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• What's with the chemical hysteria?

  The US seems to be intent in pushing a lot of chemical bans this year especially in California. Meanwhile, plastic bag bans are plastered all over the news as well. Joe Acker, president of the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA... Posted Aug 28 2008, 02:22 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: chemicals, Regulation, General, Government, SOCMA, ban, Joe Acker

• Chemical company salaries revealed

  A new website which shows salaries for thousands of employees in leading companies, including major chemical firms, has been running for two months in the US, according to this article in TimesOnline today. Click on Glassdoor.com to see more than 50,000... Posted Aug 21 2008, 10:02 AM by ICIS Chemicals Confidential Filed under: chemicals, gossip, BASF, salaries, DuPont, corporate life, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Bayer, Glassdoor, Dow

• Bad News Bears

  Harrods teddy bears are being recalled due to high levels of formaldehyde. Around 800 bears sold by the London department store between 2 July and 26 July have been found to have a higher than usual amount of the methanol derivative in the foot pads,... Posted Aug 19 2008, 02:00 PM by ICIS Chemicals Confidential Filed under: chemicals, trivia, London, methanol, formaldehyde, teddy bears, Harrods

• Stronger US wind power

  Here's a nice cool story from the New York Times about a certain Nebraska town and its growing pride in their windy condition. Ainsworth, Nebraska, according to the article, became the state's first major wind farm with 36 wind turbines erected... Posted Aug 19 2008, 01:57 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: chemicals, Company initiatives, Investments, General, Government, investment, wind, energy, Nebraska

• Made in China

  The Olympics have set Ed Cox musing on our perceptions of China ... My recent week's holiday gave me the chance to sit on the sofa and watch the Olympic Games in Beijing and enjoy all those sports we watch only once every four years: judo, archery... Posted Aug 19 2008, 11:19 AM by ICIS Chemicals Confidential Filed under: China, chemicals, economy, media life, Olympics, Beijing, media, fibres

• Chemicals banish bad hair days

  Chemicals that banish bad hair days garnered the most press coverage from Sunday's American Chemical Society 's conference in Philadelphia. While "one of the world's biggest gathering of scientists" debated air pollutants and blood... Posted Aug 19 2008, 09:38 AM by ICIS Chemicals Confidential Filed under: chemicals, trivia, fashion, conferences, Olympics, Philadelphia, American Chemical Society, hair

• Oil and chemical-themed cocktails

  Gosling's Black Seal 80 proof Bermuda Black Rum is black and sticky, the base of Bermuda's own Dark and Stormy cocktail, and comes top in today's Blog "Drink which looks most like Oil" competition. Also high on the list must be the... Posted Aug 19 2008, 09:37 AM by ICIS Chemicals Confidential Filed under: Oil, chemicals, trivia, parties, cocktails, drinks, Guinness

• Organics: A load of crap?

  According to researchers from the University of Copenhagen, there is no difference in taste and nutritional content between an organically grown fruit and vegetables, and food grown with the use of pesticides and chemicals. "Modern crop protection... Posted Aug 13 2008, 10:12 AM by Green Chemicals Filed under: study, Food, chemicals, Products, General, studies and reports, fertilizer, organics

• Perforated clingfilm is worst of all kitchen products

  Perforated clingfilm is the most rubbish product I have ever given house space. Without the line of savage teeth on the box, the plastic wrap ldpe film rips randomly down the length of the roll, turning in on itself and twisting into an impenetrable mess... Posted Aug 12 2008, 09:00 AM by ICIS Chemicals Confidential Filed under: chemicals, trivia, plastic film, LDPE, perforated clingfilm, clingfilm, plastic wrap

• Red ant fury at chemical plant opening

  Red fire ants savaged an innocent chemicals reporter last week as she braved the great outdoors in Mobile, Alabama to cover the ground-breaking of a new plant. Suffering eight bites to her left foot, reporter Doris is now recovering in New York City,... Posted Aug 05 2008, 01:31 PM by ICIS Chemicals Confidential Filed under: chemicals, business travel, media life, Evonik, mobile, Alabama, alkoxide, fire ants

• Awesoments: the alternative periodic table

  This alternative chemical periodic table of "Awesoments" is going the rounds on teenage blogs. For the full-size version, go to Teenhut.net , if you don't mind wading through a load of teen advice on "Inside a Boyfriend's Mind"... Posted Aug 05 2008, 09:45 AM by ICIS Chemicals Confidential Filed under: chemicals, trivia, periodic table, teens, awesoments

• Pollution solution in China

  As China's Beijing continues to be shrouded with smog days before the Olympic games, more transportation solution is being offered to reduce air pollution from companies such as Segway and Alcoa . Chinese and Olympic officials are going to use the... Posted Aug 04 2008, 01:56 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: China, Environment, chemicals, Regulation, Company initiatives, Alcoa, Government, pollution, Olympics, Segway, transporation, manufacturing

• New green chems in July

  I thought July would be a lull time for companies to launch new green chemicals but I seem to have my own record-breaking number of products this month. Either that or I'm just lazier the previous months in scanning new product news. Congratulations... Posted Aug 01 2008, 05:00 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: chemicals, Company initiatives, green, Products, General, R&D, packaging, glycerine, flame retardants, coatings, biocide, coolant, gypsum

• An homage to "Living without Polypropylene"

  The Blog is shocked to see that our own ground-breaking article on " Living without polypropylene for a week - Cold Turkey " by Andy Brice in ICIS Chemical Business on 19 May 2008 has been the subject of an "homage" today by a reporter... Posted Aug 01 2008, 04:11 PM by ICIS Chemicals Confidential Filed under: BBC, plastics, chemicals, ICIS, ICIS Chemical Business, media life, polypropylene, Andy Brice

• Chemicals are a YouTube hit

  Chemicals are an unexpected hit on YouTube after chemistry academics at the UK's University of Nottingham posted 121 videos of the elements of the periodic table and dangerous experiments, according to this TV clip on the BBC website . So far, the... Posted Jul 31 2008, 02:02 PM by ICIS Chemicals Confidential Filed under: chemicals, gossip, periodic table, media life, YouTube, University of Nottingham, Prof Martyn Poliakoff