All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 5
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OpinionJani Ingram: ‘We have seen wells with uranium levels higher than the drinking water standard’
The environmental chemist on addressing pollution of Navajo waterways from legacy mining, her life off the reservation and a puke green Datsun
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ResearchCarbon-negative decking could lock up CO2 equivalent to taking 50,000 cars off the road
New material stores more carbon dioxide than is released during its lifecycle and is 18% cheaper
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NewsChrysotile asbestos use and import ban announced in the US
The EPA’s new prohibition should put an end to all present uses of asbestos in the country
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BusinessUS government moves to block Chinese biotechs’ operations
WuXi Apptec and others accused of national security risk, as trade groups back legislation limiting their activities
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NewsRebuilding Ukraine’s science infrastructure will cost at least $1.26 billion
Over 1400 research buildings have sustained damage during the war with Russia
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NewsNobel laureates urge Argentina’s new president to reverse science cuts
68 Nobel laureates, including more than 20 who won the chemistry prize, warn that Javier Milei’s policies will hurt the country
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BusinessUS derailment highlights continuing chemical rail freight concerns
Three-train crash in Pennsylvania leaked diesel and plastic pellets into waterways
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NewsFirst prosecution in the US for trafficking greenhouse gases
San Diego resident faces up to 45 years in prison for allegedly smuggling HFCs illegally from Mexico into the US
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NewsUS science funding hangs in the balance with continuing resolutions
Nearly halfway through the fiscal year a US government shutdown is averted with another short-term CR
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NewsTwo Canadian scientists were fired in 2021 for passing information to China
Details emerge in government documents leading to security being tightened at top level biosafety lab following breach
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NewsEPA’s updated chemical risk management plans rile industry groups
12,000 chemical plants required to draw up emergency plans for extreme weather and share hazard information with local communities
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NewsUS–China science and technology cooperation agreement expires
Amid concerns that China is an unreliable or untrustworthy research partner, the White House allows 45-year-old arrangement to lapse
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BusinessUN human rights experts condemn DuPont and Chemours
PFAS discharges from US plant denied community access to safe water, UN advisors assert
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ResearchCreating reconfigurable fluidic devices from liquid building blocks
Inspired by toy blocks, Chinese researchers have created, manipulated functional liquid devices by assembling and disassembling liquid droplets
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BusinessUS federal court revokes approval of dicamba herbicides
Judge overturns 2020 reapproval of three products over procedural failure
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NewsEuropean Commission to consult on bisphenol A ban in food packaging
The action comes after the EU’s food safety body identified BPA as a human health concern last year
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NewsIntroducing AIChemy: the UK’s new artificial intelligence hub for chemistry
University of Liverpool and Imperial College London are leading a £12mn UK-wide consortium that aims to develop AI for chemistry
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BusinessUS industry leaders repeat calls to reinstate security programme
Six month gap in vetting people with access to high-risk chemicals means potential threats may have been missed
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ResearchProtecting wine from wildfire smoke taint with a nanotech coating
US researchers, prompted by vineyard losses from 2020 wildfires on the west coast, have developed protective cellulose nanofibre coatings for grapes
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BusinessEU renewal of glyphosate approval formally challenged
Environmental coalition says independent data was not considered in decision