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Chemical Industry | November 18, 2020

The American Chemistry Council (ACC), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), The Chemours Company and HBCU Week Foundation today declared the synthetic business' first collective value, variety and consideration activity pointed toward making pathways for more underrepresented gatherings to enter and prevail in the substance business. The Future of STEM Scholars Initiative (FOSSI) gives occasions to makers, gracefully chain accomplices and different partners to fina...

Chemical Watch | January 30, 2020

The OECD is in the early stages of compiling a list of best practices when assessing the economic costs and benefits of chemicals management systems. It will draft studies this year to assess the willingness of the public to pay to avoid certain adverse health effects that can result from chemical exposure. Next year, it plans to carry out these surveys for five endpoints, each from five different countries. The work is being carried out by the OECD’s working party on integrating economic ...

FOX 32 Chicago | April 09, 2020

While a lot of businesses are closing and laying off workers, it’s full speed ahead at Seeler Industries in Joliet. The mom and pop company manufactures a chemical that’s at the forefront in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re just trying to make the best of a very difficult situation,” said Steve Seeler, Owner. The family-owned chemical manufacturing plant is the nation’s leading supplier of Peracetic Acid, or what you might call the COVID-19 Kill...

Unearthed | October 12, 2020

Europe’s farming and chemical lobbies attempted to weaken new EU targets to halve pesticide use by 2030, according to documents obtained by Unearthed. At a meeting in March, the European Crop Protection Association – which represents some of the world’s biggest pesticide producers – suggested to European Commission (EC) officials the target was double what could be achieved in the next decade. It came after the influential farming lobby group Copa Cogeca warned the man in...