05.01.2017
- The US state of Texas has filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration in the federal district court of Galveston, seeking to force the regulatory agency to agree to...
03.01.2017
- Major US-based chemical company Celanese has initiated and will lead a consortium to conduct a toxicological study on potassium sorbate and sorbic acid. The action is in response...
23.12.2016
- As US President Barack Obama’s days in office wind down and in the gap before the next president, Donald Trump, takes office on Jan. 21, 2017, the so-called “lame duck” is showing...
19.12.2016
- Continuing in the mode of choosing people for his cabinet who are not politicians and who have ties to industry, US president-elect, Donald Trump, has chosen ExxonMobil’s chairman...
02.12.2016
- Health Canada is inviting comments through the end of February 2017 on its preliminary plans to ban the chemical imidacloprid, an active ingredient in neonicotinoid-based...
29.11.2016
- The US House of Representatives has scheduled a Nov. 30 vote on a bill aimed at accelerating federal approval of drugs and medical devices as well as boosting biomedical research...
21.11.2016
- The South American countries were beacons of hope for the world economy until the 2008/2009 global economic crisis. Brazil, the region’s largest country, was even mentioned in the...
09.11.2016
- The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into ChemChina’s plan to acquire Swiss agrochemicals producer Syngenta for $43 billion. The EU regulatory agency said...
04.11.2016
- New partnerships to develop materials for 3D printing are springing up to kick-start growth in an industry that experts say is being hampered by a lack of suitable materials. In...
02.11.2016
- US chemical producer Eastman has settled damage claims brought by residents of the US city of Charleston, West Virginia, dating back to a January 2014 spill of the coal-cleaning...