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Using formaldehyde, a colourless chemical used for preserving biological specimens that is known to cause cancer, for keeping food fresh is strictly prohibited in China.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Imperial College's department of chemical engineering estimates that between 20 and 25 billion balloons are purchased worldwide every year.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Some hollow core fibers can be filled with gases or liquids, allowing them to map temperature distributions or even function as tiny laboratories for chemical experiments.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

Shein wrote that it has drawn attention for the “quality, durability and chemical use” of its goods and has been criticized for operations contributing to “pollution, deforestation and forest degradation.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

Cells depend on chemical reactions to live: during respiration, for instance, sugar combines chemically with oxygen to make carbon dioxide and energy.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

But many products transported in bulk -- such as chemicals, hydrocarbons, construction materials or grain -- are not easily transferred to containers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Bradley Moore, an oceanographer at the University of California, San Diego, studies marine microbes and the chemicals they produce, including compounds that have potential applications in human medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Instead of changing a material by adding chemicals or combining it with something else, scientists may be able to tune its electrical properties simply by changing its shape.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

He recently brokered a deal for a maker of water treatment chemicals in Pittsburg, Calif., to sell hydrogen, one of its byproducts, to transit agencies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

His experiments showed that these germs could be killed by heat or particular chemicals.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow