Chemical & Engineering News: Environmental SCENE

Nanoparticles Fall Through Policy Cracks

nobody@acs.org("Leigh Krietsch Boerner") — 23 May 2013 18:38:54 +0000

Environment: Under current U.S. environmental and health regulations, federal agencies could miss identifying risks associated with new nanomaterials

Eliminating Ethylene

nobody@acs.org("Bethany Halford") — 22 May 2013 15:10:56 +0000

Platinum nanoparticles on mesoporous silica oxidize fruit-ripening gas at low temperatures

Superfund Alternatives Need Better Guidance

nobody@acs.org("Glenn Hess") — 20 May 2013 19:04:27 +0000

Magnetic Field Science In U.S. Assessed

nobody@acs.org("Andrea Widener") — 20 May 2013 19:04:26 +0000

Review Of Ship Discharges Sought

nobody@acs.org("Cheryl Hogue") — 20 May 2013 19:04:25 +0000

House Committee Adopts Drug Bills

nobody@acs.org("Britt E. Erickson") — 20 May 2013 19:04:25 +0000

Chemicals Added To Rotterdam Treaty

nobody@acs.org("Cheryl Hogue") — 20 May 2013 19:04:24 +0000

Government & Policy Concentrates

nobody@acs.org("") — 20 May 2013 19:04:23 +0000

ACS Global Water Initiative: The Grand Challenge Of Water

nobody@acs.org("Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, David L. Sedlak, Jerald L. Schnoor") — 20 May 2013 05:01:04 +0000

Top-Down Proteomics Becomes Reality

nobody@acs.org("Celia Henry Arnaud") — 20 May 2013 05:01:00 +0000

Advances in mass spectrometry are making it possible to identify and characterize multiple protein forms, starting with intact proteins

Assessing Birds’ Mercury Risks More Complicated Than Previously Thought

nobody@acs.org("Erika Gebel") — 16 May 2013 13:17:00 +0000

Ecology: Common method to monitor mercury levels in wetland birds doesn’t accurately represent risk from the contaminant

Justices Support Monsanto In Seed Patent Dispute

nobody@acs.org("Glenn Hess") — 16 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Biotechnology: Supreme Court rules genetically modified crops entitled to same protections as other inventions

Exhaust Catalyst Traps And Scrubs NO_x

nobody@acs.org("Mitch Jacoby") — 13 May 2013 05:03:56 +0000

Sulfur tolerant nitrogen oxide treatment catalyst could boost commercialization of fuel-efficient automobiles

Airborne Mineral Dust Adds Sulfate To Aerosols

nobody@acs.org("Jyllian Kemsley") — 13 May 2013 05:03:53 +0000

Results point to altered climate-cooling effects of atmospheric particles

Airborne Mineral Dust Is Key To Cirrus Cloud Creation

nobody@acs.org("Jyllian Kemsley") — 13 May 2013 05:03:52 +0000

Understanding cloud formation will improve climate modeling

Alloy Makes Iron On The Cheap

nobody@acs.org("Craig Bettenhausen") — 13 May 2013 05:03:51 +0000

Chromium-iron electrode smelts iron without the carbon dioxide

CO₂ Capture Effort Progresses

nobody@acs.org("Jeff Johnson") — 13 May 2013 05:03:44 +0000

Governor Seeks Changes To Proposition 65

nobody@acs.org("Cheryl Hogue") — 13 May 2013 05:03:41 +0000

Global Ban For Flame Retardant

nobody@acs.org("Cheryl Hogue") — 10 May 2013 11:38:40 +0000

United Nations: Countries agree to stop use of hexabromocyclododecane under Stockholm Convention

Accounting For Pollution

nobody@acs.org("Glenn Hess") — 09 May 2013 22:53:52 +0000

Activists in Houston are suing EPA over claims that the agency undercounts toxic air emissions

