All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 60
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BusinessExxonMobil sued for Clean Air Act violations
Environmental campaigners claim ExxonMobil’s plant emissions harm local residents
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NewsSupreme Court lets EPA’s mercury pollution regulations stand
Obama’s controversial Mercury and Air Toxics Standards have been upheld by the US Supreme Court
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Research
California Bay area sees 39% drop in PBDEs in breast milk
Decade old Californian ban on flame retardants delivering results
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Business
EPA aims to remove flubendiamide pesticide from market
After reassessing environmental impact, the agency wants to withdraw Bayer and Nichino America insecticides
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NewsSupreme court vacancy may jeopardise chemical regulation reform
Political fight over appointment of new supreme court judge could derail Toxic Substance Control Act modernisation
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NewsUS food and drug agency finally gets new head
The Senate has approved a new administrator for the Food and Drug Administration after months of delay and opposition
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NewsBerkeley chemistry blues
A petition opposing the disbanding of UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry has attracted over 1000 signatures
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Business
Glyphosate persistence raises questions
Herbicide remains in water and soil longer than thought, but how that translates to human and environmental risk is unclear
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NewsEarth sciences society urged to refuse ExxonMobil sponsorship
Over 100 geoscientists are calling on the American Geophysical Union to reject ExxonMobil funding for events
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NewsThe huge impact of ‘mini-brains’
‘Mini-brains’ created by Johns Hopkins researchers in the US could revolutionise how drugs and compounds are tested for safety and effectiveness
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News‘Map’ of chemical landscape could cut animal testing
Searchable database of 10,000 chemicals could help to create safety profiles for untested compounds
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NewsWhite House science chief, agency heads sound alarm on funding
Obama’s science adviser joined directors at other funding bodies to call for the US to commit more of its GDP to R&D
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NewsScientific advances should be considered when updating US chemicals law
Experts say new tools could cut animals tests, costs when updating 40-year old law
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NewsSexism cases ‘tip of the iceberg’, says head of US science organisation
More must be done to combat harassment in science, according to outgoing AAAS president Geraldine Richmond
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NewsDoubts raised about key BPA substitute
Mounting research suggests a favoured bisphenol A replacement has similar biological effects and may be no safer
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ResearchAn energetic chemist
University of Waterloo’s Linda Nazar has spent the last two decades moving beyond lithium-ion batteries to cheaper, higher energy density storage
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NewsSexual harassment prompts research funders and government to act in US
Funding agencies take a stand against harassment in academic research, amid congressional pressure
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Business
Seed secrets thief jailed
Chinese born US citizen pleads guilty to conspiring to steal trade secrets from DuPont Pioneer and Monsanto
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NewsChina’s science enterprise challenging US leadership
40% of the world’s R&D is now carried out in south-east, south and east Asia