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Highly persistent toxic waste threatens ‘many, if not all, human rights’

Poor management of toxic chemicals and hazardous waste threatens “many, if not all, human rights,” the newly appointed independent human rights independent expert on the rising thr...

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Trump's Environmental "Protection" Agency approves toxic data center chemicals

The Trump administration has fast-track approved two new data center chemicals that can result in cancer, neurological damage, reproductive harm, and even sudden death, according t...

Groups sue Trump’s EPA over fast-track approval of toxic datacenter chemicals

Exposure to two compounds approved can result in ‘sudden death’ and range of other serious health risks, lawsuit warnsThe Trump administration has approved two new datacenter chemi...

Groups sue Trump’s EPA over fast-track approval of toxic datacenter chemicals

Exposure to two compounds approved can result in ‘sudden death’ and range of other serious health risks, lawsuit warnsThe Trump administration has approved two new datacenter chemi...

Groups Sue Trump’s EPA Over Fast-Track Approval of Toxic Datacenter Chemicals

August 26, 2026 | Source: The Guardian | by Tom Perkins The Trump administration has approved two new datacenter chemicals to which exposure can result in “sudden death” and a ran...

Cancerous chemical at centre of callout revealed

FENZ says 200 litres of a carcinogenic industrial degreaser was spilled at a Christchurch chemical company last week, but the company says there was no spill.

Study Suggests Bleaching of Tree Nuts Produces Potentially Toxic Chemical Byproducts

Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), a chlorine-based chemical used to bleach tree nut shells for aesthetic purposes, can react with fatty acids in the edible kernels to form potentially h...

Over 90% of common household items contain hazardous plastic chemicals

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 93% of known plastic chemicals used to wrap food and make clothes, toys, and other common household and personal care products pose a high ris...

People Are Still Being Exposed to Chemicals Banned 2 Decades Ago

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Scientists Propose Toxicological Screening Approach for Broader Identification of Hazardous Food Contact Chemicals

Researchers from the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research and the Food Packaging Forum have proposed a panel of 15 high-throughput in vitro bioassays to screen chemicals for...

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A grad student's claim about a lethal liquid closed MIT's chemistry building

MIT's building that houses its Department of Chemistry was shut down on August 27 after a grad student "self-reported to a local emergency room and claimed to have synthesized dime...

Chemical tank explosion in Ohio of glycidyl methacrylate forces evacuations, prompts fears of another blast

People who come into contact with glycidyl methacrylate may feel as if their eyes, nose, mouth and skin are burning, the city fire department said. Overexposure can lead to headach...

Trump EPA is manipulating safety data around a highly toxic flame retardant, advocates allege

Widely used chemical TBBPA may present a danger to US public, and especially children, independent research findsThe Environmental Protection Agency is manipulating safety data aro...

Plants wilt, 40 people hospitalized after suspected chlorine leak at Hanoi scrapyard

A chemical cylinder at a family-run scrap business in Hanoi leaked on the morning of Oct. 19, leaving 40 people hospitalized with suspected poisoning.

Common Plant Chemical Linked to Widespread Organ Damage in Aquatic Animals

Laboratory studies link pyrogallol exposure to cellular and organ-level damage in aquatic species, while its environmental prevalence remains poorly understood. A chemical produced...

Regulator says ‘forever chemical’ found in Irish cereals should be classified as toxic

Department of Health disputes validity of tests but waits for directions from European Union

Blood Tests Find High Level of Cancer-Causing Forever Chemical in Residents Near Factory

September 24, 2026 | Source: BBC | by Esme Stallard, Tom Ingham and Jonah Fisher Blood tests have found "really high levels" of a cancer-causing forever chemical in dozens of peop...

High levels of cancer-causing forever chemical in residents near factory, blood tests find

Residents of a Lancashire town say they have been warned the substance, PFOA, puts them at risk of serious illness.

Long after the Maui fires, toxic metals linger in residents’ bodies

The toxic exposures didn’t begin with the flames. Researchers are examining how fires impacted a community already harmed by plantation agriculture, development, and colonialism.

UN expert calls for the adoption of preventive measures to tackle environmental toxic pollution

UN Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, Bethanie Carney Almroth, on Wednesday called for targe...

‘High levels’ of cancer-causing chemicals found in residents' blood in UK vlllage

The village is at the centre of an Environment Agency investigation with around 70% of 49 tested locals falling into the "high-risk" category.

40 killed by suspected toxic fumes in Nigeria

About 40 people were killed early Thursday after inhaling suspected toxic chemical fumes from a petroleum product in Nigeria's oil-rich Rivers State, reported Xinhua, quoting local...