers in the plastic
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BusinessLapsed US chemical security programme leaves facilities at risk
At least 200 new facilities acquired chemicals in the past four months that require better safeguarding, US agency estimates
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NewsItaly bans cultivated meat products
New law prohibits the production or sale of cultivated meat in Italy, with fines of up to €60,000
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NewsArgentina’s new populist president has the country’s scientists worried
Researchers seek dialogue with new leader who plans to eliminate the nation’s science ministry and possibly its research council
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NewsFighting fire with fire: AI can detect phony AI-generated chemistry papers
AI detector created can distinguish human-written chemistry papers from ChatGPT-authored ones with 98–100% accuracy
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NewsHow your lab can cut its environmental footprint by recycling its gloves
Thousands of tonnes of disposable gloves go to landfill every year. Meet the people trying to change that
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NewsUS moves to regulate tyre chemical that was found to have killed salmon
The final rule, expected by the end of 2024, will require manufacturers and importers of 6PPD to turn over unpublished health and safety studies
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NewsOpen access consortium Coalition S invites feedback on ‘responsible publishing’ plan
Proposal would see early article versions and peer review reports freely available
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BusinessThree 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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BusinessUS proposes complete ban on trichloroethylene
If implemented, most uses would be phased out within a year, with limited exemptions
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NewsWhat next month’s presidential run-off means for Argentina’s research community
Argentinian researchers express concerns over presidential candidate who wants to eliminate the country’s science ministry and its research council
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NewsLabs stand empty in Israel while fate of Gazan universities hangs in balance
As war rages in the Middle East, the plight of Gazan scientists is unclear as international students and researchers leave Israel and scientists are called up to fight
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NewsNew database maps plastic chemical exposure and human health effects
Minderoo Foundation’s Plastic Health Map tracking studies on polymers, bisphenols, PFAS and more from 1961 onwards, finds research gaps
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NewsCalifornia ban on four food additives could spur wider action across US
New law prohibiting brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben and red dye 3 in food uses is effective January 2027
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BusinessChemours is responsible for PFAS pollution, Dutch court rules
Interim decision holds DuPont spin-off liable for environmental damage caused by historical emissions from Dordrecht plant
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NewsNIH to insist foreign partners share lab notebooks and data
US research funder will require collaborators to give copies of lab notebooks, raw data and more by new year
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NewsUniversity of California accused of not honouring contracts negotiated following massive strike
Months after postdocs and researchers won better pay and conditions, many of the promised benefits haven’t materialised
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OpinionKarin Markides: ‘I didn’t follow the rules’
The analytical chemist who runs a preeminent Japanese research institute discusses her childhood in Sweden and how she came to chemistry
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NewsEuropeans’ BPA exposure still exceeds safety threshold but levels may be starting to fall
Europe’s environment agency finds that BPA levels in the urine of 92% of adults from 11 European nations exceeds safe limit