All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 58
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BusinessChemours sheds disinfectants and aniline
Dow Chemical and Germany’s Lanxess will buy plants as Chemours restructures following its spin-off from DuPont
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NewsSteady rise in US science and engineering doctorates raises job worries
Most research doctorates ever awarded in 2014, with chemistry PhDs jumping 35% in last decade
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US federal research funding saw 6% growth
Support for research grew significantly between 2013 and 2014 but is expected to flatten in 2015 when figures are released
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NewsHawaii lab explosion linked to safety failings
Accident that cost a postdoc her arm resulted from inappropriate equipment and unheeded warnings
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FeatureGoing up in vapour
As research suggests that e-cigarettes may expose vapers to harmful chemicals, Rebecca Trager finds that governments are catching up with regulations
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BusinessFDA moves to withdraw swine drug carbadox
Carcinogenic antibiotic has been banned in EU, Canada and Australia for years
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California lab safety centre to investigate Hawaii University accident
Probe into recent lab explosion that took postdoc’s arm to report at the end of April
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BusinessSurge in US industry investment linked to shale gas
264 expansion or construction projects announced, of which 40% have commenced or completed
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BusinessDuPont shutters US plant where leak killed four workers
La Porte plant will not reopen after fatal methyl mercaptan leak in 2014
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BusinessCalifornian hazard warning website criticised
Site providing information related to state’s Proposition 65 law is ‘inaccurate’ says industry association
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NewsUS chemical reform threatened by supreme court ruling
2015 judgement on power plant emissions could force environment agency to consider compliance costs when regulating chemicals
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NewsBP’s long legal battle over Deepwater disaster ends
Judge finalises BP’s $20 billion settlement over Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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NewsCDC lab safety weaknesses in spotlight again
Worker at the US Centers for Disease Control diagnosed with Salmonella may have been infected in the lab
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NewsCadmium and lead in costume jewellery prompt concern
Extremely high levels of toxic metals in children’s jewellery is causing alarm among US and Canadian scientists
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NewsUC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry will remain intact
Fierce opposition to dissolution of 144-year-old college has ended talk of disbanding it
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US slashes exposure limit for silica dust
US occupational safety agency halves the amount of crystalline silica dust workers can be exposed to
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NewsTomato waste turned into electricity
US researchers are generating electricity with a microbial electrochemical cell that runs off discarded food
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NewsPipeline of US female chemists in doubt
New figures raise concerns about the representation of women in US chemistry departments
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NewsLow-cost sensors helped guard Disney artwork on China trip
Collaboration between researchers, Walt Disney and the Getty has yielded technology to protect artwork from pollution
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NewsJob worries investigated by American Chemical Society
ACS examines US market for chemists and whether the US is over-producing chemistry graduates