Category: 16 December 2022

REACH Update

Technical completeness check

Transforming ECHA into a champion for modern, animal-free safety science

Regulatory Update

How a dangerous stew of air pollution is choking the United States

Transition to GHS 7

50,000 signatures: Create a national ban on PFAS

FSANZ annual report released

EU bio-based, biodegradable & compostable plastics framework: can recommendations help control pollution?

New FSANZ website on the way

France still exporting prohibited pesticides, despite landmark ban

China Releases New Standard for SVHCs and Restricted Chemicals in Automotive Industry

Pow promises ‘gold standards’ on chemicals regulation as fears over impact of UK-REACH delays grow

Drinking Water Regulations – Prohibition on Lead Use Rulemaking

IEEE SA Working Group: Standard for Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Hazard Labelling

Revealed: Nearly 100 potential PFAS-polluted sites in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia from fracking waste

EPA Issues Guidance to States to Reduce Harmful PFAS Pollution

Janet's Corner

Recreate the Conditions

Hazard Alert

Bromine

Gossip

Spray uses virus-filled microbeads to kill harmful bacteria on food

New Catalyst Can Turn a Smelly Gas Byproduct Into a Cash Cow

Antarctica is changing, and wildlife and weeds could be on the way

Custom 3D-printed joints may restore full movement to disabled fingers

Paper-thin solar cell can turn any surface into a power source

Chemistry breakthrough creates usable products out of unrecyclable PVC

We have a genuine fusion energy breakthrough

Simple urine test proposed as early diagnostic tool for Alzheimer’s

Traffic Pollution Has Been Associated With an Increased Risk of Dementia

Giant magma plume reveals Mars may not be a dead planet after all

Curiosities

Say hello to the toughest material on Earth

There’s more magma under Yellowstone than we thought—but don’t panic

Why do some dogs chase squirrels? Study finds genetic links to canine quirks

Young star clusters know when it’s time to stop growing

Mind-Blowing New Hypothesis: Gravity May Cause Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Why does lightning zigzag? At last, we have an answer to the mystery

Scared of Shots? A Wearable Robot Can Improve Your Experience

Flash of light as bright as a quadrillion Suns dazzles astronomers

Men are slowly losing their Y chromosome, but a new sex gene discovery in spiny rats brings hope for humanity

Non-Invasive Laser Light Therapy Could Improve Short-Term Memory by Up to 25 Percent

Technical

Geochemical Contamination, Speciation, and Bioaccessibility of Trace Metals in Road Dust of a Megacity (Guangzhou) in Southern China: Implications for Human Health

Uptake, Translocation, and Fate of Carcinogenic Aristolochic Acid in Typical Vegetables in Soil-Plant Systems

Mercury Contamination in Fish and Its Effects on the Health of Pregnant Women and Their Fetuses, and Guidance for Fish Consumption-A Narrative Review

Exposure to Bisphenol A Substitutes, Bisphenol S and Bisphenol F, and Its Association with Developing Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus: A Narrative Review

Top-Down Preparation of Nanoquartz for Toxicological Investigations

Exposure to chemical agents in the Spanish construction sector: A risk assumed and accepted by workers

Toxicity Assessment of [177Lu]Lu-iFAP/iPSMA Nanoparticles Prepared under GMP-Compliant Radiopharmaceutical Processes

Low-level Occupational Exposure to BTEX and Dyschromatopsia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Health Risk Assessment Based on Exposure to Chemicals in Air

Asbestos Exposure and Severity of COVID-19