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The artificial sweetener aspartame has been the subject of several controversies since its initial approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1974. The FDA approval of aspartame was highly contested, beginning with suspicions of its involvement in brain cancer, [1] alleging that the quality of the initial research supporting its safety was inadequate and flawed, and that ...
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Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly addictive opioid fentanyl into the United States and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice said ...
Concerns over a chemical found in furniture and flooring have put the public on alert over formaldehyde. Long-term exposure to the chemical has often been linked to cancer in humans.
In the recently more commonly used Formox process using iron oxide and molybdenum and/or vanadium, methanol and oxygen react at 300-400°C to produce formaldehyde according to the chemical equation: CH 3 OH + ½ O 2 → H 2 CO + H 2 O. The silver-based catalyst (see also: the Fasil process) is usually operated at a higher temperature, about 650 ...
The 2004 Taylor Energy oil spill is an ongoing spill located in the Gulf of Mexico, around 11 miles (18 km) off the coast of the U.S. state of Louisiana.It is the result of the destruction of a Taylor Energy oil platform during Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
President-elect Donald Trump made news with a series of assertions and pronouncements during a press conference on Tuesday, less than two weeks before he returns to the White House. During the ...