Nonphotosynthetic Bacteria Produce Environmental Superoxide

nobody@acs.org("Jyllian Kemsley") — 06 May 2013 12:30:00 +0000

Microbiology: Finding could be key to understanding cycling of carbon, metals in ecosystems without sunlight

Integrating Pesticide Risk Assessment

nobody@acs.org("Britt E. Erickson") — 06 May 2013 05:02:45 +0000

Eating Honey Protects Bees

nobody@acs.org("Sarah Everts") — 06 May 2013 05:02:41 +0000

Molecules in honey help guard bees from pesticides

Influenza At The Atomic Level

nobody@acs.org("Sarah Everts") — 06 May 2013 05:02:36 +0000

H5N1 flu virus binds human sugars in cis form but bird hosts in trans conformation

Eating Arsenic

nobody@acs.org("Celia Henry Arnaud") — 06 May 2013 05:02:24 +0000

ACS Meeting News: Efforts to find out how the element gets into food are leading to ways to reduce its presence

Changing How EPA Gets Science Advice

nobody@acs.org("Cheryl Hogue") — 06 May 2013 05:02:04 +0000

House of Representatives bill would have repercussions on agency’s regulations

New ACS ‘Letters’ Journal To Launch In 2014

nobody@acs.org("Linda Wang") — 03 May 2013 14:44:11 +0000

Penn State researcher Bruce Logan named deputy editor of Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Europe Bans Three Neonicotinoids

nobody@acs.org("Britt E. Erickson") — 02 May 2013 23:16:17 +0000

Regulation: Chemicals linked to disastrous honeybee population declines cannot be used for at least two years, European Commission says

Coatings Fight Furniture Fires

nobody@acs.org("Prachi Patel") — 02 May 2013 22:27:54 +0000

Nanomaterials: Ultrathin films could replace troublesome flame retardants

Nanocoating Helps Furniture Foam Fight Fire Without Troubling Flame Retardants

nobody@acs.org("Prachi Patel") — 30 Apr 2013 22:19:00 +0000

Nanomaterials: An ultrathin film made from a biopolymer and a sulfur-based acid could be an effective replacement for chlorine- and bromine-based commercial flame retardants

Measuring Oil’s Asphaltenes

nobody@acs.org("Louisa Dalton") — 30 Apr 2013 15:25:50 +0000

Analytical Chemistry: A novel microfluidic chip quantifies the sticky fraction of crude oil that can gum up oil exploration

Texas Explosion Facts Emerge

nobody@acs.org("Glenn Hess, Jeff Johnson") — 26 Apr 2013 12:06:03 +0000

Investigation: Ammonium nitrate, lack of regulatory oversight are likely causes of West, Texas, tragedy

Bisphenol A Delisted In California

nobody@acs.org("Britt E. Erickson") — 26 Apr 2013 11:59:03 +0000

Litigation: A state court orders BPA to be removed from list of reproductive toxicants

Viruses From Sewage Contaminate Deep Well Water

nobody@acs.org("Janet Pelley") — 23 Apr 2013 13:45:17 +0000

Water Pollution: Human pathogens rapidly invade underground aquifers previously thought to be protected

Soaking Up Uranium

nobody@acs.org("Mitch Jacoby") — 22 Apr 2013 05:02:38 +0000

Nanotechnology: Porous framework compound may work to extract the dissolved metal from seawater

EPA: Research On Contaminated Sites Scaled Back

nobody@acs.org("Cheryl Hogue") — 22 Apr 2013 05:02:20 +0000

Ambiguity As Fuel

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 22 Apr 2013 05:02:01 +0000

Scientist-poet explores how embracing the unknown, the guessed-at, and the not-understood can lead to better communication

Seeking Carcinogen-Linked DNA In Tissue Samples

nobody@acs.org("Erika Gebel") — 19 Apr 2013 15:39:00 +0000

Toxicology: For the first time, researchers unambiguously identify DNA damaged by an environmental chemical in preserved tissues

