Renaissance BioScience, a subsidiary of Renaissance Ingredients, has filed a provisional application for patent of its non-GMO acrylamide-reducing (AR) baker’s yeast. The move follows over 20 years of company's research in the ...
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BASF is going to significantly increase its production capacities of bismuth vanadate pigments in Besigheim near Stuttgart. The additional capacities will be available as of 2017. Bismuth vanadate pigments are yellow pigments with a special ...
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A new study has revealed that food packaging includes hazardous chemicals that are legally used in the production of food contact materials in Europe and the US, and cause health problems. The study entitled 'Food contact substances ...
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Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered novel compounds produced by certain types of chemical reactions – such as those found in vehicle exhaust or grilling meat - that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than their ...
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The REACH Regulation requests ECHA to submit the annual update of CoRAP for the Member States to consider. The plan addresses substances that are suspected of posing risks to human health or the environment. The substance evaluation ...
The Swedish government would like to focus on the need for coherent Union legislation on hazardous substances in textiles. Large amounts of chemicals are used in the manufacture of textiles and many of them may remain in the finished ...
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