Plastics are ubiquitous in modern economies, yet they come with a high environmental cost. As the UN debates how to manage their impacts, this report looks at the factors shaping the industry ...

Chinese fast-fashion companies are coming under renewed scrutiny for toxic chemicals, a problem that has plagued the fashion industry globally. On Friday, Korean officials said they tested 26 ...

Chemists in China and the US have discovered catalysts enabling light-driven reactions that can break down fluorine-containing chemicals that are attracting concern as pollutants. Two research groups ...

Chemical safety is a critically important topic that covers the handling and use of chemicals in a way that is safe for humans and the environment. It includes risk assessment and education in ...

A simple chemical bond between carbon and fluorine atoms changed the world — for the better, and then for the worse. Such bonds lie at the heart of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a ...

Department of Chemical Engineering (BK21 Four Integrated Engineering Program), College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Republic of Korea ...

Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. The separation of lignocellulose into lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose without significantly altering the chemical structures of these ...

Major retailers are failing to protect consumers from hazardous chemicals and plastics in the products they sell, according to the 2024 Retailer Report Card released Thursday by Toxic Free Future ...

Chemical engineers are problem solvers - they bring new medicines to market, develop alternative fuels, keep food manufacturing safe, and create new manufacturing materials. They move small-scale ...

2021). In both phases, the chemical potential of all considered Fe-doped nanotubes decreases by about 0.5 eV compared to their pristine nanotubes, except for (5,5) FeBNNT in the gas phase, which is ...

A recent study by Florida International University found 21 types of PFAS “forever chemicals” in South Florida’s rainwater. The evidence in the study suggests that some of the PFAS that end ...

This situation requires, as does the high range of molecular architectures, the visualization of diversified chemical nuances of scientific knowledge. By determining the structure, properties, and ...