All United States of America articles
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BusinessPFAS manufacturers sued for deceptive marketing in US
Texas attorney general accuses 3M and DuPont of knowingly concealing health risks
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NewsEPA bans two solvents used in dry cleaning and battery manufacture
US environmental agency officially bans trichloroethylene and prohibits most uses of perchloroethylene
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BusinessUS aims to reinstate chlorpyrifos insecticide ban
2021 ban on remaining food uses was overturned on appeal in 2023
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BusinessMaintenance error led to deadly hydrogen sulfide leak
Workers opened live pipework 1.5m away from intended work site
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ResearchFailings in response to East Palestine train derailment compounded human and environmental impact
Study makes recommendations to better protect humans and the environment in the event of a future chemical incident
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OpinionTrump’s re-election could empower peddlers of some of the worst anti-science ideas
Vaccine opponent Robert F Kennedy is reportedly poised to oversee health in Trump administration
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News‘It could be a catastrophe’: Déjà vu and panic for scientists as Trump wins second term
The research community fears another Trump presidency will be worse than the first, but the chemical and biotech sectors are more optimistic
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NewsNobel prize-winning scientists mobilise for Kamala Harris
82 Nobel laureates warn of the threat Donald Trump poses to science, climate and living standards
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BusinessDrug companies reluctantly accept state price negotiations
As legal challenges fall flat, will industry’s claims of stifled innovation be borne out?
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BusinessCalifornia sues ExxonMobil over misleading plastic recycling claims
Suit claims firm used false claims to justify producing vast amounts of single-use plastics
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NewsUS–China science and technology accord expires, maybe for the last time
Forty-five-year-old agreement has lapsed again but the US remains in contact with China on scientific cooperation
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BusinessUS industry braced for change as election looms
Regulation, trade tariffs and innovation support top lists of concerns
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NewsScience community holds its breath again as consequential US presidential election looms
A lot is riding on the November election for university researchers and science advocates, who overwhelmingly back Kamala Harris
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NewsUS government scientist union scores latest contract win
Californian scientists have followed academics in unionising and have negotiated better pay and conditions
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NewsChina cracks down on fentanyl precursor chemicals
Three fentanyl chemical ingredients will be subject to new restrictions from September
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NewsCaltech gets new theoretical chemistry centre that honours Nobel laureate
Two former chemistry postdocs pledge $30 million to build the Rudy Marcus Center
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NewsChinese-born chemist cleared of last conviction under US’s espionage probe
Court throws out Feng ‘Franklin’ Tao’s final conviction under the now-defunct China Initiative, after five-year legal fight
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NewsUS–China tensions appear to be damaging countries’ science, analysis finds
Ethnically Chinese students pursuing PhDs in the US dropped along with productivity of ethnically Chinese scientists
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NewsFDA bans use of brominated vegetable oil in food and drink
Manufacturers have one year to comply as US regulator bans additive over safety concerns
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OpinionThe US abortion drugs regulation challenge has stalled, but it will return
Having failed in the US Supreme Court, anti-abortion activists are trying other ways to prevent access to mifepristone