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Researchers in the US and UK have engineered an enzyme that could help solve the problem of PET bottle litter.
The breakthrough is the latest in a series of tantalising research results hinting that certain enzymes and microbes that use them might pave a way to degrade mountains of plastics scrap.
Scientists at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the University of Portsmouth say they have tweaked a bacterium's enzyme to improve its ability to degrade PET. The natural enzyme is in a bacterium called Ideonella sakaiensis, which researchers recently found was degrading PET in a Japanese waste recycling centre.
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The EU has decided on criteria for identifying whether a substance used in a biocidal product has an impact on our endocrine system. The criteria will apply from 7 June 2018. We take a deeper look at what endocrine disruptors are, why they should be regulated and what the new criteria mean for companies.What are endocrine disruptors?...
Formaldehyde was classified as a Group 1 known carcinogen in humans by the IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) in 2004 and this classification was confirmed in October 2009 on the basis of induction of nasopharyngeal tumours and leukaemia. In France, the Order of 13 July 2006 added “work involving exposure to formaldehyde&...
Nanotechnology is fantastic. However, nanomaterials do not belong in ordinary consumer products - at least not if there is no reason for it - and not at all without being evaluated and regulated in detail by the environmental authorities.This is the opinion of Steffen Foss Hansen, and his view is based on a solid foundation. He has, in fact, conduc...
EuMBC, the European Masterbatchers and Compounders association, invites to its 2018 Conference on 17 May in Brussels with speakers from ECHA, the European Commission, Fit4Reach, EBRC Consulting, EuPC and many more.DRAFT PROGRAMME09:00 - 10:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee 10:00 - 10:15 Welcome & Introduction to EuMBC - Marc Cornu, Pre...
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