All safety articles
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BusinessChemical firms kept data on PFAS health hazards secret
Documents suggest that DuPont and 3M had evidence of PFAS toxicity but suppressed the findings
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OpinionHow Covid-19 has changed us
While the pandemic has introduced more efficient and global ways of working, researchers and educators still have challenges to overcome
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ResearchSafer fluorination process developed using flow electrochemistry
Automated system for constructing carbon–fluorine bonds quenches fluorine compounds to reduce exposure and risk to lab chemists
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OpinionLetters: August 2020
Readers share views on the coding crisis and meritocracy, and reminisce about a hazardous career
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OpinionLetters: April 2020
Your safety warnings, XPS clarifications and memories of Theodora Greene
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BusinessData is lacking as Reach moves beyond registration
Enforcing the demanding rules of Europe’s chemical legislation is keeping regulators and companies on their toes
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OpinionLetters: February 2020
The story of ‘Bung’, and your opinions on patent law, pollution and safety
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PuzzleOn the spot: Pocketful of trouble
What would you do if you found a mystery substance in your lab coat pocket?
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BusinessChina makes slow progress on safety
Government policy drive continues, as self-regulation also grows
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PuzzleOn the spot: Permeating pong
What would you do if campus security reports a smell of gas near the labs during a power outage?
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PuzzleOn the spot: Boil and bubble
What would you do if a bottle of waste chemicals starts bubbling?
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BusinessTakata settles with US states over faulty airbag inflators
States will forgo the $650m civil penalty in favour of victims
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ResearchBatteries made safer with fire-extinguishing electrolytes
Non-flammable salts form a stabilising layer over anodes of lithium-ion batteries
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NewsUS rules for ‘dual-use’ research found lacking
Regulations may overlook studies of concern and needlessly hamper other work
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PodcastChlorine trifluoride
Tabitha Watson introduces a poisonous, corrosive and extremely reactive compound that will start ‘roaring reactions’ with almost anything
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PodcastPiranha solution
When you need to get your glassware extremely clean, you need a cleaning solution with real ‘bite’
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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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ResearchMOF blends oxidiser with fuel for a precise bang
Safe and simple scaffold gives consistent explosive mix