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19.06.25 - 08:00
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Poison in the water: the town with the world′s worst case of forever chemicals contamination (The Guardian)
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When a small Swedish town discovered their drinking water contained extremely high levels of Pfas, they had no idea what it would mean for their health and their children's futureIf Agneta Bruno closes her eyes, the soapy smell takes her back to childhood. Cycling home to the barracks where she lived with her father, an air force major, she would whiz through patches of snowy-white foam near the entrance of the base. The foam resembled the bubbles you get in the bathtub, just thicker. “I had to lift my feet up to avoid getting wet,” Bruno told me.Aqueous film-forming foam (Afff) is a miracle of firefighting: it's highly effective in putting out flammable liquid fires, such as those caused by jet fuel spills. Chemicals in the foam create a stable blanket over liquid fuel, trapping the flammable vapours and extinguishing the fire. At the air force base in Bruno's home town of Kallinge in Sweden, firefighters were trained to douse flames using the foam. New recruits came every few weeks, so the traini...
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19.06.25 - 01:30
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Homeowners Worried About Chemicals Being Spread In Sewage Fertilizer (ZeroHedge)
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Homeowners Worried About Chemicals Being Spread In Sewage Fertilizer
Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Rural landowners say America's farms have become dumping grounds for sludge from the wastewater treatment plants of larger cities. They complain of foul odors, contaminated soil, health problems, and stormwater runoff contaminating streams, lakes, and groundwater with possibly dangerous chemicals.
A tractor spreads fertilizer on a field at a farm in Church Hill, Md., on March 20, 2025. Biosolids, or treated sewage sludge, are widely used in the United States as a soil amendment and fertilizer. But rural landowners and farmers are increasingly concerned about foul odors, soil contamination, health risks, and stormwater runoff carrying potentially dangerous chemicals into waterways. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
The treated sewage sludge—known as “biosolids”— is the solid matter left from the wastewater treatment process. The sludge is removed from the...
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18.06.25 - 17:30
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EU: Belgien und Deutschland am stärksten von massivem Einbruch der Chemieindustrie betroffen (Tichys Einblick)
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Belgien und Deutschland haben die Hauptlast eines starken Abschwungs in Europas Chemieindustrie getragen. Der Sektor schrumpft rapide; im April ist laut einem Eurostat-Bericht vom 13. Juni der Handelsüberschuss Europas im Chemiesektor fast um die Hälfte gesunken, von 42,8 Milliarden Euro im März auf 22,1 Milliarden Euro. Dieser Rückgang drückte den gesamten Handelsüberschuss der Eurozone im
Der Beitrag EU: Belgien und Deutschland am stärksten von massivem Einbruch der Chemieindustrie betroffen erschien zuerst auf Tichys Einblick....
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18.06.25 - 11:00
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Handelsbilanz: Deutsche Industrie kann mit Konkurrenz aus China kaum mehr Schritt halten (Spiegel)
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China meldet seit Jahren steigende Exporte, die Ausfuhren aus Deutschland dagegen sind rückläufig. Experten warnen vor mangelnder Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Industrie und sehen vor allem zwei Gefahren... --- In Deutschland sei die Industrieproduktion bereits seit zehn Jahren rückläufig, sagt Jens Burchardt, Industriefachmann und Partner bei der internationalen Unternehmensberatung BCG. Hauptursache sei die im internationalen Vergleich teure Energie. Gefahr für die deutsche Industrie sieht Burchardt in erster Linie für energieintensive Branchen wie die Grundstoffchemie, an zweiter Stelle für den Automobilsektor..
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10.06.25 - 03:27
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China′s Need For US Chemicals Greater Than US Need For Rare Earths (ZeroHedge)
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China's Need For US Chemicals Greater Than US Need For Rare Earths
US petrochemical producers may have found themselves on the front line of global trade wars, BNEF reports, with China's dependence on the US for feedstocks (see "Chinese Plastics Factories Face Mass Closure As US Ethane Supply Evaporates") blunting the impact of its dominations of exports of rare earth metals.
China imported more than 565,000 barrels per day of petrochemical feedstocks from the US in 2024 according to the Energy Information Administration, with a value of over $4.7 billion. That dwarfed the $170 million of rare earths the US imported last year, about 70% of which came from China, according to the US Geological Survey.
The figures show the dependence the US and China have developed on each other by ever tightening trade links over the past few decades. While China has a tight grip on refining many metals crucial for industry, it also takes in niche chemicals from the US that are difficult to buy ...
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04.06.25 - 22:12
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Birla to acquire US chemical facility from agri giant Cargill (Times of India)
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Kumar Mangalam Birla's Aditya Birla Chemicals is poised to acquire a chemical manufacturing plant in Dalton, Georgia, from Cargill, marking a significant entry into the US chemicals sector. This 17-acre facility, currently employing 50 people, will see its annual capacity increase from 16,000 to 40,000 tons within two years....
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