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‘Five have to play as one’: Wisconsin works to build continuity, chemistry on offensive line – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Danzig

Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst's message to frustrated fans

Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst's message to frustrated Badger fans

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MADISON The constant is change.

That has been the story for Wisconsins offensive line this season. Due to injuries, illness and the growing pains of building the unit, coach Bob Bostad has not employed the same five players from one week to the next through the first four weeks of the season.

Are we getting closer to what the final product might look like?

With left tackle Jack Nelson set to return after an illness sidelined him for the Ohio State game, the Badger coacheswill get an extensive look at their retooled line when they play host to Illinois at 11 a.m. Saturday.

While it would have been nice see how the group fared last week against the third-ranked team in the nation, this game with Illinois is more important in the scheme of the season. The path for the Badgers to regainprominence in the Big Ten starts with taking care of business in the West Division.

I think theyre battling. I think weve got some good pieces up there. But those guys five have to play as one, UW offensive coordinator Bobby Engram said. I think Bo is doing a great job of having guys ready to go play, sub in and rotate when needed.

Eight linemen have started in the first four games for the Badgers. Three of those players made their first career start this season. Combine that inexperience with steady changes in the lineup and the unit is one of many for UW that has a high ceiling for growth during the final two months of the season.

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Saturday's projected starting lineup of center Joe Tippmann, Nelson, left guard Tyler Beach, right guard Tanor Bortolini and right tackle Trey Wedig will be Wisconsins fourth in five games. When you consider the mid-game change against New Mexico State that saw Michael Furtney make way for Bortonlini and Logan Brown make way for Wedig, the unit has basically been different every week.

The switch to Bortonlini, who missed a significant portion of camp due to a knee injury, and Wedig, who worked at center and right guard before returning to right tackle, the position he played in high school, provided an immediate boost to the offense two weeks ago. Last week, under the spotlight of a nationally televised game on the road, the two were solid despite the lopsided final score.

I thought there were some good points in it, Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst said. Im not trying to sound like a broken record, but there are some areas that weve got to be better on this, but I thought they both handled the situation. … I thought they handled the noise, handled going against the players. Were in the Big Ten now, conference play and youre going to see really good players."

Junior Logan Brown filled in for Nelson last week but Chryst confirmed Thursday that Nelson, a redshirt sophomore from Stoughton, will be back on the field Saturday,

Hell anchor a line facing an Illinois defense that has allowed a touchdown or less in three games.

Nellie is a guy that certainly brings an energy to us, Chyrst said. We feel like he is a talented player. There is a reason he was a starter for us. Hopefully the week continues to go in a positive trend. … He s a guy we all trust.

Wisconsin ranks 10th in the Big Ten in total offense with the only times it moved the ball consistently coming against Illinois State, an FCS team,and New Mexico State, which is 1-4.

With right tackle Riley Mahlman, the Game 1 starter, out indefinitely due to a right leg injury, what we see Saturday could be the Badgers' No. 1 unit for the foreseeable future. After being sidelined for a month, Bortonlini, who started five games last year, is getting better each week. Wedig, meanwhile, said he feel growing confidence after playing extensively the past two games.

The value of allowing a group to jell isn't lost on Chryst.

You are in as close a space and there arent many things a lineman doesnt do that doesnt entail another individual, he explained. If its a run play, typically there are one or more combination blocks, and if you look at pass protection there arent many times where youre just getting flat-out straight rush up the field and youre just blocking your guy.

Ask the Badgers about the effects ofthe constant changes to the line and theyll downplay them. Beach, the Port Washington native, and Bortolini, said there are enough other times during camp and practice when different combinations are used that lineup changes arent a big deal. Wedig echoed those thoughts, saying that if you gave him a week of preparation hed feel comfortable playing next to anyone.

They're focused on getting the season back on track against Illinois.

New opponent. New stuff. New defense, Beach said. I think the biggest thing is bringing over the corrections from last week and any confidence we gained as a group, carry that over to next week.

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Every Time Dancing With The Stars Partners Have Defended Their Chemistry and Denied Dating Rumors – Us Weekly

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Danzig

Just for show! Dancing With the Stars contestants are often asked whether their onstage chemistry indicates an offscreen romantic connection.

I gotta know are those your acting skills or was that real? cohost Alfonso Ribeiro asked Trevor Donovan and Emma Slater after their Rumba to Elvis Presleys Always On My Mind during a September 2022 episode.

If youre really doing a good job acting, it all comes from the truth so theres something real in every performance, Donovan replied. Slater, for her part, was silent.

During that nights post-show interview, the U.K. native told Us Weekly she was so glad the 90210 alum had answered Ribeiros question for them.

I couldnt believe it. I was like, That question! Like, wow, just out the blue, Slater said. We really do get on and have great chemistry, which made this dance so much easier. But then when Alfonso asked that question, I was so glad you answered because I was like, I cant.

The Hallmark Channel star, for his part, explained that his acting experience prepared him for having a strong connection with his dance partner.

A lot of the movies I do, its [the] romantic lead and you have at least a couple scenes that are intimate scenes. And youre with someone who [could] very well be married or that you just met or youre not in a relationship and so you have to create that and luckily, weve had a few weeks of getting to know each other to become friends and break down that wall and be comfortable with it. I just answered as truthfully as I could, and it is the truth, he said.

In August 2022, Us confirmed that Slater had split from her husband and fellow DWTS pro, Sasha Farber. Theyve been apart for many months now, a source said at the time. They both have not been wearing their wedding rings and are each leading a single life.

The insider noted that although the duo had not filed for divorce, they were figuring out what their lives looked like without each other.

Its been a difficult time since they really care about each other and have been together for so long, the source said. Slater and Farber exchanged vows in 2018 after dating on and off since 2011.

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Mercy volleyball built on chemistry and continuity – C&G Newspapers

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Danzig

Farmington Hills Mercy sophomore Jillian Collins attempts to block a shot from Bloomfield Hills Marian senior Ella Schomer.

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FARMINGTON HILLS A mix of senior leadership, chemistry and pure talent is a dynamic trio that continues to be a recipe for success for one Farmington Hills volleyball team.

Recognized for their 2019 Michigan High School Athletic Association Division One State Championship and decade-long success rate, Farmington Hills Mercy (21-5) continues to be a force to be reckoned with in the Division One.

Currently ranked No. 3 in Division One according to the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association, Mercys 20-2 record this season showcases a team prepared to make a run in the playoffs.

I think we just have that kind of program, Mercy coach Loretta Vogel said. Every year, we teach the skills from the time theyre freshmen, so its just the skills they continue to build on themselves.

Led by seniors Ella Shields (outside hitter), Erin Kline (setter), Lauren Mullan (middle hitter), and Julia Pallozzi (defensive setter), Mercys senior leadership has been a key part in its success this year. Shields was an all-State honorable mention honoree last season.

For all us seniors this year, we really got everyone closer this year, and it really helps us on and off the court, Kline said.

Along with the four seniors are two upperclassmen leaders in junior outside hitter Angie Butler and junior outside/middle hitter Lana LaFontaine.

