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P&G Recalls Two Pringles Flavors

Procter & Gamble Co. has recalled two versions of Pringles chips because of concerns about potential Salmonella exposure.

OSHA Throws Alleged Book at BP

OSHA has cited BP North American Inc. and BP-Husky Refining LLC's refinery in Oregon, OH, with 42 alleged willful violations.

Second Death at New Mexico Refinery Confirmed

Second Death at New Mexico Refinery Confirmed

A second man is confirmed dead in last week's refinery explosion and fire at Navajo Refinery in the southeastern New Mexico community of Artesia.

Processed Foods Recalled for Salmonella Risk

A wide range of processed foods — including soups, snack foods, dips and dressings — is being recalled after salmonella was discovered in a flavor-enhancing ingredient.

New Guidelines Aim to Prevent Workplace Explosions

New Guidelines Aim to Prevent Workplace Explosions

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued seven guidelines designed to prevent workplace explosions. The main recommendation: Always monitor air for the presence of flammable vapors.

Lawsuit Details Cause of NM Oil Refinery Explosion

Lawsuit Details Cause of NM Oil Refinery Explosion

A survivor of an explosion and fire at an oil refinery has filed a lawsuit, saying the cause was welding and that the plant operator failed to follow safety procedures.

Two Killed in New Mexico Oil Refinery Fire

Authorities say two employees at an oil refinery in New Mexico are dead and two others critically injured after a storage tank exploded into flames.

Disaster Planning & Response

Disaster Planning & Response

Disaster: the word alone conjures images of your facility in the worst possible condition, not knowing how to respond to the event, but it doesn't have to be that way.

Gharda to Pay $8M for Pesticide Fire

A jury in Houston has ordered a chemical manufacturer to pay nearly $8.4 million in a negligence verdict over a 2004 industrial fire.

KV to Close Ethex Unit and Plead Guilty to Charges

KV to Close Ethex Unit and Plead Guilty to Charges

KV Pharmaceutical will shut down it Ethex drug unit and plead guilty to criminal charges alleging Ethex failed to promptly inform regulators about dangerous manufacturing problems.

Safer Automated Drum Tumbling

Safer Automated Drum Tumbling

4 hours ago | Products

Now available from Morse Mfg. is an advanced automated control package that can achieve better productivity and safety for Morse tilt-to-load drum rotators.

Measure Twice, Criticize Less

Measure Twice, Criticize Less

4 hours ago | CHEM Blog

The reality of the situation is that experts are predicting a world population of 9.5 billion by 2050 — meaning that our global food production will have to double.

A Top-Down Approach

A Top-Down Approach

4 hours ago | Articles

Reflective roof restoration became popular not only for extending roof life, but also for reducing energy consumption and creating a more comfortable work environment.

Drug Companies Increase Consumer Ad Spending

10 hours ago | News

Drugmakers spent a combined $4.51 billion on ads for prescription medicines aimed at consumers.

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Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act (and CFATS) by Luke Simpson

Dec 17 2009

Chemical and water facilities are high on the current administration's list of security priorities, with the Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Act of 2009 under review by lawmakers. The bill would broaden federal juristiction over facility secutiry, and would also make inherently safer

SuperSite: dictionary of metabolite and drug binding sites in proteins.

Feb 10

The increasing structural information about target-bound compounds provide a rich basis to study the binding mechanisms of metabolites and drugs. SuperSite is a database, which combines the structural information with various tools for the analysis of molecular recognition. The...

MMsINC: a large-scale chemoinformatics database.

Feb 10

MMsINC (http://mms.dsfarm.unipd.it/MMsINC/search) is a database of non-redundant, richly annotated and biomedically relevant chemical structures. A primary goal of MMsINC is to guarantee the highest quality and the uniqueness of each entry. MMsINC then adds value to these...

Targeted small-molecule inhibitors of protein kinase B as anticancer agents.

Feb 10

Protein kinase B (PKB or Akt) is a central component of the PI3K - PKB - mTOR signalling cascade and is firmly established as an attractive target for pharmacological intervention in cancer. A number of small molecule inhibitors with well-defined, direct molecular interactions...

On the Edge of my Driver’s Seat

On the Edge of my Driver’s Seat

Mar 8

Do the Renewable Fuel Standard bill and other green legislation leave you stranded on the edge of your driver’s seat?

Stalking the Weather Report

Stalking the Weather Report

Mar 8

Why do I check the weather three to five times a day? I think it's that weird habit that I go to when I am distracted, or bored, or shifting from one task to the next.

Egg Crisis 2010

Egg Crisis 2010

Mar 3

The situation is nothing to rival the coffee crisis of 2009 or the interoffice email crisis. We lost many good Cubites in the conflicts that ended with the dismantling of the Great Foam Wall.

Riddle Me This, Small Business

Riddle Me This, Small Business

Mar 2

Unlike banks, small businesses will hire people to produce goods and services.

I'll Miss You, Olympics ... But Only A Little

I'll Miss You, Olympics ... But Only A Little

Mar 1

Talent, focus, skill cultivation and motivation are goals that transcend an individual sport or industry, and it’s a qualitative benefit if we take an Olympic caliber approach to our every day.

Here's $8 Billion — What Now?

Here's $8 Billion — What Now?

Feb 17 | Video

David Ratcliffe, Chairman, President, and CEO of Southern Company, reacts to President Obama's announcement regarding the first federal loan guarantees for new nuclear construction.

Chlorine Tankers Shifted Away from Olympics

Chlorine Tankers Shifted Away from Olympics

Feb 11 | Video

A Canadian chemical manufacturer will store fifty chlorine-filled rail cars in Washington as a security measure during the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympic games.

Chemical Processing of the Future?

Chemical Processing of the Future?

Jan 27 | Video

A theoretical bench-top factory that uses nano-sized production lines to sort atoms and fabricate atomically-precise devices.

Boeing's Biofuel-Powered Hydroplane

Boeing's Biofuel-Powered Hydroplane

Jan 20 | Video

Boeing is racing a hydroplane that uses a 50/50 blend of sustainable biofuel and jet fuel.