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Pistoia Alliance | October 19, 2020

CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society specializing in scientific information solutions, and the Pistoia Alliance, a global non-profit that works to lower barriers to innovation in life science and healthcare R&D, today announced the launch of a new Pistoia Alliance Chemical Safety Library platform. This resource aims to mitigate the serious risks researchers working with potentially hazardous chemicals face due to unanticipated chemical reaction outcomes by enabling scientists to ...

The Globe and Mail | March 11, 2020

The federal government intends to designate plastics as toxic substances, a move industry stakeholders say is unduly aggressive and detrimental to the sector’s brand. Listing plastics as toxic under Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) will provide the government with the authority to regulate and limit certain products. The Liberals campaigned during the fall election on a promise to ban some single-use plastics as early as 2021, as part of a national strategy to...

DBusiness | March 06, 2020

Houston’s Junction Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has acquired Wilkinson Chemical in Mayville, east of Frankenmuth. Wilkinson produces and sells calcium chloride solution, which is used for dust and ice control. The company will now operate under the name Wilkinson Solutions. Financial details of deal were not disclosed. “We’ve studied the market for an extended period and believe the acquisition of a long-standing player like Wilkinson provides a strategic foundation...

Chemical Watch | February 27, 2020

Across the globe as much as 50m tons of electronic and electrical waste are produced each year, and, if current trends continue, this figure could more than double by 2050, according to a 2019 report from the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE) and the UN E-Waste Coalition. Consumer electronics, such as smartphones, computers, TVs and cameras, account for half of all e-waste, with household appliances and heating and cooling equipment making up the rest. Reducing and elim...