Chemical News

• Concerns over cancer-causing chemical in coffee overblown?
  
  A cup of coffee in California could soon come with a cancer warning. The Council for Education and Research on Toxins wants businesses to warn consumers about a possible cancer risk from coffee. ...
  CBS News.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Chemical found in McDonald's fries promotes hair growth in lab mice
  
  Scientists in Japan say their research in mice could someday lead to a new method to treat hair loss -- and one of the ingredients they're using is also found in McDonald's fries.
  CBS News.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Agent Orange: French court rejects lawsuit against chemical companies
  
  The case sought damages from firms that produced the notorious defoliant used in the Vietnam War.
  BBC News.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Univar's (UNVR) Earnings Top Estimates in Q1, Sales Down Y/Y
  
  Univar's (UNVR) Q1 sales were hurt by reduced bulk commodity chemical pricing, energy headwinds and the exit of the Canadian Agriculture wholesale distribution business.
  Zacks.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Quaker Chemical (KWR) Earnings & Sales Surpass Estimates in Q1
  
  Quaker Chemical's (KWR) Q1 volumes were driven by strong demand in its end markets and market share gains.
  Zacks.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Do you have what it takes to get a perfect score on this fiendish general knowledge quiz?
  
  The 20-question challenge, shared on US-based trivia platform Quizly , covers a broad range of topics including history, geography and chemistry.
  Daily Mail.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Former Delaware governor, Republican presidential candidate Pierre S. 'Pete' du Pont IV dies
  
  Born to wealth, du Pont broke with family tradition, forgoing a comfortable career with his family's chemical company for a life in politics.
  ABC News.  Sunday, 9 May 2021.
• Brazil's hardline President Bolsonaro says China created COVID-19 to spark a chemical war
  
  Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro held a press conference Wednesday and accused China of creating COVID-19 as a 'chemical, bacteriological and radiological warfare.'
  Daily Mail.  Thursday, 6 May 2021.
• Lightning May Wash Pollution Out of the Air With a Chemical Dubbed 'Detergent of the Atmosphere'
  
  The oxidizing chemicals hydroxyl and hydroperoxyl may clean the skies of harmful pollutants by reacting with them
  Smithsonian.  Tuesday, 4 May 2021.
• E.P.A. to Announce Sharp Limits on Powerful Greenhouse Gases
  
  The Biden administration is moving quickly to limit hydrofluorocarbons, the Earth-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration.
  New York Times.  Monday, 3 May 2021.
• Household aerosols now release more harmful smog chemicals than cars, study finds
  
  Household aerosols such as air fresheners, deodorants and furniture polish have overtaken cars as a source of smog polluting chemicals in the UK, a new study has found.
  Sky News.  Thursday, 29 Apr 2021.
• Suspected dump of 27,000 chemical barrels found off LA coast
  
  Around 27,000 objects - potentially barrels containing the banned pesticide DDT - have been found dumped off California.
  Sky News.  Tuesday, 27 Apr 2021.
• Meth lab found in raid near Redditch
  
  The large-scale operation was found by police, firefighters and a chemicals expert.
  BBC News.  Tuesday, 27 Apr 2021.
• Thomas Brock, Whose Discovery Paved the Way for PCR Tests, Dies at 94
  
  In 1966, he found heat-resistant bacteria in a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park. That led to the development of the chemical process behind the coronavirus test.
  New York Times.  Monday, 26 Apr 2021.
• Family-Owned Industrial Conglomerate Standard Industries To Buy Chemical Giant W.R. Grace For $7 Billion
  
  For some six months, Standard Industries co-CEOs David Millstone and David Winter have been trying to acquire W.R. Grace, the specialty chemicals firm. Today, they announced that they'd succeeded in a $7 billion transaction.
  Forbes.  Monday, 26 Apr 2021.

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