Responding is Ashley Easterwood, marketer, ION Science, The Woodlands, TX. Benzene is a hazardous, flammable chemical commonly found in many different aspects of the industrial sector, including the ...

Scientists have developed a new material capable of capturing the harmful chemical benzene from the polluted air, offering a potential solution for tackling a major health and environmental risk. The ...

Earlier this month, Molecule of the Week brought you the venerable and extremely hazardous molecule benzene. This week’s molecule has one of the structures that was originally proposed for benzene: ...

Caltech researchers have identified a novel chemical reaction that could explain the formation of the building blocks of DNA and RNA, the molecules that encode all of life's functions. The work is an ...

A Stanford-led analysis found that burning natural gas and propane on kitchen stoves releases benzene, a chemical linked to leukemia and other blood cancers, at indoor concentrations that can exceed ...

When G. Stephen Kocheril started as a research associate at Jila, his first project was to experimentally test a decades-old theoretical reaction pathway for interstellar benzene formation. He was ...

A UK Biobank study links long-term benzene exposure with increased allergic rhinitis risk, with biological ageing and ...

Concerns about benzene in personal care products are back, this time in acne medications based on benzoyl peroxide. Benzene is known to cause cancer in humans. The independent analytical lab Valisure ...

A Texas community is being bombarded by a cancer-causing chemical. The state has known for almost two decades. This article was reported by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative ...

Using gas-powered stoves and ovens can raise the levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene in a home, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal Environmental Science and ...

A popular Walmart-brand tropical air freshener contains over 117 times the amount of cancer-causing benzene than what’s considered risk-free by federal standards, according to researchers commissioned ...