Category: 15 July 2022

REACH Update

ECHA – Updated support for notifiers using system-to-system service

Regulatory Update

Poor air quality forces closure of schools, government offices in Tehran

Why are they called ‘forever chemicals,’ and other things to know about PFAS

‘Every year it gets worse’: on the frontline of the climate crisis in Bangladesh

4 key questions on the EU’s shift to more sustainable chemicals

Pollution severity-regulated effects of roof strategies on China’s winter PM2.5

Bats in Germany are riddled with pesticides and toxic pollutants

India imposes ban on single-use plastics. But will it be enforced?

Italy has declared a state of emergency because of drought: ‘There is no doubt that climate change is having an effect,’ the prime minister said

We Need To Get The Lead Out. Now

U.N. Ocean Conference ends with promises. Is a sea change coming?

Plastics Legislation Needed, Not Increased Costs on Americans

FDA bans Juul e-cigarettes tied to teen vaping surge

What the Supreme Court’s EPA ruling means for air pollution — and your health

Janet's Corner

Chemistry 101

Hazard Alert

Naphthalene

Gossip

‘Disturbing’: weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US urine samples

Hunger really can make us feel ‘hangry’, study finds

World’s first commercial sand battery begins energy storage in Finland

Cancer drug pulls surprising double duty to treat muscular dystrophy

PFAS: Hard to escape in food, clothes, and makeup

Large Hadron Collider revs up to unprecedented energy level

Clinical trials for pig-to-human organ transplants inch closer

Stunning new Webb images: baby stars, colliding galaxies and hot exoplanets

Asthmatics may soon breathe easier thanks to new breakthrough

Methane much more sensitive to global heating than previously thought – study

Curiosities

Humans are aggressive, sometimes too much – could ‘moral enhancement’ technologies offer a solution?

How viruses can change your body odor to attract mosquitoes

You are what you eat,’ and now researchers know exactly what you’re eating

Only seven percent of adults have good cardiometabolic health

Sight of mouthwatering meals triggers inflammation linked to diabetes

Cloned mice created from freeze dried skin cells in world first

Space elevator ride to the moon is feasible using today’s technology

Why it is so hard for humans to have a baby?

ADHD drugs could help treat symptoms of Alzheimer’s

Revealed: US water likely contains more ‘forever chemicals’ than EPA tests show

Technical

Occurrence of herbicides in the aquatic environment and their removal using advanced oxidation processes: a critical review

Legionella and Air Transport: A Study of Environmental Contamination

Impact of industrial effluents on the environment and human health and their remediation using MOFs-based hybrid membrane filtration techniques

Occupational exposure to pesticides in mothers and fathers and risk of cancer in the offspring: A register-based case-control study from Sweden (1960-2015)

Toxicological and Teratogenic Effect of Various Food Additives: An Updated Review

Distribution patterns of rubber tire-related chemicals with particle size in road and indoor parking lot dust

Serum metabolic profiling of coal worker’s pneumoconiosis using untargeted lipidomics

Microalgae-based removal of pollutants from wastewaters: Occurrence, toxicity and circular economy

Evolution and Applications of Recent Sensing Technology for Occupational Risk Assessment: A Rapid Review of the Literature

Skin Toxicity of Selected Hair Cosmetic Ingredients: A Review Focusing on Hairdressers