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Author: Lauren Rosenberg

Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Curiosities

With trails opening, is it safe—or ethical—to go hiking this summer?

by Lauren Rosenberg

But that could change as summer gets underway, bringing with it urbanites seeking to escape their COVID-stricken environs.

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Curiosities

Is a four-day work week the secret to saving the planet?

by Lauren Rosenberg

Degrowth, the chorus says, is the only way we can prevent climate change–induced calamity.

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Curiosities

Why cracking nuclear fusion will depend on artificial intelligence

by Lauren Rosenberg

Fusion, on the other hand, could provide almost limitless energy without releasing carbon dioxide or producing radioactive waste.

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Curiosities

How brain scanners can help up revolutionise psychiatric drugs

by Lauren Rosenberg

Pretty much every drug available in psychiatry, we don’t really know how they work in the brain.

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Curiosities

Farmers say they need alternatives if herbicide glyphosate is weeded out

by Lauren Rosenberg

He said he could lose up to 50 per cent of a given yield if the weeds aren’t controlled.

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Curiosities

UK faces a climate ‘crunch decade’

by Lauren Rosenberg

“We’ll be looking a lot more at using cycling, and walking in cities, how public transport plays a role, how we can change patterns of air travel, so that air travel’s impact is reduced,” Stark said.

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Hazard Alert

1,4 Dioxane

by Lauren Rosenberg

2020-06-26 1,4-Dioxane (also known as dioxane) is a clear, colourless liquid, with a faint ether-like odour. It is highly flammable and easily dissolvable in water.…

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Posted on26/06/202023/06/202026 June 2020, Janet's Corner

How a chemist sees the glass

by Lauren Rosenberg

2020-06-26

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Regulatory Update

Safe Work Australia has published new COVID-19 work health and safety guidance for workplaces

by Lauren Rosenberg

Guidance for the Retail industry has also been expanded with additional information for shopping centres.

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Regulatory Update

EPA orders Amazon and eBay to stop sale of certain pesticide products

by Lauren Rosenberg

These products are unregistered, misbranded, or restricted-use pesticides, and pesticide devices that make false or misleading claims.

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Regulatory Update

Podcast: TSCA was reformed 4 years ago. Is the US chemical law living up to expectations?

by Lauren Rosenberg

Is the EPA protecting public health by sufficiently evaluating the risks of chemicals, or is it giving industry a free pass to market chemicals with little toxicity data?

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Regulatory Update

EPA decides not to regulate Perchlorate in drinking water

by Lauren Rosenberg

The chemical can be found in rocket fuel, fireworks, and fertilizers, and can cause developmental impairments in fetuses, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Regulatory Update

FDA updated list of notified hand sanitizers and rubbing alcohol products as of 17 June 2020

by Lauren Rosenberg

2020-06-11 Click the link below for details. Updated List as of 17 June 2020 ~sFDA, 17 June 2020 ~tRecall of certain hand sanitizers that may…

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Regulatory Update

Broadening exemptions for hand disinfectants to all sectors

by Lauren Rosenberg

With this extension, all professional users are allowed to use the hand disinfectants, regardless of the company or profession in which they work.

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Regulatory Update

Marine nitrous oxide emissions off Northwest Europe

by Lauren Rosenberg

The oceans, rivers, and estuaries are significant contributors to atmospheric N2O, producing it in the course of microbially mediated nitrification and denitrification processes.

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Regulatory Update

Russia publishes initial inventory of existing chemicals

by Lauren Rosenberg

2020-06-18 On June 15, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg) published part of the Russian Inventory of Existing Chemicals on the country’s Governmental…

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Regulatory Update

Vast majority of people in the UK, Poland and Bulgaria want stricter regulation on air pollution, new report and poll finds

by Lauren Rosenberg

91% of people are very or fairly worried about air pollution as a public health issue in Poland and Bulgaria, 71% in the United Kingdom.

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, REACH Update

Bisphenol S has replaced bisphenol A in thermal paper

by Lauren Rosenberg

By 2022, it is expected that 61% (or 307 kilotonnes) of all thermal paper in the EU will be BPS-based.

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, REACH Update

Resorcinol not identified as a substance of very high concern

by Lauren Rosenberg

Resorcinol is used to manufacture rubber compounds, resins and coatings, as well as cosmetics.

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Posted on26/06/202026 June 2020, Technical

Urinary biomarkers of nucleic acid oxidation and methylation in workers exposed to low concentrations of benzene

by Lauren Rosenberg

In the same urinary samples, biomarkers of oxidative damage and nucleic acid were determined.

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