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Chemistry World November 2, 2012 Andrew Turley	Panel delivers final PFOA report The long running saga of DuPont and perfluorooctanoic acid, often called simply C8, has passed an important milestone with the delivery of the final report from an independent panel of experts tasked with determining its health effects.
Chemistry World October 31, 2012 Andrew Turley	More jobs go: Lonza cuts 500 Swiss speciality chemical company Lonza is to cut 500 jobs over the next two years to save costs, including 400 cut in a bid to 'secure the future' of the site at Visp in Switzerland.
Chemistry World October 31, 2012 Andrew Turley	Chemists contribute to prior art hunt Do you know some chemistry? Do you have spare time? Then it might be that you can make money stress testing the patent literature with Article One Partners, a crowdsourcing website.
Chemistry World October 25, 2012 Eugene Gerden	Problems for Russian chemicals? The Russian chemical industry could be on the verge of a serious crisis caused by state plans to abolish subsidies to domestic producers.
Chemistry World October 24, 2012	Chemical giants cut 4000 jobs The chemical industry was hit by news of nearly 4000 planned job cuts, and multiple site closures, yesterday as two iconic firms, DuPont and Dow, announced dramatic restructuring plans alongside their financial results for the third quarter.
Chemistry World October 19, 2012 Andrew Turley	2.5bn Euros Written Off Akzonobel Paint Business The company has been affected by the on-going economic instability in Europe, which it said contributed to its 3% drop in sales volumes compared with the same period last year.
Chemistry World October 18, 2012 Andrew Turley	$2.2bn speciality chemicals acquisition Chemical company Champion Technologies, which focuses on products and services for oil and gas production, is to be bought for $2.2 billion by Ecolab.
Chemistry World October 17, 2012 Andrew Turley	Carbon dioxide to chemical partnership State-owned Malaysian oil company Petronas will partner will New Zealand firm LanzaTech, which specializes in making fuels and chemicals from industrial waste gases, such as carbon monoxide, by fermentation.
Chemistry World October 11, 2012 Patrick Walter	Slump in confidence hits EU chemical industry EU chemical production has stalled again after staging a brief recovery after the global economic crisis hit. Chemical production has fallen by 2.4% in the first seven months of this year, compared with the same time period last year.
Chemistry World October 3, 2012 Bob Hefford	Color and controversy The global market for oxidative hair colorants is huge and very profitable. But for 100 years, these products have been firmly based on just two chemicals: paraphenylenediamine and paratoluenediamine, both of which have a very checkered history.
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