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Hannah Howe

Thursday 21 March 1963

Human life may be threatened by the growing use of chemicals in food production and domestic insecticides, a peer said last night. Lord Douglas of Barloch was particularly concerned about DDT. Lord Hailsham, Minister of Science, said, “I do not believe that there is any call for concern about the effects of these chemicals on human health.”

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#SocialHistory#History#Chemicals
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hanno

A fossil-free plastics plant could start production in a few years in Belgium - with a technology that is currently used to make plastics from coal. 🌿🧪🏭 #plastics #mto #chemicals #decarbonization
In September last year, A. P. Møller Holding, the largest shareholder of shipping giant 🚢 Maersk, announced the launch of the startup Vioneo. It wants to make plastics from green Methanol. This is, in my view, one of the most interesting developments in industrial decarbonization in recent months. 🧵

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CBC Montreal

Quebec adopts new code to regulate 'forever chemicals' in biosolids
Biosolids are sometimes used as natural fertilizers to provide nutrients for farmland. Quebec will introduce a new code to guarantee the safe recovery of these materials to reduce environmental and health risks.
#environmental #regulation #chemicals #agriculture #Quebec #News
cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/qu

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Corporate Europe Observatory

Check out our new update to #DeregulationWatch which includes what the recent #Omnibus package could mean for accountability around the use of harmful #chemicals

DeregulationWatch exposes new developments in the #deregulation agenda. We keep it regularly updated, as a useful tool for journalists & for groups concerned with the EU's rolling back of environmental & social protection ambitions + rules.

Get in touch with tips and topics and check it out: corporateeurope.org/en/2025/03

corporateeurope.orgDeregulation Watch | Corporate Europe ObservatoryCheck out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defence of strong social, environmental, and human rights protections.
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MediaFaro News Digest

Italy and Spain back France’s plan to rescue EU chemicals industry.

A ‘critical chemicals act’ would keep the production of key molecules on EU soil, countries argue.

The call builds momentum behind France’s original proposal, obtained by POLITICO last month, which called on the European Union to declare about 15 key chemical compounds “strategic.”

mediafaro.org/article/20250313

Politico.eu · Italy and Spain back France’s plan to rescue EU chemicals industry.By Leonie Cater
#EU#Chemicals#CriticalChemicals
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MediaFaro Analysis

A major ship collision in UK waters sparks fears of a toxic chemical leak.

Scientists fear a major collision between a cargo ship carrying sodium cyanide and a tanker transporting jet fuel in the UK’s North Sea could cause a huge leak of toxic chemicals into delicate marine habitats, with potentially devastating consequences for local wildlife.

mediafaro.org/article/20250310

#NorthSea#Chemicals#SodiumCyanide
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