All Toxicity articles – Page 2
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ResearchHistorical 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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Pollen-mimicking antidote saves bees after pesticide exposure
Calcium carbonate microparticles deliver detoxifying enzyme to bees’ guts
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Feature
How should chemical mixtures be regulated?
Nina Notman explores the challenge of assessing and managing risk from the coincidental chemical mixtures to which humans and the environment are exposed
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Ion trapping desalination membrane fishes out valuable materials
Selectively trapping toxic or useful ions could reduce toxicity of brine waste and offset costs
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Case closed on decades old mystery of American bald eagle deaths
Invasive plant and cyanobacterium join up to form a deadly duo that have been killing US wildlife
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Study finds 55 previously unreported chemicals in pregnant women and newborns
Two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances discovered along with 53 other compounds never seen before in the literature
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PFAS exposure found to increase risk of severe Covid-19
Warnings that high levels of per- or poly-fluorinated substances might also reduce the effectiveness of a vaccine
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News
Mystery illness that hospitalised hundreds in India stumps health experts
Authorities are looking at pesticide contamination of food and water as well as heavy metals
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Tyre compound driving mystery salmon deaths identified after years of chemical detective work
Previously unknown substance washes from roads to spawning streams – and likely has wide impact on aquatic ecosystems
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Business
EU commits to overhaul of chemicals legislation
The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability promises the biggest reform since Reach
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Careers
How chemo-ethnography puts chemistry in context
New social science fields are exploring how chemists and chemicals affect society
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News
PFAS incineration study cancelled by US environment agency
Head of the Environmental Protection Agency blames move on former employee
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Business
Data 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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Four chemical classes cost US public 270 million IQ points over 15 years
Flame retardants and pesticides linked to over a million intellectual disability cases between 2001 and 2016
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News
Reusable bamboo mugs leach dangerous amounts of formaldehyde and melamine
Bamboo fibre mugs release ‘alarming’ amounts of potentially harmful compounds into hot drinks, analysis finds
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Tyre crumb toxicology study raises questions about artificial turf
First work in vertebrates reveals developmental abnormalities in chicken embryos
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News
Denmark becomes first nation to outlaw fluorinated chemicals in food packaging
Danish government acts on controversial chemicals saying it can no longer wait for the EU
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Concerns raised over ‘regrettable’ BPA substitutions
Research indicates chemicals used as alternatives to bisphenol A in polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins aren’t always safer
