Chemicals in Hygiene Products Linked to Early Puberty in Girls
(CN) – Girls exposed to chemicals commonly found in household cosmetic and hygiene products may experience early puberty, according to
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Homes Filled With New Mysterious Pollutant, Study Finds
Don’t take a deep breath and don’t touch anything: Researchers have discovered a mysterious chemical is abundant in homes, the natural environment and electronic recycling facilities and which can be passed through skin contact or by breathing, is difficult to track and largely unregulated by the federal government.
Read moreTexas Chemical Plant, CEO Indicted for ‘Reckless’ Release
The North American subsidiary of a French chemical manufacturer and two senior staff members were indicted Friday in connection with last year’s explosion at the Crosby, Texas, plant in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
Read moreAntitrust Class Action
A class action filed in Philadelphia federal court accuses BASF, Bayer and other companies of fixing the prices of raw materials used to create polyurethanes by closing plants and limiting production.
Read moreSupermassive Star May Have Shaped Chemistry of Milky Way Clusters
A supermassive star thousands of times larger than the sun may have been what caused Milky Way stars in globular clusters to have such unique chemistry, new research shows.
Read moreEPA Can’t Dodge Suit Over Toxic Pesticide Ingredients
A trimmed down lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of 35 pesticide ingredients that allegedly harm endangered species will move forward, a federal judge ruled from the bench Friday.
Read moreCity Wins Pollution Case, Jury Awards No Damages
A federal jury agreed on Thursday that fertilizer imported to California in the 1930s and 1940s was responsible for contaminants found in groundwater wells in recent years but did not award damages to the city who sued a North American subsidiary of a Chilean chemical company who manufactured the product.
Read moreChilean Company Denies It Contaminated City’s Water in Trial
Jurors in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles were given the fundamentals on South American mining, citrus orchards in California and water testing Friday in a case involving a California city who says their groundwater was contaminated due to “defectively designed fertilizer” imported to the United States around 1930.
Read moreEuropean Chemical Agency Rapped on Compliance Letter
The European General Court chided regulators on Tuesday for shirking formal action in favor of a letter when they found that a French chemical company had not complied with the law.
Read moreChemical Makers Ask Court to Toss Agency’s Pesticide Warning
Chemical makers are claiming in federal court that the National Marine Fisheries Service relied on faulty science when it concluded their products “jeopardize the continued existence” of 38 marine species.
Read moreToxic Air, Explosion Risk Keeps Crews From Texas Plant Fire
Investigators believe a worker dragging his foot along a factory floor sparked a Thursday explosion at a Texas chemical plant that injured two workers and left a third unaccounted for, and fears of another blast amid the toxic chemicals prevented crews from battling the ensuing blaze, an official said.
Read moreChemical ‘Sleuths’ Hunt for Life’s Building Blocks in Space
Researchers have reconstructed the chemical steps that lead to the formation of complex hydrocarbons in space, presenting routes to forming 2-D carbon-based nanostructures in a mix of heated gases.
Read more3M to Pay $850 Million to Settle Suit Over Chemical Disposal
3M Co. has agreed to pay the state of Minnesota $850 million to settle a major case alleging the manufacturer damaged natural resources and contaminated groundwater by disposing of chemicals over decades, attorneys announced Tuesday.
Read moreUS Struggles to Prove Use of Sarin Gas by Syria
A day after U.S. officials called it “highly likely” that Syrian President Bashar Assad kept a hidden stockpile of chemical weapons, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters Friday that there is no evidence Syria used sarin on its citizens.
Read moreMichigan Accuses Shoe Manufacturer of Polluting Drinking Water
Dangerous levels of toxic chemicals used to waterproof shoe leather have polluted dozens of residential drinking water wells, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality claims, forcing residents to turn to bottled water.
Read moreDC Circuit Rejects Challenge to Workplace Silica Rule
The D.C. Circuit on Friday ruled against industry groups challenging a Labor Department rule that limits workers’ exposure to the chemical compound silica, but agreed that the rule is missing a provision for already exposed workers to be pulled off the job site.
Read moreEPA Chief Set to Meet Privately With Chemical Industry Execs
The Trump administration’s top environmental regulator is set to speak privately to chemical industry executives next week during a conference at a luxury oceanfront golf resort.
Read moreResearchers Work to Pinpoint Dawn of Anthropocene – the Epoch of Human Impact
The dramatic ecological decline sparked by human activity has led some scientists to argue the current geological epoch warrants a new name: the Anthropocene. But between the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s, the introduction of radioactive elements produced by nuclear bomb tests and other planet-changing human activities, determining the exact start of the Anthropocene is difficult.
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