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>"Solvay had previously withheld information about the PFAS chemicals on the grounds that it was “confidential business information.”"

Chinese nanochemists have developed a bioinspired material that could become a replacement for traditional petroleum-based plastics - with more strength, toughness, and thermal stability.

"DNA molecules are released from organisms present, are transported by the flow of water, and are eventually degraded. In a natural environment, these processes can operate in a complex way."