Mercys highest numbers this season come from its sophomore class, led by star setter and third team all-State honoree Campbell Flynn. Juniors Jillian Collins (outside hitter), Kaitlyn Pallozzi (outside/middle hitter), Keira McNutt (defensive setter) and Ava Fitzgerald (outside hitter) have made significant contributions this year for Mercy.

While a mixed bag in age, the team chemistry remains Mercys biggest strength.

I think last year, there were a lot of new people on the team, and this year, I feel were a lot closer and we play well together and work together, Shields said. I think were more of a team this year than last year.

The chemistry and continuity has been at an all-time high this year, and Vogel said its everywhere, from the players to the coaching staff.

Many of us have been at Mercy for years together, Vogel said. That continuity is helpful, without a doubt.

Mercys coaching staff consists of Mallory Kopa, Angela Kalczynski and Andrew Thompson.

Mercys chemistry has paid off on the offensive and defensive ends, but the offensive unit has been especially dominant this season.

Were very tall, and I think we run the offense really well, Campbell said. If its a 6-2 or 5-1, I think we distribute the ball really well.

While Mercy continues its successful season, it will undoubtedly have to deal with Bloomfield Hills Marian in its run for a state title. Marian, who has won back-to-back Division One state championships, has bested Mercy in each of their last two playoff meetings.

Marian got the better of Mercy this season in a three-set sweep on Sept. 28, but it will be a different atmosphere and a different Mercy team, come playoff time.

Mercy has done it before when they beat Marian on their way to a state championship title in 2019, and theyre ready to do it once more.

Its been a rivalry for so many years, Shields said. Its like, Oh, its Marian. Its always a huge game.

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Maui bans chemical sunscreens, Hawaii Island to follow – KHON2

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Danzig

HONOLULU (KHON2) A statewide ban on two chemicals in sunscreen that went into effect in 2021 is not enough, according to Maui County councilmember Kelly King.

King said banning Oxybenzone and Octinoxate to help protect Hawaiis marine ecosystem only solved part of the problem.

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Those chemical names are trademark names. So, you can take any of those chemicals, you can add a little something something to it, you can call it something else, and now its not on the list of banned chemicals, King said.

So, we just decided to go for it, make all chemicals illegal, do the most protective thing we could do.

Only mineral-based sunscreens can be used, sold or distributed on the Valley Isle starting Saturday, Oct. 1 unless the person has a prescription.

Fines run up to $1,000, but warnings are more likely to be issued through a complaint-based system with the Department of Environmental Management.

So, its not like we have the sunscreen police driving around, looking at peoples sunscreens and reading labels, King said.

She added that retailers and distributors will have to pay the most attention to the new rule.

Its highly unlikely that a tourist is going to get a warning and then be in the same place, you know, for the second warning and ever get a fine. But once we can eliminate the distribution, King said, then I think that slows it. Thatll make a tremendous difference.

Tourists will also need to be educated on the change, according to King. A similar bill is scheduled to go in effect on Thursday, Dec. 1 on Hawaii Island, but only for the sale and distribution of chemical sunscreens.

Allowing people to have that understanding that they can still use what theyd like to use, we just dont want a broader distribution and availability in our stores here, said Hawaii County councilmember Rebecca Villegas.

Lawmakers said a statewide ban on chemical sunscreens is tricky. Rep. Lisa Marten said there was pushback from health industries with concerns over skin cancer in the past.

And that is an extremely legitimate concern, you know, here in Hawaii we have very high rates of skin cancer, and if we didnt have great alternatives to the chemical sunscreens, then I wouldnt support it myself, Rep. Marten said.

Rep Marten said a statewide ban if it is proposed and passed would likely follow the Big Island model that still allows chemical sunscreens to be used but not sold.

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Thats what you see at this store, thats what you buy. It wont be a big deal, I dont see any reason to go after the individual consumers, Rep. Marten said.

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An evolution in pharma outsourcing | Business – Chemistry World

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Danzig

We essentially created from nothing a product ready to go into clinical testing, says Daniel Fitzgerald, chief executive of UK-based Halo Therapeutics about his companys pan-coronavirus antivirals.

The biotech launched at a challenging time in the middle of the pandemic. We had an [active pharmaceutical ingredient, API] to begin with, explains Fitzgerald. What we needed to do was formulation, chemistry, device and preparing for a clinical trial application. Instead of starting the costly and lengthy process of finding a lab space, buying in the right equipment and assembling in-house teams, we developed a drugdevice combination product entirely using [contract research organisations, CROs], up to a clinical trial application.

[Contract development and manufacturing organisations] are, in my opinion, the pharma industrys special forces unit: a highly specialised team that functions behind the scenes, doing difficult tasks in high pressure situations, says Peter DeYoung, chief executive of one such CDMO, Piramal Global Pharma, headquartered in India.

A few decades ago, drug development was often done directly by pharma companies that commanded in-house teams of thousands of scientists. Towards the mid-1990s, there was really a change, says Mark Chadwick, chief commercial officer of CRO Charnwood Molecular whose newest site in Loughborough, UK, used to be an AstraZeneca research facility employing 2000 people. Top 10 pharma companies often had many divisions of molecular biology internally, and in the last 20 years, those divisions disappeared, adds Fitzgerald. This was entirely outsourced, mostly to Asia, just because of price.

For pharma based in Europe and the US looking for low cost and high expertise, CDMOs in China have long been a major source of drug precursors, while companies in India have broadly focused on finished drug products and biologics. But salaries in some of the major hubs in Asia have gone up a lot and so has the cost of goods sold, so theres some reversal, Fitzgerald explains.

The advantage of CROs and CDMOs is that you can look globally for the precise competencies that you need.

The effects of the Covid pandemic came into play here too, says DeYoung. The markets embrace of onshoring is real and we have responded, recognising that the definition of which shore varies and depends on the vantage point of our customer and their needs.

Minzhang Chen, co-chief executive of China-headquartered WuXi AppTec, explains that its subsidiary, WuXi STA, is steadily increasing its global footprint across the US, Europe and Asia. It added a new drug product manufacturing facility in Switzerland in 2021. Another site, focusing on formulation development and manufacturing for oral solid and injectable drugs, is under construction in the US.

Piramal also acquired a US site specifically to address the needs for US-based drug products, DeYoung explains. Weve taken major steps in the area of supply chain security by becoming less reliant on China and rethinking the raw material pipeline.

I think pharma companies have turned the corner in terms of their appetite to outsource development, says Eduard Viladesau, partner and associate director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), who is the firms topic lead in contract manufacturing and external supply in the pharmaceutical industry. The scale and scope of outsourcing has changed markedly, agrees Chadwick. At the start of my career [in the early 2000s], I worked for a company called BioFocus (now Charles River) and drug discovery outsourcing was in its infancy. Now it is a global industry.

Instead of one-off project transactions, there has been a move to long-term strategic partnerships between the contractors and their clients. Particularly in the biotech sector, CDMOs are often seamlessly integrated with any in-house development and manufacturing departments. Many small and virtual pharma companies, those that consist of only few employees and few, if any, facilities, could not exist without CDMOs.

There is a traditional division between contract research and contract manufacturing organisations, CROs and CMOs, respectively. The former support pharmaceutical companies in their drug discovery and clinical research efforts, while the latter offer activities focused on manufacturing both of active pharmaceutical ingredients and entire drug products, sometimes even including packaging.

