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Chemistry

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Environment)

The lawsuit accuses the company of violating state environmental laws by allowing drilling chemicals to escape from gas wells, where they are used in hydraulic fracturing.A spokesman for Cabot did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment, Reuters ... [Upstreamonline.com - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Cabot Corporation, Contamination, Chemical, Aquifer, Ground Water

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 7 Documents (in Chemistry)

Chemical Leak Disrupts Non-Urgent Activity At Wellington Hospital

Voxy News EngineAn incident this morning in which workmen accidentally cut a chemical pipe in a staff-only building on the Wellington Hospital campus has caused elective surgery and non-urgent lab-tests to be postponed until the building is back in s ... [Voxy.co.nz - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Wellington (New Zealand), Chemical, emergency, Pathology

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 31 mins ago - 2 Documents (in Chemistry)

Revealed : Women wear 515 chemicals a day

Women ... put 515 chemicals on their body everyday. Source: WOMEN and beauty products - it's a love affair that's been going on for centuries. And no wonder. There's nothing like a new lipstick to make us look. Or so we thought... In fact, according ... [Daily Telegraph Australia - 31 mins ago]

Entities: Chemical

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Health)

Protector of single cysteines discovered

We've all read studies about the health benefits of having a life partner. The same thing is true at the molecular level, where amino acids known as cysteines are much more vulnerable to damage when single than when paired up with other cysteines.Now, ... [News-Medical.Net - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Protein, Amino Acids, antioxidant, Oxidation

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Chemistry)

But These Reagents, Where Are They?

I'm home today (sick children, etc.), so I'm blogging from next to my daughter's guinea pig cage rather across the hall from my lab. But I have a lab-based question to throw out: what would you say is the chemistry technique or reagent with the worst ... [Corante - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Reagent, Avalanche, Acid

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Environment)

Cabot Corporation

Pennsylvania residents sue over gas drilling (Reuters)

DIMOCK, Pennsylvania (Reuters) Residents of a small rural Pennsylvania town sued Cabot Oil & Gas Corp on Friday, claiming the company's natural-gas drilling has contaminated their water wells with toxic chemicals, caused sickness and reduced their property ... [Yahoo! News - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Cabot Corporation, Chemical, Lawsuit

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 21 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Chemistry)

New Antioxidant Compounds Have Been Identified In Foods Such As Olive Oil, Honey And Nuts Using Two Analytical Techniques

Scientists at the University of Granada have identified and characterized for the first time different antioxidant compounds from foods such as olive oil, honey, walnuts and a medicinal herb called Teucrium polium. They have used two new techniques, capillary ... [Medical News Today - 21 hours ago]

Entities: antioxidant, Teucrium polium, University of Granada

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Three arrested in raids over chemical drums dumping

The Environment Agency, working with police, swooped on homes and industrial areas, in Lancashire, County Durham and Merseyside In all nine sites - including six between Preston, Leyland, Tarleton and Skelmersdale; two in Hartlepool and one in Moreton-in-the-Wirral ... [Environmental Data Interactive Exchange - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Chemical, Environment Agency, Crime, Eddie Platt

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Chemistry)

Govt plans Rs 10 note in polymer

NEW DELHI: Government will introduce one billion (100 crore) polymer notes of Rs 10 in a bid to increase their lifetime. In a reply to Lok Sabha, minister of state for finance Namo Narain Meena said, 'The government has decided to introduce one billion ... [Times of India - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Polymer, Namo Narain Meena, Counterfeit, Lok Sabha, Annual Report

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 4 Documents

CDAS, Prestwick Chemical sign drug discovery research agreement

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced a strategic partnership between the company's contract research organization, Caliper Discovery Alliances ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Caliper, Chemical, Biology, Caliper Life Sciences Corp

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents (in Environment)

Women host 515 chemicals per day

The average British woman hosts' an astonishing 515 chemicals on her body every day, a new study has revealed.And most of these don't come from pollutants already in the air - they are introduced to the body when women spray on deodorant, apply moisturiser ... [Marieclaire.co.uk - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Chemical, Breast Cancer, Pollution

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Environment)

USGS researchers examine PAHs and PCBs sources in urban environment

Toxic dust: Toxins in coal-tar-based sealcoats in parking lots may be the culprit in contaminated house dust, according to a USGS study. PAHs - or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - are large molecules found in oil, coal and tar deposits, and can have ... [News-Medical.Net - 6 hours ago]

Entities: United States Geological Survey, Contaminate, Toxic, Toxin, Environment

Quotes

...efforts to develop the Marcellus Shale, a massive gas formation that underlies about two-thirds of Pennsylvania and parts of surrounding states. "These releases, spills and discharges caused the plaintiffs and their property to be exposed to such hazardous gases, chemicals and industrial wastes" said the complaint

Cabot slapped with contamination suit [Upstreamonline.com - 3 hours ago]

...It is well past due. I would hope that ACC will not only advocate for "to be given necessary tools and authority to make decisions on chemical safety and enforce them in a timely manner." But I would hope that ACC would also support a policy which places a substantially higher level of accountability and responsibility on chemical man...

