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GWhit

We've released 2025. Biggest addition was an automated LC-MS non-targeted analysis application, coupled with 5 million spectra. We added a fluorescence correction algorithm for Raman. We'll be adding a significant amount of Raman data next week. For astronomers on this site, check out the coverage of the various spectroscopies in the package and know that it also is great for experimental data management.

#LCMS #infrared #Raman #NMR #GCMS #spectroscopy #cheminformatics #toxicology #astronomy #geology #environment #forensics #pfas #microplastics #minerals #fentanyl #opioid #NTA #Automation #Science #software #databases

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Wiley Science SolutionsNews: Wiley expands its KnowItAll solutions with new tools for LC-MS analysis, enterprise data management, and additional spectral advances - Wiley Science SolutionsNews: Wiley expands its KnowItAll solutions with new tools for LC-MS analysis, enterprise data management, and additional spectral advances.
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

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* 75+ trade groups against EPA findings
* Trump2 EPA appointee David Dunlap: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Du
* dir. environmental regulatory affairs, Koch Industries
* tried to persuade EPA formaldehyde doesn’t cause leukemia
* Koch subsidiary Georgia-Pacific made formaldehyde, products that emit it (since sold chem biz to Bakelite Synthetics)
* at EPA Dunlap had authority over division working on toxicity report

/1 * 75+ trade groups against EPA findings * Trump2 EPA appointee David Dunlap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dunlap_(lobbyist) * dir. environmental regulatory affairs, Koch Industries * tried to persuade EPA formaldehyde doesn’t cause leukemia * Koch subsidiary Georgia-Pacific made formaldehyde, products that emit it (since sold chem biz to Bakelite Synthetics) * at EPA Dunlap had authority over division working on toxicity report #toxicology #formaldehyde #OHS #EnvironmentalHealth #pollutants #cancer #KochIndustries
#toxicology#formaldehyde#OHS
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Formaldehyde Causes More Cancer Than Any Other Air Pollutant. Little Done to Curb the Risk
propublica.org/article/formald

* WHO: formaldehyde = carcinogen
* EPA: 320M Americans live in areas where lifetime cancer risk from outdoor exposure to formaldehyde 10x higher EPA limit
* Trump vowed to roll back regs he views as anti-business
* typical home has formaldehyde level >3x higher than EPA limit
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ProPublicaFormaldehyde Increases Your Cancer Risk No Matter Where you LiveThe Environmental Protection Agency’s attempts to reckon with formaldehyde have been repeatedly thwarted by the companies that rely on it. If the past is any guide, even modest steps toward reform are all but guaranteed to hit a dead end under Trump.
#toxicology#formaldehyde#OHS
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Science Updates

"Because the body needs sleep every day, if PFAS might be interfering with your sleep, that may affect you more immediately than other chronic health issues," said Dr. Shiwen (Sherlock) Li, PhD. "Long term, poor sleep has been connected to outcomes including neurological & behavioral problems, type 2 diabetes & Alzheimer's disease."

#pediatrics #PFAS #pollution #environment #toxicology #health #research #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

labroots.com/trending/earth-an

LabrootsForever Chemicals may Cause Sleep Disruptions in Young Adults | Earth And The EnvironmentPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been introduced into countless consumer products and materials, and now they contaminate water supplies | Earth And The Environment
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Bongolian

Darren Incorvaia: The fruit fly revolutionized biology. Now it’s boosting science in #Africa: Researchers across the continent are turning to the humble insects for experiments

"When Amos Abolaji returned to Nigeria from a year abroad, he brought home a strange souvenir — two jars full of fruit flies.

The biochemist had been conducting postdoctoral research at the Federal University of Santa Maria in Brazil on the health effects of certain pollutants. He had used laboratory rodents while working on his Ph.D. in #Nigeria and wasn’t previously exposed to the use of fruit flies. But when Abolaji joined toxicologist Joao Batista Teixeira da Rocha’s lab in Brazil, 'he told me he stopped the use of rodents for research.' Rocha had switched to using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster."

#fruitfly #entomology #biochemistry #toxicology #research
sciencenews.org/article/fruit-

Science News · The fruit fly revolutionized biology. Now it’s boosting science in AfricaAfrican researchers are using Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies to advance studies of genetics, biomedicine, developmental biology, toxicology and more.
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Peter Riley

Taylor Swift “glitter freckles” (plastic)
harpersbazaar.com/beauty/makeu

Alternative non-plastic glitter made from cellulose nanocrystals a type of sugar found naturally in cotton and wood, which were then broken up into tiny crystal structures.
theguardian.com/environment/20

In soil sciencedirect.com/science/arti

In aqua
usc.edu.au/about/unisc-news/ne

Credit: Aquatic Toxicology (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106590

Credit: Aquatic Toxicology (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106590 From pieces of “glitter” what happens in water.
#glitter#microplastics#nanoplastics
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BellingenNSW

Recycling toxic car tyres through the body and the environment

When tyres are used, tiny particles of rubber are released and accumulate on road surfaces. These particles can be washed away by rainwater into storm drains, ultimately ending up in nearby water bodies such as rivers, lakes, and oceans.The particles contribute to a range of negative health impacts including heart, lung, developmental, reproductive, and cancer outcomes.

Tyre wear particle (TWP) are generated by contact between tyre and road surface during driving, acceleration and braking.>
sciencedirect.com/science/arti

Tires are a complex source of pollutants including whole tires, particles, compounds, and chemicals. As they wear, tires emit pollutants via atmospheric, aquatic, and terrestrial pathways.>
sciencedirect.com/science/arti

Tyre wear particle emissions have outweighed those from the exhaust and are potential for microplastic pollution.>
sciencedirect.com/science/arti

Tyre wear particles pollute the environment, the air we breathe, the water run-off from roads and has compounding effects on waterways and agriculture.
imperial.ac.uk/news/243333/pri
#cars #roads #vehicles #EVs #speed #machinery #pollution #FossilFuels #microplastics #harm #regulation #automobility #TRWP #TWP #toxicology #ecotoxicity #PAH #water #runoff #waste #food #health #risk

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