But over the last five to eight years, there has been a rise of organisations that aim to be one-stop shops for anything from early-stage research to manufacturing. Whereas eight years ago the true CDMO was a myth, I think thats not true anymore, says Viladesau. The integration between development and manufacturing is valuable even to big pharma companies, because it really greatly reduces the tech transfer and scale up risk.

The pandemic marked a turning point for the relationship between CDMOs and pharma companies, Viladesau and colleagues wrote in a BCG article. Pre-2020, pharma companies usually outsourced services on a project-by-project basis. Long-term partnerships were rare; around 80% lasted no longer than a few years. During the pandemic, CDMOs suddenly became a huge source of additional research and manufacturing capacity though it remains unclear whether this will translate to more strategic collaborations in the long run.

The relationship has become more integrated and broader, with increasing use of [contract research, development and manufacturing organisation, CRDMO] companies from the early phases through to the complete life cycle, agrees Chen, who defines WuXi STA as one such CRDMO. Partnerships have shifted from transactional to strategic. [This] requires that CRDMOs have development technologies, manufacturing capacities and proven quality systems, as well as the experience and expertise.

For biotechs, especially virtual and emerging companies, its much the same, albeit deeper, adds DeYoung. Some of those clients do not have any in-house technical infrastructure and capabilities, and definitely dont have a deep bench of talent to rely on for specific technical needs. While big pharma companies often work with a different contractor for each step of the drug life cycle, smaller firms may prefer to partner with a CRDMO that offers a wider array of research and manufacturing services, says Viladesau. This lowers the burden of having to manage a complex set of partners for each individual step.

Speed and competency are the two major components when it comes to making decisions around outsourcing, Fitzgerald explains. The advantage of CROs and CDMOs is that you can look globally for the precise competencies that you need. Its difficult to build this especially if youre a small company in one location.

The outsourcing market for biological products sugars, proteins, nucleic acids or even whole cells and tissues is growing at 1015% per year, compared with 67% growth in small-molecule drug compounds. While new chemical entities remain the largest segment of the CDMO market, DeYoung says, Biologics have been riding a wave over the last few decades and are certainly part of the change the market has experienced.

The fastest growth, however, is happening in entirely new classes of treatment: RNA therapeutics, protein degraders, cyclopeptides, antibody drug conjugates and gene therapy. They are very highly outsourced, because normally theyre very small, so for every individual pharma player it rarely makes sense to invest in building a whole plant, says Viladesau.

I cant see us going back to a situation where a pharma company employs thousands of scientists I think that world has gone.

These new modalities require a completely different set of equipment and expertise than traditional drug molecules or even biologics. Moreover, the new modalities market encompasses so many different technologies, it would be nearly impossible for a single company to develop expertise in all of them and bear all the financial risk for drugs f
ailing. But with the help of specialist CDMOs, firms can dip in and out of different therapeutic fields. Its difficult to see a trend yet, given its already heavily outsourced, Viladesau points out.

Despite this propensity for outsourcing, when one of these new products turns out to be a clear winner, originator companies will probably eventually invest in in-house manufacturing, Viladesau suggests. Because even for all the talk about CMOs being capable, there is still a preference by pharma companies to own the manufacturing capability.

Multiple, interconnected factors continue to drive growth in outsourcing services. Chadwick points to pharma firms efforts to maximise value for shareholders; Fitzgerald highlights aspects of cost and technological advancements. DeYoung notes that large firms want to reduce their assets and costs, while emerging companies want to hit milestones as quickly and efficiently as possible, even if it means failure. The average number of drug approvals by the US Food and Drug Administration almost doubled between 2011 and 2021 compared with the previous decade, and that increase is associated with more demand for outsourcing and more opportunities for deeper integration into the pharmaceutical ecosystem.

Drugs featuring complex molecules and substances require investment in new technologies, says Chen a decision that may be more easily made by a specialist CRDMO than a pharma company. WuXi STA has recently added an injectable platform for small molecules and new modalities. Piramal has added capabilities in peptide APIs and biologics. CRDMO companies will continue to evolve in the next few years, investing in cutting edge science and technologies to enable innovation, such as targeted protein degradation and photoredox chemistry, Chen says.

More generally, the pharmaceutical industry has understood that specialist companies can often be more productive than internal resources in the R&D process, says Chadwick. Specialist CROs often see many projects across a number of targets and therapeutic areas, whereas employees working in a small or large pharmaceutical company may focus on a particular area. He suggests the CDMO market will continue to grow over the next five to 15 years. I cant see that going back to a situation where a pharma company employs thousands of scientists I think that world has gone.

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Chemistry: The key ingredient to a successful mentorship – The American Genius

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Danzig

Who is that?

The teenage whispers around the room werent actually meant to be quiet.

That was fine with me.

I was in this strange room filled with young people because my professor said I needed observation hours, and the woman who had welcomed me into her classroom had answered the phone and said sure, come on over.

I fell in love with journalism as a 14-year-old kid. By the end of freshman year, I told everyone I wanted to be a high school newspaper adviser. Six years later, I started my observation hours in this classroom of whispering kids to make that dream come true

Shes my probation officer, but dont tell anyone, Sandra Brown, the teacher who had answered my call, whispered back to the students who asked.

Shocked, the kids looked from her to me and back. Most doubted the story but wondered if maybe, just maybe, their teacher had a secret past.

Thus began my relationship with one of the most incredible mentorships of my life.

Mentorship is defined as the act or process of helping and guiding another person to support their personal development.

Janice Omadeke, CEO and Founder of the Mentor Method, says chemistry is essential to a strong mentorship. She is absolutely correct.

I retired this year from a long, incredibly successful, and fulfilling career as a high school journalism teacher. Little did I know that the initial moment of humor by my to-be mentor set the stage for one of the main reasons I not only made it as a teacher but thrived in the classroom.

Sandra and I hit it off immediately. When I graduated with my teaching certificate and was hired by the school where Sandra taught, she asked me to take over the newspaper program. My dream, handed to me by a veteran who believed I could do the job.

Like all jobs, in teaching, there are policies, procedures, and company expectations to follow. Sandras mentorship extended far beyond the walls of my classroom and helped me learn to excel at the expectations. She challenged me to do more and be better.

More than that, her mentorship helped me through the rocky times of the job and kept me going when the simple fact is most educators dont.

Thats the magic of strong mentorship.

As that new teacher who was given a chance, I didnt understand how essential Sandras mentorship was or the work she had to do to make the mentorship work.

As Omadeke said, chemistry is essential.

Sandra and I got along immediately. But I wasnt Sandras only mentee. She understood the importance of the job, and she worked to build the chemistry that leads to a strong mentor/mentee relationship.

Sandra also introduced me to a core group of strong educators who were constantly working to improve the craft of teaching. Because of Sandra, I not only had a great mentor, I had a mentor group to help me learn the ins and outs of the job, a job that was constantly changing as emerging research showed new ways of helping students succeed.

Omadeke says the traits of mentorship center on comfortability, connection, and whether you click or clash.

Some of those elements arent always immediately obvious. As a mentor over the years, I learned it sometimes takes time to get to comfortability and connection. But if the immediate reaction you have to a person is the abrasive clash, definitely tread carefully.