Origin Of Arctic Bromine Identified

nobody@acs.org("Jyllian Kemsley") — 19 Apr 2013 12:26:00 +0000

Atmospheric Chemistry: Surface snow reactions create pollutant-scrubbing compound

Republicans In Congress Launch Another Salvo Against EPA

nobody@acs.org("Cheryl Hogue") — 16 Apr 2013 18:31:25 +0000

Oversight: House of Representatives bill would change membership, operation of agency’s Science Advisory Board

… As Methane Concerns Grow

nobody@acs.org("Jeff Johnson") — 15 Apr 2013 05:03:31 +0000

Coal Use, CO₂ Emissions Drop …

nobody@acs.org("Jeff Johnson") — 15 Apr 2013 05:03:31 +0000

U.K. Advisers Advocate For Neonicotinoid Ban

nobody@acs.org("Britt E. Erickson") — 15 Apr 2013 05:03:29 +0000

Ethanol-To-Butanol Conversion A Plus

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 15 Apr 2013 05:03:17 +0000

ACS Meeting News: Catalytic process to upgrade ethanol to butanol provides a better biofuel option for gasoline

Unusual Uranium Species Found In Contaminated Aquifer

nobody@acs.org("Jyllian Kemsley") — 15 Apr 2013 05:03:16 +0000

ACS Meeting News: Results reveal new chemistry in underground sediments

Lipid Production For Biodiesel Boosted By Small Molecules

nobody@acs.org("Jyllian Kemsley") — 15 Apr 2013 05:03:12 +0000

ACS Meeting News: Inexpensive additives to microalgae cultures work at low concentrations

New Approach To Utilizing Lignin

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 15 Apr 2013 05:03:11 +0000

ACS Meeting News: Wisconsin chemists develop a metal-free oxidation method for conversion of the biopolymer into useful aromatics

Exposition Highlights

nobody@acs.org("Stu Borman") — 15 Apr 2013 05:02:21 +0000

C&EN panelists and instrument industry editors pick new products that stand out

Controlling Nanocrystals

nobody@acs.org("Mitch Jacoby") — 11 Apr 2013 23:18:56 +0000

ACS Meeting News: Relative rates of surface deposition and diffusion govern crystal morphology

Reducing Environmental Impact Of Organic Synthesis

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 10 Apr 2013 20:33:00 +0000

ACS Meeting News: Running common reactions in aqueous micelle solutions makes them significantly greener

Unexpected Uranium Chemistry Found In Contaminated Aquifer

nobody@acs.org("Jyllian Kemsley") — 10 Apr 2013 20:12:07 +0000

ACS Meeting News: Results will aid remediation efforts

Aerating Soil Yields Cleaner Air

nobody@acs.org("Jyllian Kemsley") — 08 Apr 2013 05:04:46 +0000

Higher oxygen concentrations reduce agricultural emissions of nitrogen oxides, suggesting soil aeration can help protect the atmosphere

Flame Retardants Under Scrutiny

nobody@acs.org("Cheryl Hogue") — 08 Apr 2013 05:04:40 +0000

Assessment: Officials in U.S. and Canada want data on more compounds

Copper Claims First As Near-Infrared Photocatalyst

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 08 Apr 2013 05:04:00 +0000

A mix of structural geometries in Cu₂(OH)PO₄’s lattice provides an optimal electronic structure for absorbing near-infrared sunlight

Archaea Feed On Perchlorate

nobody@acs.org("Jyllian Kemsley") — 08 Apr 2013 05:04:00 +0000

Microbiology: Chemistry discovery could be a clue to how life evolved on early Earth

Engineered Apples Near Approval

nobody@acs.org("Craig Bettenhausen") — 08 Apr 2013 05:03:00 +0000

Fruit with nonbrowning genes may get green light in U.S.

