Joining competitor AkzoNobel, paint giant PPG Industries says it will remove lead from its coatings. Although activists are lauding the move, hundreds of paint brands, particularly in developing ...

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The Food and Drug Administration has discovered a second metal contaminant—chromium—in the recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches found to contain cinnamon contaminated with extremely high levels of ...

Like everything else today, the paint industry has been in marketing overdrive, fuelled by competition and innovation. But this sales drive has been overshadowed by the underlying concerns of ...

BASF plans to stop producing lead chromate pigments by the end of 2014. The firm says its lead chromate plant in Besigheim, Germany, will become a hub for replacements that offer the same yellow and ...

Lead chromate, also known as chrome yellow, has been used for centuries as a pigment, but it is highly toxic, containing lead and hexavalent chromium (think Erin Brockovich). Chrome yellow is no ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. Before the heat of the day set in, dozens of people were already gathered under a large banyan tree at the twice-weekly turmeric market in Ataikula, ...