A strong mentor is invaluable. A mentor you clash with can create havoc for your career. Trust your gut there. That clash feeling is also a type of chemistry, and if you feel it, for reason or not, its time to move on.

Today Sandra is one of my dearest friends. Thats not always where a strong mentorship takes you, but its great that it can. Now she can help mentor me through the weird wonderfulness that is retirement. Im looking forward to it.

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Creating That Chemistry: Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and the Nets Having Fun at Dinner Has Nets Fans Excited for the Season – EssentiallySports

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Danzig

The Brooklyn Nets have struggled to get close to a championship for a long time. Despite having elite stars like Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, the Nets have failed to win the NBA Championship last year or even impress their fans. The Nets finished seventh in the Eastern Conference last season with a 44-38 record. They managed to reach the conference semi-finals.

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Unfortunately, the Milwaukee Bucks won the series by 4-3 ending all hopes for the Brooklyn Nets. One of the major reasons behind their lack of championship-winning performance was the lack of chemistry between players. Recently, the Nets players were spotted having dinner together in Brooklyn.

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The images of players were uploaded on the Brooklyn Nets official Twitter page. Stars like Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and Ben Simmons appear to be having a great time bonding together over dinner.

The Nets would hope to develop a more closely knit team in order to win a championship in the future. It has been a while since the Nets have done well enough to get close to a championship.

The Nets roster has faced a great deal of uncertainty during the off-season. Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving requested a trade during the summer. The Nets have been actively involved in trade negotiations for the NBA champs. However, the two-time NBA champ could not find the right team.

Meanwhile, Irving was involved in an exchange trade with the Los Angeles Lakers for Russell Westbrook. But, the two teams could not reach an agreement. Thus, it is highly likely that Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving will play the next season with the Nets.

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The Brooklyn Nets fans were quite excited about the team having a dinner night together. It was a nice initiative for the team to clear out the fog and enjoy a moment of bonding together. Here are some of the reactions from the fans.

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Fans were thrilled by seeing the Big three of Durant, Irving, and Simmons together. They wished the Nets team will make the next season count and finally win a championship for the first championship since 1976.

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Newton, Hawkins building chemistry on and off the basketball court at UConn – theday.com

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Danzig

UConn sophomore Jordan Hawkins chats with the media following Wednesday's practice at the Werth Family Center. (Gavin Keefe/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints UConn men's basketball coach Dan Hurley addresses the media following Wednesday's practice at the Werth Family Center in Storrs. (Gavin Keefe/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints

Storrs Tristen Newton and Jordan Hawkins are more than UConn basketball teammates.

Theyre roommates, too.

It was coach Dan Hurleys idea to room the two together.

Coach did that on purpose, Newton said after Wednesdays practice. He wanted the point guard and shooter to be together. He wants us to jell together.

They both could be in the starting lineup when the regular season begins.

Newton, a transfer from East Carolina, is one of the leading candidates to fill the starting point guard vacancy while Hawkins, a shooting guard, is looking to have a breakout sophomore season.

Theyre getting along great and building chemistry on and off the court.

Hes a great dude, Newton said. At first, it was pretty rough. But now were everywhere together. You see him, youre going to see me. Its a great relationship.

Hurley is setting a tough tone during the first official week of practice. He has a lot to sort out with eight newcomers on the roster before the season opener on Nov. 7 against Stonehill.

Theres been a noticeable ramp up in the intensity this week in practice. The Huskies went for about two hours and 20 minutes on Wednesday.

The first week, youre really trying to build team toughness and a training camp type of mentality, Hurley said. Even looking past some things fundamentally that might not be exactly what you want to challenge people. Before you can play well or win, youve got to learn how to fight and fight hard and fight together and build a camaraderie through a great challenge, so we put these guys through a fire with these practice plans early to try to build a strong, together team.

The Huskies felt the effects of Wednesdays grueling practice.

My legs hurt, but Ill be alright, Hawkins said.

Hawkins, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard with a reputation as a lethal perimeter weapon, will be a key player for the Huskies. He showed flashes of potential while battling injuries last season. He earned a spot on the All-Big East freshman team, averaging 5.8 points and 2.0 rebounds.

Since the season ended last March, Hawkins has been working on his ballhandling, moves off the dribble, playmaking and defensive skills.

Im trying to become a two-way player, he said.

Hurley is in favor of that happening. He wants Hawkins to be more than just player with a sweet looking jump shot.

We need him to play both ends of the court, Hurley said. But we just want him to be as prolific a scorer/shooter as he can be this year. Anything that he gets a look at, we want him firing.

UConn lost a lot of point production with the departure of four of the teams five leading scorers from last seasons team.

Newton has the ability to light up the scoreboard.

Last year as a starter for East Carolina, Newton averaged a career-best 17.7 points to go with 4.8 rebounds and 5.0 assists during his junior season.

But it will be difficult to replace All-Big East first team point guard R.J. Cole.

Newton, along with the other newcomers, will have to get up to speed quickly

We need production from him, Hurley said. Obviously, we know hes a guy thats averaged a lot of points per game at a pretty good level.We know that the scoring will translate. Some of the facilitators and point guard-type of things that you have to know, the nuances of the game, were working through.

The play in and play out motor, the life or death nature of Big East basketball, were trying to get across to all these new guys that havent been in it.

Hawkins has been impressed with Newton during workouts.

Tristen has been looking really good, Hawkins said.

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Hurley usually doesnt name team captains, but felt compelled to do just that this season, picking sophomore Adama Sanogo and junior Andre Jackson, two returning starters.

For me, thats the best compliment that you give a player in your program, Hurley said. Their work ethic is off the charts. Theyve accomplished players in terms of their production and what theyve been able to do in their career. Theyre about winning. I think they can handle the burden of leadership.

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Hall of Famer Jim Calhoun watched practice Wednesday and talked to the coaching staff and team afterwards. He said I out-cursed him today, which I know is not true because Ive been up here to watch Coach work and Ive seen him in the Big East tournament and I shared the court with him when I was a player, Hurley said. I couldnt hear everything that he was saying but I know it wasnt always nice. Hurley values Calhouns advice and would like to bring the Hall of Famer back to more practices this season. Hurley on running full practice sessions: You get that long practice headache from screaming for two hours and 20 minutes, so it feels good. Freshman Donovan Clingan, who starred at Bristol Center, says hes in the best shape of his life. Ive never felt better.

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New Chemistry Professor Sharing the Science of Solving Real World Problems – UNCO News Central

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Danzig

The lure of exploring endless possibilities and the challenge of solving puzzles is what drew Bonnie Buss to the field of chemistry. That combination is something she hopes will also inspire and excite her students, both in the classroom and the lab, as she steps into her new role as assistant professor in UNCs Chemistry and Biochemistry department this fall.

We have the periodic table thats relatively limited in the number of elements, but you can combine them and do things with them in an infinite number of ways, Buss said. Its actually pretty easy to get into a lab and make something that nobody else has ever made, to be an inventor. Then theres the puzzle side of it. You have all of these pieces of information, and you have to figure out how to solve a problem or determine what questions you can ask. Chemistry is not just about being smart, its about solving puzzles.