Dow To Produce Shale Gas In Argentina

nobody@acs.org("Alexander H. Tullo") — 05 Apr 2013 17:40:36 +0000

Petrochemicals: Partnered with oil producer YPF, the firms has plans to develop shale gas production in the country

Supreme Court Asked To Hear Cross-State Air Pollution Case

nobody@acs.org("Glenn Hess") — 04 Apr 2013 22:06:12 +0000

Environment agency seeks Supreme Court review of interstate pollution rule

Nuclear Power May Prevent More Deaths Than It Causes

nobody@acs.org("Mark Schrope") — 04 Apr 2013 20:15:00 +0000

Climate Change: Study estimates that nuclear energy leads to substantially fewer pollution-related deaths and greenhouse gas emissions compared with fossil-fuel sources

Titanium Dioxide Coating Improves Efficiency Of Graphene-Based Solar Cells

nobody@acs.org("Prachi Patel") — 03 Apr 2013 18:59:11 +0000

Solar Energy: The antireflective layer could lead to efficient, low-cost devices

Nuclear Power Prevents More Deaths Than It Causes

nobody@acs.org("Mark Schrope") — 02 Apr 2013 13:19:00 +0000

Climate Change: Study estimates that nuclear energy leads to substantially fewer pollution-related deaths and greenhouse gas emissions compared with fossil-fuel sources

Toward Sustainable Electronics

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 01 Apr 2013 05:03:18 +0000

To reduce electronic waste, a diverse team of engineers searches for new materials, training a savvy workforce along the way

Counseling EPA

nobody@acs.org("Cheryl Hogue") — 01 Apr 2013 05:03:06 +0000

House panel considers legislation to increase industry representation among agency’s science advisers

Pesticides Shown To Damage Bee Brains

nobody@acs.org("Carmen Drahl, Britt E. Erickson") — 01 Apr 2013 05:03:00 +0000

Regulation: Latest research adds fuel to a lawsuit calling for EPA to ban neonicotinoid insecticides

Deal Sprouts For Monsanto, DuPont

nobody@acs.org("Ann M. Thayer") — 28 Mar 2013 22:08:54 +0000

Agbiotech: Firms drop lawsuits over engineered seeds

Isotope Fingerprints Help Researchers Pinpoint Source Of People’s Mercury Exposure

nobody@acs.org("Naomi Lubick") — 26 Mar 2013 12:48:00 +0000

Environmental Analysis: Urine test can determine how much mercury came from a person’s dental work or their diet

Ionic Liquid Helps Recycle Rare Earths

nobody@acs.org("Stephen K. Ritter") — 25 Mar 2013 05:04:07 +0000

Liquid-liquid extraction separates rare-earth metal ions from transition metals and could serve as a method to recycle magnets

Struggles With Fracking Wastewater

nobody@acs.org("Journal News and Community") — 25 Mar 2013 05:04:02 +0000

Water used in natural gas production still contains high levels of fracking contaminants even after passing through treatment facilities

Curtailing Honeybee Losses

nobody@acs.org("Britt E. Erickson") — 25 Mar 2013 05:03:00 +0000

Stakeholders seek to reduce the amount of pesticide-contaminated dust generated during corn planting

Acidic Ocean Hits Pacific Northwest

nobody@acs.org("Eric Niiler") — 25 Mar 2013 05:03:00 +0000

Changes in ocean chemistry threaten Washington state’s Makah tribe as well as the region’s shellfish industry

Obama Promotes Electric Vehicle R&D

nobody@acs.org("Jeff Johnson") — 21 Mar 2013 22:30:59 +0000

Energy: Proposal would be funded by fossil-fuel royalties

Sewage Plants Struggle To Treat Wastewater Produced By Fracking Operations

nobody@acs.org("Leigh Krietsch Boerner") — 18 Mar 2013 13:43:00 +0000

Environment: Water used in natural gas production may still contain high levels of contaminants, even after going through wastewater treatment plants

