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Chemistry World August 2, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
Palm kernel oil to polyamide German speciality chemicals firm Evonik has announced that it is producing bio-based I -amino lauric acid at a pilot-scale plant in Slovakia. |
Chemistry World July 29, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Toxicologists enter the fray on endocrine disruptors A group of toxicologists has written to European commission chief scientific adviser Anne Glover urging her to rethink plans to regulate endocrine disrupting chemicals. |
Chemistry World July 26, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
Gas specialist branches out into carbon nanotubes Industrial gas specialist Linde Group has branched out into carbon nanotubes, launching SEER e- ink. The ink contains long, individual single-walled nanotubes suspended in dimethylsulfoxide. |
Chemistry World July 25, 2013 Michael Collins |
Cost reporting is more than worth it All I want to know is how much damage the product I'm purchasing might be doing to the environment. And all products result in some environmental harm -- there is no such thing as a zero waste, zero carbon or a zero impact product. |
Chemistry World July 23, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
PolyOne to close six sites and shed 250 jobs The move is part of a planned restructuring after US polymer specialist PolyOne acquired Spartech in March of this year. |
Chemistry World July 22, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
Monsanto abandons GM crops in Europe The company will focus on conventional breeding to develop new crop varieties in the EU, and develop biotech crops in regions where they are more accepted, such as North America. |
Chemistry World July 19, 2013 Laura Howes |
EU to ban fipronil From 31 December 2013, European farmers will not be allowed to use the pesticide fipronil on maize or sunflowers. Some seeds can still be treated if the crops are sown in greenhouses or the crops harvested before flowering. |
Chemistry World July 12, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
Chemistry will underpin economic growth, say industry leaders A cross-industry collaboration is trying to unite the UK chemicals sector, building a robust industry landscape founded on basic chemical feedstock manufacturing supporting innovation across all the chemical-using industries. |
Chemistry World July 11, 2013 Rebecca Trager |
Texas plant explosion prompts calls for stricter rules The fire and explosion that destroyed the West Fertilizer chemical plant in Texas on 17 April, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 200, has resulted in calls to tighten US chemical handling regulations. |
Chemistry World July 1, 2013 Patrick Walter |
Sluggish recovery for European chemical sector Cefic is predicting that European chemical industry output will contract by 1% this year, compared with 2012. |
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