All North America articles – Page 18
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News
EPA clears chemicals backlog
Mixed reaction to US agency’s announcement that it has ‘eliminated’ the logjam of 600 new chemicals undergoing review
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News
40,000 pounds of meth precursor seized from ship in Mexico
720 drums of chemical phenyl acetic acid taken off cargo ship from China
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Business
Genesis Energy to buy alkali business from Tronox
Tronox to spend proceeds on Cristal purchase
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Business
Midwest Fertilizer to build $2.8bn manufacturing plant
Domestic facility will reduce imports
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Business
LyondellBasell to build world’s largest propylene oxide plant
Petrochemical giant gets go-ahead for most expensive project to date
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Business
Novartis coasts towards first CAR-T approval
Unanimous recommendation for CTL019 ahead of October decision builds confidence in T-cell genetic reprogramming
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News
US to clean-up race test chemical weapon relics on Panama island
Legacy mustard gas weapons from second world war will be disposed of in September
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Research
Dietary supplement poisoning every 24 minutes in the US
275,000 calls concerning supplements were made to poison centres between 2002 and 2012
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News
Global movement on endocrine disruptors
National Academies warns endocrine active chemicals may be harmful at lower doses than the US currently tests for
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News
US State Department loses its science adviser
Chemist Vaughan Turekian to head up the US National Academies’ sustainability programme after Trump’s neglect of science posts
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Business
FDA approves first sickle cell drug in almost two decades
Glutamine-based drug is the first approved for children over 5
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News
Parental pressures contribute to leaky pipeline in US
Survey suggests being a postdoc is ‘not compatible’ with becoming a parent
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Research
Answer to Greenland algae's blooming health discovered
Annual algal bloom phenomenon solved
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News
Fundamental science falling by the wayside in Canada
Basic science has suffered as a focus on applied research has seen funding dry up and researchers focus on commercial work
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News
Science community still wary as Trump's travel ban partially reinstated
Supreme court ruling allows entry by students, professors and lecturers from six targeted muslim-majority nations
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Research
Ocean chemistry was responsible for 2015 Monterey Bay disaster
Unusual balance of nutrients allowed algae to build up high concentrations of neurotoxin
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News
Why asbestos is still used around the world
Unpicking the politics of a potentially deadly material
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Opinion
Is Macron's offer too good to be true?
France’s grant pledge to scientists is a new kind of recruitment