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ResearchRisk of developing rheumatoid arthritis doubled by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure
Study examined link between PAHs, phthalates, plasticisers and smoking and the condition
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News
Industry awaits decision on BPA as EU health bodies disagree on safe levels
European Food Safety Authority recommends 20,000-fold reduction in BPA levels
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Opinion
The toxic nature of yew, the tree of the dead
Historically associated with resurrection, yew is poisonous enough to kill
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Business
Contaminated cough syrups death toll passes 300 in four months
Deadly glycol contamination discovered in Uzbekistan, following cases in The Gambia and Indonesia
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Business
An evolution in pharma outsourcing
Contract services firms are becoming increasingly sophisticated and embedded in the ecosystem of drug development
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Business
J&J to phase out talc-based baby powder worldwide
In the face of thousands of lawsuits, firm will switch to cornstarch-based formulations
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Opinion
May cause side effects
The dose makes the poison, but understanding unwanted drug interactions is complicated
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Feature
The name’s bond, chemical bond
Kathryn Harkup explores the poisons – real and fictional – used in Bond films
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News
Research and regulations face-up to a new era of non-animal testing alternatives
Hopes raised that approval for skin sensitisation test could mark the start of a raft of in vitro toxicity tests
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Business
Non-animal test for skin sensitisation gets OECD approval
Combination strategy developed by BASF and Givaudan is the first complete replacement for animal testing
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Sponsored
Sustainable safety testing
Unilever has been researching and applying alternatives to animal testing, and working with industry, academia, government scientists and NGOs to usher in a new era of sustainable safety testing that isn’t reliant on animal models.
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Opinion
Embracing the exposome
Analytical research strategies are evolving to keep up with the chemical complexities of our world
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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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News
Chemistry at work in e-liquids is still poorly understood, worrying researchers
New compounds with potentially harmful effects on the lungs can form from the mixture of flavours and solvents – even at room temperature
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News
Russian opposition leader was poisoned with Novichok agent
German chancellor Angela Merkel says Russia has ‘serious questions’ to answer after tests confirm presence of nerve agent in Alexei Navalny’s bloodstream
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Podcast
Tannic acid
Tannic acid in green acorns can kill wild animals and livestock, but you can prevent poisoning with pannage pigs
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Business
Appeals court cuts damages further in glyphosate cancer case
Judgment retains verdict that Bayer-Monsanto’s herbicide caused US man’s cancer
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Research
Common inactive drug ingredients not as inert as thought
38 out of 639 excipients tested interact with toxicity-related proteins, some reaching levels that might produce unwanted effects
