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Mitsui Chemicals Group partners PLASTIFY for beach cleaning at Coney Island
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 29, 2025-- Mitsui Chemicals Asia Pacific (MCAP) – In the early hours of 20 September 2025, a dedicated group of 15 employees from the affiliates in Singapore and their family members came together to make a tangible...

Toxic Levels of "Forever Chemicals" Found in North Carolina Beaches — What Does This Mean?
ACS found 35 different PFAS along the Cape Fear River and surrounding coastline. Some of your favorite sparkling water brands may contain forever chemicals — such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS — and now, according to a...

Vantage Chemicals settles 400+ Lake County EtO lawsuits
CHICAGO - A chemical company with a manufacturing plant in north suburban Gurnee has become the latest to settle hundreds of lawsuits claiming emissions from its manufacturing process caused people living nearby to develop cancer. On Sept. 19,...

Golden Broccoli: U biochemists create first single-dyed ratiometric biosensor for glycine imaging
Reposted from the College of Science. The amino acid glycine is an important neurotransmitter that regulates memory, reflex and brain development, and it may also be a biomarker for bacterial virulence. Of the 20 standard amino acids, the building...

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Persistent Chemicals/U.S. Department of Energy Should Complete Efforts to Review PFAS Use: U.S. Government Accountability Office Report
Download PDF The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a September 10th report titled: PERSISTENT CHEMICALS: DOE Should Complete Efforts to Review PFAS Use (“Report”). See GAO-25-107809. The GAO states that Certain per- and...

Challenges to competitiveness of EU chemical industry opportunity for Serbia
The chemical industry in the European Union has been declining for the second year in a row and is in economic recession. The main reasons are the high price of energy, uncertainty that discourages new investments, as well as the decline in...

LG Chem Develops High-Resolution PID for Semiconductor Packaging
LG Chem has announced the successful development of a liquid photo-imageable dielectric (PID), a critical material for advanced semiconductor packaging. The company is now preparing to meet growing demand in AI and high-performance semiconductor...

Archean Chemicals, Ankur Capital invest $15m in India’s Offgrid Energy Labs

Croda International Soars 10.7% as Q1 Sales Surge Signals Green Chemicals Boom
Croda International PLC, the FTSE 100-traded speciality chemicals giant, shocked the market today with record first-quarter performance that indicated strong demand in its core markets. The firm reported year-on-year growth in group sales of 8% to...

LG Chem Targets Next-gen Semiconductor Packaging Market with High-resolution PID
LG Chem announced on Sept. 29 that it has completed the development of a liquid photoimageable dielectric (PID), a core material for advanced semiconductor packaging, and will begin a full-scale push into the artificial intelligence (AI) and...

Business News | LG Chem Develops Key Liquid Material for Advanced Chip Packaging
Seoul [South Korea], September 29 (ANI): South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. said on Monday it has developed a liquid photo-imageable dielectric (PID), a key insulating material for advanced semiconductor packaging. The company plans to actively target the...
EU environment boss tests positive for 'toxic' forever chemicals in her blood
THE EU ENVIRONMENT Commissioner has revealed that she has tested positive for “toxic” forever chemicals after undergoing screening to raise awareness of the health risks linked to the man-made pollutants. The synthetic Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl...

Reminder - Air Products & Chemicals Goes Ex-Dividend Soon
On 10/1/25, Air Products & Chemicals will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $1.79, payable on 11/10/25. As a percentage of APD's recent stock price of $266.78, this dividend works out to approximately 0.67%, so look for shares of...

EU environment boss tests positive for 'toxic' forever chemicals
The EU's environment commissioner said on Monday she has tested positive for "toxic" forever chemicals after undergoing screening to raise awareness of the health risks linked to the man-made pollutants. "Citizens are increasingly exposed to PFAS...

‘Patient’ Antoine Dupont confirms to football TV channel when he will be fit to play rugby again
Sidelined French star Antoine Dupont used a visit to a football match last weekend to confirm when exactly he will return to the rugby pitch following his long injury lay-off. The soon-to-be 29-year-old hasn’t played since getting seriously...

Sinks and basins will ‘sparkle’ again if cleaned with 1 natural item - no chemicals
The average kitchen sink has a staggering 100,000 times more bacteria than a toilet, according to the NHS. So keeping your sink or basin sparkling clean isn’t just aesthetic, but important for your health - especially if you’re regularly cleaning...
Bahri Chemicals partners with Luberef to advance base oils
Bahri Chemicals, a subsidiary of logistics and transportation company Bahri, has signed a Contract of Affreightment (COA) with Luberef to strengthen Saudi Arabia’s base oil and petrochemicals sectors Under the agreement, Bahri Chemicals will...