Buss, who earned her bachelors in Chemistry from the University of Arkansas and a Ph.D. in Materials Chemistry from Colorado State University, has spent much of her career in the lab, most recently engaged in post-doctoral research at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Her research is focused on sustainability, applying her skills and knowledge to solving the very real-world puzzle of how to reduce plastic waste and pollution.

The idea of sustainability is a pretty big focus in the academic chemistry community, Buss said. Theres a lot of government funding in this area and policy and motivation to solve these kinds of problems from all sorts of angles. My special take on this issue is being able to use light to either make plastics in a very sustainable way or to break down the plastics we already have into useful materials.

According to Buss, while not completely unique, the research shes doing does have the potential to stand out in the field.

Relative to some academic groups, theres definitely some economic motivation behind the research Im doing, Buss said. Were trying to develop things that make high value products. So, if we do come across a really solid approach, its something that people will have an economic incentive to adopt. There are a lot of ways to do everything out there, but if its really expensive, nobodys going to do it.

Buss is hoping to share her research with students and is actively recruiting both undergraduate and graduate students into her lab for hands-on research in photochemistry, plastics and sustainability. Its something she thinks will appeal to all experience levels and disciplines, and she encourages interested students to contact her.

The research well do here is really fun since were using light to do all of the chemistry, everything is very colorful, Buss continued.

Its a kind of research where we still use very fundamental ideas in chemistry, like talking about catalysts, things that can drive chemical reactions. But well use these in a very real world and applied approach, adds Buss. This research is something thats perfect for this environment, especially within the context of getting students excited and driving them to pursue careers in science, hopefully.

Michael Mosher, interim department chair, professor of Chemistry and manager of UNCs Brewing Laboratory Science Program, is excited to welcome Buss to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and speaks highly of her research efforts to advance the science of polymer and plastic sustainability.

The results of her studies will be of paramount importance to the students in our program as they explore potential careers in chemistry, Mosher said.

While Buss is excited about her work in the lab, shes equally excited about the classroom and looks forward to working with students closely as an instructor and a research advisor.

Having people to teach and mentor - thats what drew me back to academia, the idea that I can work with students, help guide them, and set them up for success whatever their future may be. I chose UNC in particular because of the emphasis on doing right by the student. Its the combination of the teaching culture and the relatively smaller class sizes, while still getting the big university feel. I think its a pretty special place in that regard.

Buss will be teaching general chemistry and organic chemistry this year She is one of seven new faculty members in UNCs College of Natural and Health Sciences this fall. She is joined by Charles Lenell, Audiology and Speech Language Sciences; Lindsay Green, Nursing-Family/Emergency Nurse Practitioner; Teresa Buckner, Nutrition and Dietetics; Dannon Cox, Public Health-Community Health Education; Aryn Taylor, Rehabilitation Counseling and Sciences and Human Services; and Koo Yul Kim, Kinesiology-Sport Administration.

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PRC to host household chemical recycling drive in Bradys Run Park next weekend – The Times

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Danzig

BRIGHTON TWP. Residents looking to safely dispose of potentially dangerous chemicals will have an opportunity to recycle these items next weekend.

Beaver County and the Pennsylvania Resources Council plan to host a recycling drive at the Bradys Run Park Recycling Center for the safe disposal of household chemicals on Oct. 8. Visitors are asked to pay a $20 fee to recycle up to 10 gallons or 50 pounds of these chemicals and electronic devices.

Materials being collected at the recycling center include:

According to event organizers, additional fees may occur for the disposal of oversized loads at the discretion of staff members on site. Visitors recycling fire extinguishers will also need to pay an additional $12 charge per device and those wishing to recycle liquid mercury will need to pay an additional $15 per pound of the material.

Visitors are asked to place all of the chemicals and items in their trunks or the bed of a truck to assist in the donation process.

All forms of payment will be accepted at the event. Advance registration is required to participate in the recycling drive. Visitors can register online at prc.org/CollectionEvents or by calling 412-488-7490.

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Wild training camp: Fleury working on chemistry with D, plus Rossi and Steel first impressions, more – The Athletic

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Danzig

ST. PAUL, Minn. Five weeks after being traded to the Wild last season, Marc-Andre Fleury drove to the teams practice facility just to make sure it actually existed.

The guys keep telling me about the practice arena and how great it is, and I think its a lie, Fleury joked at the time.

It was a moment of levity before the playoffs, but it also was a reminder of just how little the Wild practiced after Fleurys arrival. With the most condensed schedule in the NHL down the stretch, they were ravaged by injuries players were battling through.

In grand total last season, Fleury practiced with the Wild twice: once on the road and once the day before the teams playoff series began against the St. Louis Blues.

Fleury went 9-2 with the Wild in the regular season, but its no secret he has a very different style in net than the quieter Cam Talbot. And it sure felt like the Wilds blueliners had trouble in the playoffs determining where Fleury would place rebounds, when he would come out of his crease to play the puck and where hed place it.

Fleurys hope and the Wilds hope is that after a full training camp, the Wilds blue line will be more at ease playing in front of the veteran goaltender.

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Flexible electronics and quorum sensing among predictions for chemistry Nobel prize – Chemistry World

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Danzig

With only two weeks left until the 2022 chemistry Nobel prize is announced, Web of Science provider Clarivate has published its citation laureates researchers whose work ranks among the 0.01% of most highly cited publications.

Zhenan Bao from Stanford University, US, was selected for her work on flexible electronics and electronic skin, organic and polymeric electronic materials that have made applications in soft robotics, prosthetics, artificial intelligence and health monitoring possible.

Clarivate also singled out US-based scientists Bonnie Bassler at Princeton University and Peter Greenberg at the University of Washington for their discovery of quorum sensing, an intercellular chemical communications system that allows bacteria to detect and respond to cell population through gene regulation. Bassler was one of the recipients of a 2022 Wolf prize in chemistry, alongside bioorthogonal chemistry pioneer Carolyn Bertozzi and Benjamin Cravatt, who developed activity-based protein profiling. Winners of a Wolf prize have often gone on to become Nobel laureates.

Finally, Daniel Nocera from Harvard University, US, was selected for his research into proton-coupled electron transfer. The mechanism is important for many biochemical processes including photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation and oxygen reduction. Its study could eventually lead to artificial photosynthetic systems.

Now in its 20th year, Clarivates analysis has been surprisingly accurate, with 64 citation laureates having gone on to receive Nobel prizes, including 10 chemistry citation laureates. Among them are the 2020 winners Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, and one of the 2019 laureates, John Goodenough. All three of them were citation laureates in 2015.

Chemistry Views poll, which has so far received around 350 votes, predicts this years prize will go to a biochemist. Protein folding in particular seemed to be on peoples mind with multiple votes for the biochemical pioneers Franz-Ulrich Hartl and Arthur Horwich. AlphaFold developer John Jumper was one of the most suggested people, alongside Bertozzi and mtealorganic framework pioneer Omar Yaghi. Nucleic acid researcher Shankar Balasubramanian, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, discoverer of atom transfer radical polymerisation, and Demis Hassabis, co-founder and chief executive of DeepMind, which developed AlphaFold, were among the other individuals whose names popped up multiple times.