Americans to Congress: Give EPA the power to take immediate action on the most dangerous chemicals [Environmental Defense - 4 hours ago]

The pipeline will greatly boost natural gas consumption in China, Wu Hong, an executive with CNPC earlier told China Daily. "Once the project comes into operation, China will raise the ratio of natural gas in its total primary energy consumption by 1 to 2 percentage points."

CNPC Stepping up Natural Gas Supply [China Development Gateway - 4 hours ago]

"Advanced implantable biomedical devices have great potential in clinical applications, but achieving biocompatibility can be challenging, due to the complex nature of the biological response to many organic and inorganic materials" explained John A Rogers, who is the LeeLee J Flory-Founder Chair in Engineering Innovation and a professor of materials science and engineering at Illinois...

Biomedical Devices Based on Silicon on Silk Substrates [PCB 007 - 5 hours ago]

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Polymer fillers meet minerals processing [Institute of Materials,Metal & Mining - 45 mins ago]
New Details on How Crystals Form [Softpedia - 53 mins ago]
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Cabot slapped with contamination suit [Upstreamonline.com - 3 hours ago]
Prediction of protein binding sites in protein ... [Bioscience Technology Online - 3 hours ago]
An experimental loop design for the detection o... [Bioscience Technology Online - 3 hours ago]
Softener contribution to salinity examined [Environmental Expert - 4 hours ago]
Osteoarthritis: The Creaky, Painful Joint (2) [Nigeria Guardian - 4 hours ago]
How to turn a "quick start" into a ch... [Environmental Defense - 4 hours ago]
Not a silly question: Is Halloween mischief wor... [Environmental Defense - 4 hours ago]
Americans to Congress: Give EPA the power to ta... [Environmental Defense - 4 hours ago]
CNPC Stepping up Natural Gas Supply [China Development Gateway - 4 hours ago]
Biomedical Devices Based on Silicon on Silk Sub... [PCB 007 - 5 hours ago]
Research Confirms Electrical Property of Graphene [PCB 007 - 5 hours ago]
Chemists Announce Progress in "Artificial ... [PCB 007 - 5 hours ago]
Comment on Would Better Science Education by Da... [Transterrestrial Musings - 6 hours ago]
USGS researchers examine PAHs and PCBs sources ... [News-Medical.Net - 6 hours ago]
Protector of single cysteines discovered [News-Medical.Net - 6 hours ago]
Organic practitioners celebrate outstanding agr... [Third World Network - 7 hours ago]
Building Biodegradable Plastics From Corn [EFYTimes.com - 7 hours ago]
Pfizer inks pact with DNDi to fight human Afric... [PharmaBiz - 7 hours ago]
DSM Somos Liquid Photopolymer Now Offered by Pa... [TCT - 8 hours ago]
Andalusian scientists study plant compounds to ... [Bionity.com - 8 hours ago]
Samchem partners Prasandha to enter Indonesia [thestar.com.my - 8 hours ago]
Pennsylvania residents sue Texas natural gas co... [Star-Telegram - 9 hours ago]
Chinese, Chemical Stocks Post Some Of Best Profits [Investors Business Daily - 9 hours ago]
Crude oil falls as dollar gains [UTVi - 9 hours ago]

Blogs

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Bob Dinneen: Reminding Al Gore: 5 'Encouraging ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 7 hours ago] Having an appreciation for Al Gore's commitment to science and advocacy of responsible policies on energy, the environment, and the economy, I was disappointed ...
But These Reagents, Where Are They? [Corante - 10 hours ago] I'm home today (sick children, etc.), so I'm blogging from next to my daughter's guinea pig cage rather across the hall from my lab. But I have a lab-based question ...
UPDATE 2-Pennsylvania residents sue over gas dr... [Economy-Finance - 16 hours ago] (Adds quote from Cabot spokesman) By Jon Hurdle DIMOCK, Pennsylvania, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Residents of asmall rural Pennsylvania town sued Cabot Oil & Gas ...
When Conservative Republicans Support The Green... [The Sietch Blog - 17 hours ago] They get a shit load of criticism from the crazy nut jobs in their own party (1 2 3). I don’t know how to make this any more clear, science is NOT A POLITICAL ...
But These Reagents, Where Are They? [In the Pipeline - 21 hours ago] I'm home today (sick children, etc.), so I'm blogging from next to my daughter's guinea pig cage rather across the hall from my lab. But I have a lab-based question ...

Audio/Video

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72 hours to get clean or die [CNN.com - Video - 20 hours ago]
Early Detection Debate [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 11/18/2009]
Study Shows Toxins Present at Birth [Mefeedia Video Tag : canc - 11/17/2009]
The Water From Another Planet [Slate Magazine - 11/13/2009]
A couple of questions about water on other plan... [Slate Magazine - 11/13/2009]

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