Endocrine Society commends reinvigorated effort to regulate chemicals in personal care products

Medicine & Technology Mar 09, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC--The Endocrine Society applauded the reintroduction of a Senate bill that would give government regulators needed authority to protect consumers from exposure to hazardous endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in cosmetics and other personal care products.

Technologies for removing CO2 will need to be integrated into climate policy in 2019

Feb 20, 2019

In a new statement, the European Academies' Science Advisory Council (EASAC), which represents the national science academies of the EU Member States, Norway, and Switzerland, says its latest analysis reveals that technologies and techniques for removing CO2 from the atmosphere are becoming even more significant with the failure to reverse the growth in global emissions.

Jobs vs. death toll: Calculating corporate death penalties

Feb 20, 2019

Is there a threshold an entire industry crosses when it does more harm than good? Michigan Technological University researchers set out to examine the question with numbers.

Coral-destroying sunscreen ingredients banned in Florida

Feb 13, 2019

Florida bans oxybenzone and octinoxate-containing sunscreens

Battery recycling in electric vehicles: A new problem to an alternative solution in GHG emission

Feb 13, 2019

Greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector can be solved through battery recycling.

Price disclosure legislation unlikely to lower drug costs

Feb 02, 2019

CLEMSON, South Carolina -- The Trump administration's proposal to require pharmaceutical companies to publish drug prices in TV ads is unlikely to help control drug prices, according to a study publishing Jan. 22, 2019, in JAMA Internal Medicine.

United Nations, World Economic Forum and partners unite to address e-waste

Jan 24, 2019

Joint report: Technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution show huge potential and could lead to "dematerialization", better product tracking, take-back and recycling, and products sold as services

Price disclosure legislation unlikely to lower drug costs

Jan 23, 2019

The Trump administration's proposal to require pharmaceutical companies to publish drug prices in TV ads is unlikely to help control drug prices, according to a study publishing Jan. 22, 2019, in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Price disclosure legislation unlikely to lower drug costs

Jan 22, 2019

CLEMSON, South Carolina -- The Trump administration's proposal to require pharmaceutical companies to publish drug prices in TV ads is unlikely to help control drug prices, according to a study publishing Jan. 22, 2019, in JAMA Internal Medicine.

UN warns of rising levels of toxic brine as desalination plants meet growing water needs

Jan 14, 2019

The fast-rising number of desalination plants worldwide -- now almost 16,000, with capacity concentrated in the Middle East and North Africa -- quench a growing thirst for freshwater but create a salty dilemma as well: how to deal with all the chemical-laden leftover brine.

Spain, Iran Aim To Boost The Friendly Ties By Expanding Cooperation In Several Important Fields

Aug 07, 2017

A recent meeting between Spain and Iran held on Sunday to explore further cooperation between the two countries in several important fields.

Polish Government Is Asked By The EU Court To Stop Logging In The Bialowieza Forest

Jul 31, 2017

Top EU court has asked the Polish government to stop the logging in the ancient Bialowieza forest.

Apple, Google, & Microsoft Lead Cash Hoard Of $464 Billion Away From US Tax Collectors`

Jul 21, 2017

President Donald Trump wants the hoarded money of Apple, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, and other cash hoarding companies to bring the money home. To do that, his administration is lobbying the tax reform incentive for congress to approve.

Ohio Politician Wants Opioid Overdose Victims to Be Left to Die

Jul 05, 2017

Middletown City Council member Dan Picard has proposed a three strikes penalty for opioid overdose victims.

More Than 100 Californians Take Control Over The End Of Their Lives

Jun 29, 2017

In the last six months of 2016, 111 Californians took their lives under the End of Life Option Act