Just like last year, bioorthogonal chemistry/click chemistry is, with almost 42% of the votes, leading the Twitter poll run by Stuart Cantrill, editorial director for Natures physics and chemistry journals. A prize for this field, tweeted Cathleen Crudden, is way overdue. However, she agreed with Florence Williams and others that one person deserving of the honour is Katalin Karik who developed the mRNA technology that many Covid vaccines are based on.

The 2022 chemistry Nobel prize will be announced on Wednesday 5 October. Chemistry World will be tracking all the developments that day before and after the prize is announced at 10.45am BST.

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Kelly Ripa gets honest about her onscreen chemistry with Live co-host Ryan Seacrest in revealing int… – The US Sun

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Danzig

KELLY Ripa has lifted the lid on her on-screen chemistry with Live co-host Ryan Seacrest in a revealing tell-all interview.

Kelly, 51, revealed the secret behind "good on-screen chemistry" toThe Wall Street Journal.

TheLive with Kelly and Ryanstar revealed she preferred to "work with my friends."

The TV star has been able to work well withRyan, 47, because the two "have had a 20-plus-year friendship."

The Hope and Faith star admitted that she and theAmerican Idolpersonality "trust one another and admire each other."

Kelly concluded: "We involve each other in our deep workplace discussions, which was such a new thing for me. "

The Live stars recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of hosting their talk show.

After watching a montage of photos of himself with his family, Ryanteared up a bit, chuckled, and said: "I actually can't talk.

"It kind of does get us every time seeing our families on here and a sappy song like that."

He confessed: "We do get choked up."

Chemistry Reveals the History of an Ancient Dancing Horse Sculpture – Smithsonian Magazine

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Danzig

An X-ray of theDancing Horseearthenware sculpture, which dates to608 to 907 C.E. during China's Tang dynasty Cincinnati Art Museum / Gift of Carl and Eleanor Strauss, 1997.53

A curator and a chemist together uncovered the secrets of an ancient Chinese horse sculpture at the Cincinnati Art Museum. When the curator questioned whether a decorative tassel on the horses forehead was original to the artwork, the museum brought in a team of scientists to help analyze the piece.

The earthenware horse sculpture dates to somewhere between 608 and 907 C.E., during Chinas Tang dynasty. During the rule of Emperor Xuanzong in the 8th century, horses became a symbol of prosperity across the country, writes IFLSciences Katie Spalding.

Emperor Xuanzong owned more than 40,000 horses, as Hou-mei Sung, a curator of East Asian art at the Cincinnati Art Museum, says in a press release. The horses were trained to dance, or follow the beat of a drum, and sculptures of them were made to bury with royals when they died, Sung says.

This particular horse sculpture has been at the Cincinnati museum since 1997. It stands 26.5 inches tall and appears to be mid-dance, with one hoof held aloft. Attached to its body are ten cone-shaped decorative tassels, which have the same reddish color as the horses tail and mane.

But one of those tassels was in an unusual positionon the horses forehead, just below its mane. Sung says in the press release that shes seen many dancing horse sculptures, but none of the others have had a forehead tassel.

I believed it was a mistake. The tassel wasnt in the right position, she says in the release. These pieces are so old. They often go through many repairs.

To determine the origin and authenticity of the tassel, the museum allowed University of Cincinnati chemist Pietro Strobbia and other researchers to take a closer look. Many museums have a conservator but not necessarily scientific facilities needed to do this kind of examination, Strobbia says in the press release. The forehead tassel looks original, but the museum asked us to determine what materials it was made from.

The researchers used a drill to collect 11 tiny samples of powder from different parts of the horse, each weighing just a few milligrams, writes the Washington Posts Erin Blakemore. One techniquefor studying thesamples was X-ray powder diffraction, in which scientists measured how the powder bent an X-ray beam, revealing the composition of the sample. The researchers also used Raman spectroscopy, which measured how a laser beam scattered when it hit the powder, according to the Post.

The analysis revealed thatSungs assumption appeared to be correct: The tassel was made of plaster, not earthenware, and thus was likely not original to the piece. It had been added to the sculpture using animal glue. Two other tassels on the body of the horse were also not original, according to IFLScience.

The researchers published their findings in August in the journal Heritage Science. Based on the research, the museum decided to remove the forehead adornment, per the Post.

The findings also suggested that the sculpture had undergone multiple restoration efforts. Three other tassels showed evidence of repair, and X-rays revealed breaks inside the statue, with dowel rods placed around the neck, legs and tail to hold it together.

It was restored at least twice in its lifetime, Kelly Rectenwald, a co-author of the paper and the associate objects conservator at the Cincinnati Art Museum, says in the press release. Finding anything new about an artwork is really interesting.

Meet Cute Reviews Are Here, And Critics Have Thoughts On Kaley Cuoco And Pete Davidson’s Odd-Couple Chemistry – CinemaBlend

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Danzig

Fans have been anticipating the release of Meet Cute ever since it was announced that Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson were co-starring. The seemingly unlikely couple bring a magnetic charm together to the screen, and the fact that both of their love lives have been in the public eye certainly doesnt hurt the cause. Meet Cute is available for streaming with a Peacock subscription, but ahead of its release, critics had the chance to screen the movie, and its no surprise that the relationship between the two actors played a big role in their reactions.

Alex Lehmann directs this time-travel rom-com, in which its quickly learned that Kaley Cuocos Sheila has been going back in time to relive the perfect day when she met Pete Davidsons Gary. So lets see what critics are saying about Cuoco and Davidson's odd-couple chemistry, starting with the CinemaBlend review of Meet Cute. Nick Venable rates the movie 3.5 stars out of 5, saying Cuoco is fantastic, if not slightly unhinged, and Davidson brings exactly what youd expect basically, the low-key vibe of a guy who can get away with wearing sweatpants on the red carpet. The review says:

As a time-travel movie duo, Sheila and Gary arent history-changers like Bill and Ted, and they dont get involved in gross familial circumstances like Doc and Marty. But their story is definitely another unique entry in the annals of cinema, and one that fans may want to watch time and time again, with or without a time travel tanning booth involved.

Kate Erbland of Indiewire gives the grade of a B, calling this movie an awkward, but smart watch, and she notes that the main actors are damn cute together. Here's more from the review:

Dont let the cloying title fool you and dont get caught up in the Groundhog Day of it all. Lehmanns film is both a credible romance and a clever attempt at deconstructing just what it is we love about love, both on the big screen and in the mess of our everyday lives. Many elements of this anti-rom-com (that is also a rom-com) dont quite gel, with explanations for Sheila and Garys damaged psyches that feel paper-thin and movie-made. Still, the stuff that does work interrogates the entire genre; its both entertaining and smart as hell.

Emily Bernard of Collider grades the film a B-, noting its a little dark to be considered a rom-com, despite its comedic leads, and says the characters come off more like best friends than potential lovers:

This movie thrives when it focuses on Sheila and Garys connection and their awkward, charming get to know you banter (even though Sheila supposedly knows everything about Gary) carefully crafted by writer Noga Pnueli. Its clear these two are a good match for each other, not necessarily romantically, but as best friends. Their conversations and behavior playfully ride the line between being flirtatious and making fun of each other the way two long-time pals would do. They bond over their mutual fair shares of trauma, and the glimmering moments of hope in a bleak world that restore their faith in humanity.

