Death of heart diseases in the world linked to chemicals widely used in plastics
Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to manufacture plastic household items could be linked to more than 365,000 global deaths ...
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The health and economic costs of three toxic chemicals used in plastics are estimated at $1.5 trillion in a single year.
A new study co-authored by an economist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst estimates that adverse health effects linked to ...
Discovering the molecular properties of lignin could help turn trees into affordable, greener industrial chemicals
Trees are the most abundant natural resource on Earth, and scientists and engineers at North Carolina State University are making ...
Study finds widespread exposure to hormone-disrupting chemicals during pregnancy
A study published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology found that almost all pregnant women ingest the ...
New method to permanently break down chemicals uses nanoparticles and ultrasound
What do firefighting foams, nonstick cookware, water-repellent textiles, and pesticides have in common? They all contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, ...
Enzyme-inspired catalyst places chemicals in the right position to produce ethers
Inspired by enzymes, chemists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a catalyst to simplify the synthesis of ...
Engineers develop all-in-one solution to capture and destroy ‘forever chemicals’
Chemical engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new treatment that traps and treats PFAS substances, commonly ...
Researchers unveil method to detect ‘forever chemicals’ in less than 3 minutes
PFAS have earned the nickname "forever chemicals" for good reason: man-made compounds, which can take thousands of years to degrade ...
Premature births linked to ‘hormone-disrupting’ chemicals could cost US billions
Daily exposure to chemicals used in the manufacturing of plastic food containers and many cosmetic products may be linked to ...
More than 900 chemicals, many of which are found in consumer products and the environment, exhibit characteristics that cause breast cancer.
With tens of thousands of synthetic chemicals on the market and new products constantly being developed, knowing which ones might ...
