A new study reveals that chemicals used to replace ozone-damaging CFCs are now driving a surge in a persistent “forever chemical” worldwide. The pollutant, called trifluoroacetic acid, is falling out ...

For the fourth time, President Donald J. Trump has proposed eliminating the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), an independent body that investigates the causes of significant ...

Every year on 30 November, the United Nations observes the Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare. On that day, the international community reflects on the people killed and injured by ...

An international team of 43 scientists has called for a “paradigm shift” in toxicology and chemical regulation globally after having found severe lapses in current regulatory systems for evaluating ...

In their study of global chemical pollution, the researchers provide an overview of particularly problematic chemical groups, such as PFAS and pesticides, and advocate comprehensive changes to address ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety Hazard and Investigation Board, or CSB, investigates root causes of serious chemical accidents and makes recommendations for preventing similar events. The Trump ...

For more than two decades, lone actors with weapons of mass destruction ambitions have relied on crude toxins like ricin and amatoxins because plants like castor beans and mushrooms that contain these ...

Mekenzie Walk and Jen Heemstra contributed to this article. Heemstra lab receives funding from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). Chemical warfare is one of the most devastating forms of ...

Critical Chemical Alliance to tackle supply chain dependencies and distortions EU chemical production faces competition from cheaper U.S. and Chinese rivals Commission to expand state aid and simplify ...

The Hague — Two Dutch intelligence agencies said on Friday that Russia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine, including the World War I-era poison gas chloropicrin. The ...

Dutch military intelligence says Russia uses banned chemical weapons in Ukraine Evidence points to 'large-scale program' of producing and using choking agent, officials say Dutch defence minister ...