The US Environmental Protection Agency’s latest chemical risk assessment finds little concern with the use of carbon tetrachloride, as long as workers wear personal protective equipment. The agency, ...

The use of carbon tetrachloride as an intermediate in chemical manufacturing and in many other commercial and industrial applications presents unreasonable risks to worker health, the US Environmental ...

The Montreal Protocol is a spectacular environmental success story. Since 2010 – 21 years after the agreement was signed by 197 parties – levels of stratospheric ozone have stabilized, and there are ...

The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and was signed into law June 22, 2016. It created a mandatory requirement for EPA to ...

Researchers from the University of Bristol have found significant ongoing emissions of a potent ozone-depleting substance from eastern China. The compound, carbon tetrachloride, contributes to the ...

DIMETHYL sulphoxide (DMSO) has received considerable attention because of its remarkable biological properties 1,2, It passes rapidly through many animal membranes, enhances absorption of a wide ...

A new study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics reveals a 17-year delay in the projected recovery of the ozone layer since 2006, underscoring the need for enhanced global ...

CHRISTIE and Judah 1 studied the biochemical basis of the hepatotoxicity of carbon tetrachloride and found that the earliest measurable changes, which precede histological evidence of necrosis, ...

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Readers of a certain age can remember when “carbon tet” was the go-to household solvent that easily removed organic residues such as adhesives and oils from almost any surface. It was also a widely ...