Say Goodbye to PFAS Chemicals in Food Packaging: FDA
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 -- PFAS " forever " chemicals, increasingly linked to health risks, will no longer be added to food packaging handled by American consumers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. " Grease-proofing materials... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 28, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
NSF board approves funding for just one of two proposed giant telescopes
U.S. astronomers will have to make do with one giant ground-based telescope rather than the desired two, the National Science Board (NSB) announced yesterday.
Meeting last week, the panel of scientists that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF) capped the budget of the U.S. Extremely Large Telescope Program (US-ELTP) at $1.6 billion, enough for a substantial share in one 30-meter class telescope. But US-ELTP represents the interests of two such projects—the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) in Chile and the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) in Hawaii—which are building components but not fully funded. The board ...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 28, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Dehydrate the stratosphere to curb global warming? Scientists float risky new strategy
Given the alarm about rising levels of carbon dioxide and methane, it’s easy to forget that plain old water vapor is a major greenhouse gas, too. It can linger for years in the stratosphere, for example, absorbing heat from the surface and re-emitting it back down. According to one study, a possible jump in stratospheric water during the 1990s
may have boosted
global warming by up to 30% during that time. But what if you could stop water from getting there in the first place?
That’s the idea behind a new geoengineering technique,
proposed
today in
Science Advances
. By targeting risi...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 28, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Alberta's request to introduce new tracking method for safer drug supply rejected by Ottawa
The federal Liberal government is rejecting a proposal from the Alberta government to consider adding a 'unique chemical identifier' to the pharmaceuticals being offered to users as an alternative to street drugs. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Edmonton Source Type: news
Cleaning products you should avoid as experts warn you need to 'use your nose'
EXCLUSIVE: The founders of a free non-toxic cleaning app aimed at informing and empowering consumers shared advice on how to reduce hazardous chemical exposure. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Announces End to 'Forever Chemicals' in U.S. Food Packaging
(MedPage Today) -- Fast-food wrappers and other grease-proofing materials containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) will no longer be sold for use in food packaging in the U.S., the FDA announced on Wednesday.
According to the agency... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 28, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
KKR considers selling stake in India’s $3 billion JB Pharma
KKR & Co. is reportedly considering selling its 53.8% controlling stake in Indian pharmaceutical company JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. The US private equity firm is said to be exploring options and seeking financial advisers for a potential sale, with other buyout firms and industry players expressing preliminary interest. JB Pharma's shares have seen a 68% increase in the past year, valuing the company at just over $3 billion. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 28, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
90% of tattoo ink contains chemicals that can cause ORGAN DAMAGE, study finds - with more Americans than ever now inked
Tests in New York on 54 ink samples found as many as 45 contained impurities that were not listed on the label. The most common contaminant was linked to organ damage. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Evers again asks Wisconsin Republicans to release $125M to combat forever chemicals pollution
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers reiterated Tuesday that he will veto a Republican bill that would create grants to fight pollution from so-called forever chemicals and again asked GOP lawmakers to release to environmental regulators $125 million set aside to deal with contamination. Republicans who…#wisconsin #tonyevers #republicans #legislature #pfas #wisconsinites #howardmarklein #markborn #marinettemadison #campbellon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Oxidation Signals Tardigrades to Enter Hibernation
Water bears survive some of Earth’s harshest conditions by relying on their own chemical alarms. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - February 27, 2024 Category: Science Tags: News News & Opinion Source Type: news
Will India's pharma sector be able to come out of its China dependence?
Indian pharma industry's heavy dependence on imports for active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), key starting materials (KSM) and basic chemicals has been rather alarming, highlighting the need for a resolution. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 27, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
A review of multilevel modeling and simulation for human mobility and behavior - Serena L, Marzolla M, D'Angelo G, Ferretti S.
Multilevel modeling and simulation is a general technique that has many applications in such diverse fields as chemistry, biology, engineering, social sciences and economics. Within these application domains, the study of human mobility and behavior is par... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Can we break the ‘forever chemicals’ chain?
Forever chemicals”, the snappier name given to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, can be found in countless products, ...#pfas (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fred Again Creates Ticket Frenzy With Surprise Show at Sydney Opera House
Fred Again has done it again, dropping a surprise performance on Australians and selling it out in next-to-no-time. The British producer, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist used the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a prop for a social post Tuesday morning (Feb. 27), which doubled as the big…#fredagain #australians #sydneyharbourbridge #sydneyoperahouse #concerthall #warnermusic #taylorswift #chemicalbrothers #matchboxtwenty #fredgibson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rapid screening of riot control agents using DART-TD-HRMS - M örén L, Östin A, Larsson A, Forsberg J, Wiktelius D, Lindén P.
PURPOSE: Riot Control Agents (RCAs) are chemicals used in law enforcement for non-lethal riot control and use in conflicts between states that violates the Chemical Weapons Convention. OPCW's Scientific Advisory Board has identified sixteen potential RCAs ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