Lovia Gyarkye of THR also gets that platonic feeling, but notes that Kaley Cuoco is nearly flawless in the movies first act. While The Big Bang Theory actress does have chemistry with the former Saturday Night Live cast member, by the second act theyve lost momentum and their relationship seems to be more fraternal. As it says in the review:

Despite its flaws, Meet Cute flickers with potential. The film has pockets of charming moments, which make it easier to see what the filmmakers were trying to achieve. Theres something seductive about reliving the honeymoon period of any relationship, of returning to the moment passion was ignited, but its not those early days or feelings that create a winning or lasting romance. Meet Cute takes its own, inventive route to a familiar conclusion: Love, like the most intricate puzzles, takes time.

The movie just doesn't work for Jordan Hoffman of the AV Club, who grades Meet Cute a D. The actors are game, the critic says, but the script is pedestrian:

Meet Cute has all the unoriginality of a forgettable low-budget pictureand eye-rolling dialogue like making Kaley Cuoco say all the things!plus a central premise that just doesnt work. Dont feel bad if you stand this one up.

Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidsons performances had to carry this movie, and it sounds like most critics were charmed by their efforts, even if the romantic aspect might have been a little lacking. Meet Cute is available for streaming on Peacock, and be sure to also check out these other movies and shows to watch if you like Davidson. While this movie is straight to streaming, you can start planning your next trip to the theater with our 2022 movie release schedule.

Benzenes bond lengths corrected | Research – Chemistry World

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Danzig

Scientists in South Korea are reporting the most accurate experimental geometries for benzene and deuterated benzene to date.1 The team led by Thomas Schultz at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology say that previously reported experimental structures were out by several milliangstroms.

Srgio Domingos from the University of Coimbra in Portugal, who wasnt involved in the study, explains that isotopic information was used to determine the corrected benzene structure. The results reveal carbonhydrogen and carbondeuterium bond lengths that defy currently accepted literature values, he says. The nuclear quantum effect of deuterium with respect to hydrogen hasnt been explored for benzene with this level of precision before.

Benzene was first isolated by Michael Faraday almost 200 years ago and has become an important reference molecule that is used to test experiments and theoretical methods in different fields. But despite being studied intensively, benzenes behaviour continues to surprise scientists. Recently, a high-resolution rotational spectroscopy study revealed an unusual hydrogen/deuterium isotope effect2 as well as unexpected differences between the effective and equilibrium carbonhydrogen bond lengths of this compound. The new experimental work challenges these observations, suggesting that benzenes vibrational properties are just like those of other small molecules.

Schultz and colleagues mention that their results refute recent experimental and theoretical literature claims of identical effective CH and CD bond lengths in benzene, and indeed the team found an 11.5m difference between the two, with the deuterium bond shorter. The researchers have identified shortcomings of earlier approximations which led to surprising results for this prototypical aromatic molecule, comments Jennifer van Wijngaarden from York University in Canada. The agreement with quantum chemical theory is impressive and these results are more intuitive than what the prior microwave studies suggested.

Domingos notes that the technique used mass-correlated rotational alignment spectroscopy is a tandem one that correlates the rotational Raman spectra of neutral ground-state molecules with the masses of ions formed during ionisation. The method allows for complicated isotopic species to be studied, even molecules with a lot of symmetry which are often not detectable with other techniques, he says.

The approach uses a pulse from a pump laser to create excited rotational states of molecules using Raman excitation. Rather than detecting the rotational frequency directly to identify these excited states, the detection is done by ionising the rotating molecules using two different photons to reach sufficient energy, one fixed and one variable, explains van Wijngaarden. She says that the new study corrects current understanding of the structure of benzene and lays the framework for building better models of molecular structure. And as this technique can be applied to highly symmetric molecules, it opens the door to the characterisation of many chemically important species like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

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Worldwide Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Industry to 2027 – by Function, Chemical Products, End-user and Region – Yahoo Finance

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Danzig

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Dublin, Sept. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size & Share to 2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The disinfectant and antimicrobial chemicals are used to destroy harmful microorganisms such as virus, bacteria, and fungi,. There are various types of disinfectants, antimicrobial chemicals available in the market, which include Phenolics, Iodophors, Nitrogen compounds, Organometallics, Organosulfurs, Aldehydes, and Others.

The phenolic compounds are used as disinfectant for surfaces such as laboratory, and non-critical medical devices such as blood pressure cuffs, stethoscope, hospital beds, and furniture.

Market Drivers

The increase in prevalence of healthcare associated infections is expected to boost the growth of global disinfectant and antimicrobial chemicals market over the forecast period. Also, the rise in healthcare investments by government and private companies across the globe will positively influence the market growth.

Furthermore, growing COVID-19 pandemic across the globe expected to drive the global disinfectant and antimicrobial chemicals market growth during this forecast timeline. Moreover, the increase in demand from water treatment and healthcare industries is expected to propel the global disinfectant and antimicrobial chemicals market growth. In addition, the rise in awareness, especially across the emerging economies like APAC, and MEA is projected to further fuel the market in near future.

Market Restraints

Lack of awareness about the use of chemical disinfectants is the major restraint which expected to hamper the global disinfectant and antimicrobial chemicals market growth. Also, improper disposable of chemicals is expected to lead to contamination of soil, and water may limit the market growth over the forecast period.

Market Segmentation

The Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market is segmented into function such as Disinfectants & Sanitizers, and Antimicrobial Additives, by chemical products such as Phenolics, Iodophors, Nitrogen compounds, Organometallics, Organosulfurs, Aldehydes, and Others. Further, market is segmented into end user such as Paint & Coatings, Medical & Healthcare, Food & Beverage Processing, Plastics, Textiles, and others.

Also, the Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market is segmented into five regions such as North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Middle East & Africa.

Market Key Players

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Various key players are discussed in this report such as BASF SE, ASHLAND INCORPORATED, AKZO NOBEL NV, AKCROS CHEMICALS LIMITED, CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, FERRO CORPORATION, LANXESS AG, LONZA GROUP LIMITED, and MILLIKEN & COMPANY.

Key Questions Addressed by the Report

What are the Key Opportunities in Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market?

What will be the growth rate from 2019 to 2027?

Which segment/region will have highest growth?

What are the factors that will impact/drive the Market?

What is the competitive Landscape in the Industry?

What is the role of key players in the value chain?

What are the strategies adopted by key players?

