Toxicity – Page 3
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Research
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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Research
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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Research
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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Research
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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Research
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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Research
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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News
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
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News
UK MPs criticise government inaction on harmful chemicals
A report calls for urgent changes to the way flame retardants and packaging additives are regulated
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Research
Neonicotinoid exposure could be harming mammals
Deer study suggests the toxic effects of these pesticides may not be limited to insects
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Research
Air on board diesel trains is five times worse than beside a busy street
Ultrafine particles and soot linked to lung cancer are massively elevated in carriages pulled by diesel engines
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Podcast
Cacodyl
It made Robert Bunsen seriously ill, Michael Faraday thought it 'barbaric' to use in battle and even Fritz Haber – the 'father of chemical warfare' – abandoned it after a fatal accident in his lab. This week, Mike Freemantle tells the story of tetramethyldiarsine, otherwise known as cacodyl.