Entrepreneurs Seek To Turn Global-Warming Fluorochemicals To Beneficial Uses

nobody@acs.org("Marc S. Reisch") — 18 Mar 2013 05:03:02 +0000

Transformative technologies aim to switch an environmental threat into a benefit

EPA’s Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program

nobody@acs.org("Britt E. Erickson") — 18 Mar 2013 05:02:59 +0000

EPA’s Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program

EPA Retools Endocrine Program

nobody@acs.org("Britt E. Erickson") — 18 Mar 2013 05:02:58 +0000

But Accuracy questions haunt emerging technologies intended to prioritize chemicals for screening

German Automakers To Use Air-Conditioners Based On Carbon Dioxide

nobody@acs.org("Marc S. Reisch") — 15 Mar 2013 00:11:54 +0000

Shift away from hydrofluoroolefin-1234yf hinges on flammability concerns

Keystone Pipeline Takes Another Step

nobody@acs.org("Jeff Johnson") — 11 Mar 2013 05:01:00 +0000

Industry Sues To Keep BPA Off Toxics List

nobody@acs.org("Britt E. Erickson") — 11 Mar 2013 05:00:59 +0000

European Union Asks Chemical Manufacturers To Provide More Health And Safety Data For 32 Substances Under REACH

nobody@acs.org("Cheryl Hogue") — 11 Mar 2013 05:00:56 +0000

NASA Sends Drone To Stratospheric Heights

nobody@acs.org("Jyllian Kemsley") — 11 Mar 2013 05:00:46 +0000

Unmanned aircraft measures water vapor high in the atmosphere to help predict climate change from global warming

Roving Robots Pick Up Anthrax Spores

nobody@acs.org("Erika Gebel") — 06 Mar 2013 06:00:35 +0000

Homeland Security: Commercial vacuum robots could help emergency responders scan areas quickly for contamination after a biological weapons attack

Mercury In Fluorescent Bulbs Has A Unique Isotope Fingerprint

nobody@acs.org("Journal News and Community") — 04 Mar 2013 06:03:32 +0000

Distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metal’s movement in the environment

EPA Reveals More Chemical Identities

nobody@acs.org("Cheryl Hogue") — 04 Mar 2013 06:03:14 +0000

China Steps Up Toxin Controls

nobody@acs.org("Jean-François Tremblay") — 04 Mar 2013 06:03:12 +0000

Environment: New action plan acknowledges the presence of cancer clusters

Weighing In On EPA Research

nobody@acs.org("Cheryl Hogue") — 04 Mar 2013 06:02:22 +0000

Science advisers to suggest improvements for work on computational toxicology, cost estimates of regulations

Cool Way To Make Hydrogen From Methanol

nobody@acs.org("Mitch Jacoby") — 01 Mar 2013 12:59:36 +0000

Fuel Chemistry: Soluble ruthenium catalyst could drop operating temperatures of fuel cells

Carbon Nanotube-Coated Filters Foil Bacteria

nobody@acs.org("Louisa Dalton") — 27 Feb 2013 16:11:00 +0000

Water Treatment: The materials hold a charge to thwart microbial slime from clogging reverse osmosis filters

Supreme Court Skeptical Of Patent Challenge

nobody@acs.org("Glenn Hess") — 25 Feb 2013 06:03:44 +0000

Biotech: Justices seem receptive to protecting company’s GM seeds

Repellent Elicits Olfactory Fatigue

nobody@acs.org("Mitch Jacoby") — 25 Feb 2013 06:03:25 +0000

Prior exposure to repellent leads to weakened mosquito response upon subsequent exposure

