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Rethink chemical risk assessments
The US Environmental Protection Agency needs to speed up its risk analyses and address uncertainty, say George M. Gray and Joshua T. Cohen.
- George M. Gray
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US opts not to ban BPA in canned foods
Status quo decision unlikely to be final word on controversial chemical.
- Brendan Borrell
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US environment agency misses dioxin deadline
Academia and industry unite to criticize delays in publishing regulatory guidelines.
- Brendan Borrell
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Manufacturing chemicals may damage the immune system
Childhood exposure to perfluorinated compounds linked to reduced effectiveness of tetanus and diphtheria vaccines.
- Daniel Cressey
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Chemist faces criminal charges after researcher’s death
UCLA scientist charged three years after lab fire fatality.
- Richard Van Noorden
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How to design a safer chemical
Chemists urged to avoid molecular properties likely to lead to toxicity.
- Richard Van Noorden
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Data gaps threaten chemical safety law
European companies are not providing robust information to regulators or alternatives to animal experiments.
- Natasha Gilbert
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Accidents in waiting
Every researcher and institution should question their own attitudes to safety in the lab after the death of an undergraduate student in a Yale University workshop.
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A death in the lab
Fatality adds further momentum to calls for a shake-up in academic safety culture.
- Richard Van Noorden
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Cleaner, greener fireworks
Boron carbide could light way to less-toxic green pyrotechnics.
- James Mitchell Crow
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West Africa's toxic problem
Ships' graveyard may be behind high levels of banned chemicals.
- Daniel Cressey
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Can European companies meet the deadline for registering chemicals?
Impact of new REACH safety rules will become clear later in the year.
- Natasha Gilbert
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Bisphenol A goes through the skin
Till receipts are a potential source of exposure to the controversial chemical.
- Daniel Cressey
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France digs deep for nuclear waste
Geological storage of long-lived radioactive material is moving closer to reality in Europe, says Declan Butler.
- Declan Butler
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How to rid reactors of uranium risk
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty talks grapple with legacy of highly enriched fuel.
- Declan Butler
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The weight of evidence
Better chemical-control legislation is a good start, but scientific reform should parallel legal reform.
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Crucial data on REACH not disclosed
Disagreement flares up over the number of animals required to implement Europe's chemical-safety law.
- Natasha Gilbert
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Toxicology: The big test for bisphenol A
After years of wrangling over the chemical's toxicity, researchers are charting a new way forwards. Brendan Borrell investigates how the debate has reshaped environmental-health studies.
- Brendan Borrell
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America pushes to overhaul chemical safety law
Congress to consider stronger regulation.
- Brendan Borrell
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Bisphenol A link to heart disease confirmed
Second study supports an association between the controversial chemical and cardiovascular problems.
- Brendan Borrell
Toxicology: The learning curve