Chemicals

Bayer wins Roundup weedkiller cancer trial while awaiting settlement ruling

The plaintiffs failed to prove Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller was defectively designed and dangerous and that parent company Bayer was negligent in selling it.

Singapore unveils new initiatives to help companies harness AI, such as to develop new products

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong viewing a humanoid robot under development at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology on Oct 27. Among the new initiatives is the Champions of AI programme to help ambitious Singapore-based companies committed to making AI a core driver of growth.

Eight months of US-Iran war turns China petrochemical glut into a crunch

Products made by such chemicals include plastic bottles, rubber for car tyres and electrical insulation.

Nobel chemistry prize goes to pair who solved mystery of ‘mirror image’ molecules

Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel committee for chemistry, explaining the research field of winners Henri Kagan and Japan’s Kenso Soai at a press conference in Stockholm on Oct 7.

China curbs drug precursor exports ahead of Xi’s US visit

This comes days before a high-stakes meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump.

Burundians try to leave Kenya ahead of crackdown on traders

German billionaire Klaus-Michael Kuehne dies at age 89

Two dead after gas leak at India's Indo Amines plant

Thailand seizes illegal squishy toys over cancer-risk chemicals

The authorities said the products may be contaminated with chemicals, heavy metals, fragrances and coating substances that do not meet safety standards.

EU watchdog reduces safe level of exposure to ‘forever chemical’ TFA

The European Commission and member states are expected to use the agency’s decision to update the concentration limits of TFA in drinking water.

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