Chemical & Engineering News: Environmental SCENE

Nanoparticles Fall Through Policy Cracks

Eliminating Ethylene

Superfund Alternatives Need Better Guidance

Magnetic Field Science In U.S. Assessed

Review Of Ship Discharges Sought

House Committee Adopts Drug Bills

Chemicals Added To Rotterdam Treaty

Government & Policy Concentrates

ACS Global Water Initiative: The Grand Challenge Of Water

Top-Down Proteomics Becomes Reality

Assessing Birds’ Mercury Risks More Complicated Than Previously Thought

Justices Support Monsanto In Seed Patent Dispute

Exhaust Catalyst Traps And Scrubs NOx

Airborne Mineral Dust Adds Sulfate To Aerosols

Airborne Mineral Dust Is Key To Cirrus Cloud Creation

Alloy Makes Iron On The Cheap

CO2 Capture Effort Progresses

Governor Seeks Changes To Proposition 65

Global Ban For Flame Retardant

Accounting For Pollution

Nonphotosynthetic Bacteria Produce Environmental Superoxide

Integrating Pesticide Risk Assessment

Eating Honey Protects Bees

Influenza At The Atomic Level

Eating Arsenic

Changing How EPA Gets Science Advice

New ACS ‘Letters’ Journal To Launch In 2014

Europe Bans Three Neonicotinoids

Coatings Fight Furniture Fires

Nanocoating Helps Furniture Foam Fight Fire Without Troubling Flame Retardants

Measuring Oil’s Asphaltenes

Texas Explosion Facts Emerge

Bisphenol A Delisted In California

Viruses From Sewage Contaminate Deep Well Water

Soaking Up Uranium

EPA: Research On Contaminated Sites Scaled Back

Ambiguity As Fuel

Seeking Carcinogen-Linked DNA In Tissue Samples

Origin Of Arctic Bromine Identified

Republicans In Congress Launch Another Salvo Against EPA

… As Methane Concerns Grow

Coal Use, CO2 Emissions Drop …

U.K. Advisers Advocate For Neonicotinoid Ban

Ethanol-To-Butanol Conversion A Plus

Unusual Uranium Species Found In Contaminated Aquifer

Lipid Production For Biodiesel Boosted By Small Molecules

New Approach To Utilizing Lignin

Exposition Highlights

Controlling Nanocrystals

Reducing Environmental Impact Of Organic Synthesis

Unexpected Uranium Chemistry Found In Contaminated Aquifer

Aerating Soil Yields Cleaner Air

Flame Retardants Under Scrutiny

Copper Claims First As Near-Infrared Photocatalyst

Archaea Feed On Perchlorate

Engineered Apples Near Approval

Dow To Produce Shale Gas In Argentina

Supreme Court Asked To Hear Cross-State Air Pollution Case

Nuclear Power May Prevent More Deaths Than It Causes

Titanium Dioxide Coating Improves Efficiency Of Graphene-Based Solar Cells

Nuclear Power Prevents More Deaths Than It Causes

Toward Sustainable Electronics

Counseling EPA

Pesticides Shown To Damage Bee Brains

Deal Sprouts For Monsanto, DuPont

Isotope Fingerprints Help Researchers Pinpoint Source Of People’s Mercury Exposure

Ionic Liquid Helps Recycle Rare Earths

Struggles With Fracking Wastewater

Curtailing Honeybee Losses

Acidic Ocean Hits Pacific Northwest

Obama Promotes Electric Vehicle R&D

Sewage Plants Struggle To Treat Wastewater Produced By Fracking Operations

Entrepreneurs Seek To Turn Global-Warming Fluorochemicals To Beneficial Uses

EPA’s Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program

EPA Retools Endocrine Program

German Automakers To Use Air-Conditioners Based On Carbon Dioxide

Keystone Pipeline Takes Another Step

Industry Sues To Keep BPA Off Toxics List

European Union Asks Chemical Manufacturers To Provide More Health And Safety Data For 32 Substances Under REACH

Exhaust Catalyst Traps And Scrubs NO_x

CO₂ Capture Effort Progresses

Coal Use, CO₂ Emissions Drop …