Key Topics Covered:

1 Introduction

2 Research Methodology

3 Executive Summary

4 Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Outlook4.1 Overview4.2 Market Dynamics4.2.1 Drivers4.2.2 Restraints4.2.3 Opportunities4.3 Porters Five Force Model4.4 Value Chain Analysis

5 Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market, By Function5.1 Y-o-Y Growth Comparison, By Function5.2 Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Share Analysis, By Function5.3 Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By Function5.3.1 Disinfectants & Sanitizers5.3.2 Antimicrobial Additives

6 Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market, By Chemical Products6.1 Y-o-Y Growth Comparison, By Chemical Products6.2 Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Share Analysis, By Chemical Products6.3 Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By Chemical Products6.3.1 Phenolics6.3.2 Iodophors6.3.3 Nitrogen compounds6.3.4 Organometallics6.3.5 Organosulfurs6.3.6 Aldehydes6.3.7 Others

7 Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market, By End User7.1 Y-o-Y Growth Comparison, By End User7.2 Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Share Analysis, By End User7.3 Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By End User7.3.1 Paint & Coatings7.3.2 Medical & Healthcare7.3.3 Food & Beverage Processing7.3.4 Plastics7.3.5 Textiles7.3.6 Others

8 Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market, By Region8.1 Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Share Analysis, By Region8.2 Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Share Analysis, By Region8.3 Global Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By Region

9 North America Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Analysis and Forecast (2020-2027)9.1 Introduction9.2 North America Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Share Analysis, By Function9.3 North America Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By Chemical Products9.4 North America Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By End User9.5 North America Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By Country9.5.1 U.S.9.5.2 Canada9.5.3 Mexico

10 Europe Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Analysis and Forecast (2020-2027)10.1 Introduction10.2 Europe Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Share Analysis, By Function10.3 Europe Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By Chemical Products10.4 Europe Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By End User10.5 Europe Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By Country10.5.1 Germany10.5.2 France10.5.3 UK10.5.4 Rest of Europe

11 Asia Pacific Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Analysis and Forecast (2020-2027)11.1 Introduction11.2 Asia Pacific Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Share Analysis, By Function11.3 Asia Pacific Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By Chemical Products11.4 Asia Pacific Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By End User11.5 Asia Pacific Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By Country11.5.1 China11.5.2 Japan11.5.3 India11.5.4 Rest of Asia Pacific

12 Latin America Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Analysis and Forecast (2020-2027)12.1 Introduction12.2 Latin America Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Share Analysis, By Function12.3 Latin America Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By Chemical Products12.4 Latin America Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By End User12.5 Latin America Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, Country

13 Middle East Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Analysis and Forecast (2020-2027)13.1 Introduction13.2 Middle East Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Share Analysis, By Function13.3 Middle East Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By Chemical Products13.4 Middle East Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By End User13.5 Middle East Disinfectant and Antimicrobial Chemicals Market Size and Forecast, By Country

14 Competitive Analysis14.1 Competition Dashboard14.2 Market share Analysis of Top Vendors14.3 Key Development Strategies

15 Company Profiles15.1 BASF SE15.1.1 Overview15.1.2 Offerings15.1.3 Key Financials15.1.4 Business Segment & Geographic Overview15.1.5 Key Marke
t Developments15.1.6 Key Strategies15.2. ASHLAND INCORPORATED15.2.1 Overview15.2.2 Offerings15.2.3 Key Financials15.2.4 Business Segment & Geographic Overview15.2.5 Key Market Developments15.2.6 Key Strategies15.3. AKZO NOBEL NV15.3.1 Overview15.3.2 Offerings15.3.3 Key Financials15.3.4 Business Segment & Geographic Overview15.3.5 Key Market Developments15.3.6 Key Strategies15.4 AKCROS CHEMICALS LIMITED15.4.1 Overview15.4.2 Offerings15.4.3 Key Financials15.4.4 Business Segment & Geographic Overview15.4.5 Key Market Developments15.4.6 Key Strategies15.5 CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED15.5.1 Overview15.5.2 Offerings15.5.3 Key Financials15.5.4 Business Segment & Geographic Overview15.5.5 Key Market Developments15.5.6 Key Strategies15.6 DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY15.6.1 Overview15.6.2 Offerings15.6.3 Key Financials15.6.4 Business Segment & Geographic Overview15.6.5 Key Market Developments15.6.6 Key Strategies15.7 FERRO CORPORATION15.7.1 Overview15.7.2 Offerings15.7.3 Key Financials15.7.4 Business Segment & Geographic Overview15.7.5 Key Market Developments15.7.6 Key Strategies15.8 LANXESS AG15.8.1 Overview15.8.2 Offerings15.8.3 Key Financials15.8.4 Business Segment & Geographic Overview15.8.5 Key Market Developments15.8.6 Key Strategies15.9 LONZA GROUP LIMITED15.9.1 Overview15.9.2 Offerings15.9.3 Key Financials15.9.4 Business Segment & Geographic Overview15.9.5 Key Market Developments15.9.6 Key Strategies15.10 MILLIKEN & COMPANY15.10.1 Overview15.10.2 Offerings15.10.3 Key Financials15.10.4 Business Segment & Geographic Overview15.10.5 Key Market Developments15.10.6 Key Strategies

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College chemistry paying off for six QB-receiver duos in the NFL – KABC-TV

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Danzig

Pack your bags.

That was the message wide receiverJa'Marr Chasegot from Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow the morning of the 2021 NFL draft. During the 2019 season at LSU, Burrow and Chase formed one of college football's most potent combinations. When Chase got the text from Burrow on draft day, it indicated a reunion in Cincinnati might be his future.

"I don't know if that was a hint or not, but when I saw that text I said, 'OK, I'm ready,'" Chase said after the Bengals selected him with the fifth overall pick. The move paid off handsomely for Cincinnati. Chase had a record-setting year with81 catches for 1,455 yards and 13 touchdowns. Chase was named the NFL's top offensive rookie. The connection between Burrow and Chase helped push the Bengals to the brink of winning the franchise's first Super Bowl last season.

Burrow and Chase aren't the only quarterback-receiver combinations who went from being college teammates to linking up in the NFL. They will face two of their former college rivals when Cincinnati hosts the Miami Dolphinson Thursday night (8:15 p.m. ET, Amazon Prime Video).

One pick after the Bengals drafted Chase, Miami reunited Alabama wide receiver Jaylen Waddle with his former college quarterbackTua Tagovailoa. They're two of six NFL teams that have reunited quarterbacks with their college receivers, hoping to mimic the spark teammates showed before they turned pro.

So far, the results seem to be paying off for Cincinnati, Miami and teams that made similar moves across the NFL.

Stats together with LSU, 2018-19: 107 receptions, 2,093 yards, 23 TDs

Stats together with Bengals, 2021-22: 100 receptions, 1,641 yards, 15 TDs

The moment Chase realized Burrow was a special quarterback didn't happen on the field.

Ahead of the LSU Tigers' game against the Florida Gators in October 2019, Burrow approached Chase about watching film together. Burrow pointed out all the weaknesses he saw in the opposing defensive backs as they plotted an attack for the upcoming Saturday. Chase finished with seven catches for 127 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-28 win.

The two were prolific members of one of the best college teams in recent history. LSU went undefeated and won the national championship that season. Burrow won the Heisman Trophy while Chase earned the Biletnikoff as the nation's top receiver, finishing with 1,780 yards and 20 touchdown receptions.

When Chase first arrived at LSU in 2018, the instructions from Burrow were simple but powerful.

"He was just telling me, 'Bro, if I see one-on-one, I'm going to throw it up to you,'" Chase recalled in August ahead of his second NFL season. "That right there let me know that he believes I'm a great receiver and that I can make plays. When he told me that, it's just my part to make the play and let him keep believing that I can do it."

That belief didn't waver when the pairing reunited in the pros. One year after the Bengals drafted Burrow with the No. 1 overall pick in 2020, they selected Chase at No. 5. And again, it ended up being a special connection. Chase set Cincinnati's franchise record for most receiving yards in a single season and was named the Associated Press' Offensive Rookie of the Year.

That on-field connection was exemplified in a Week 17 win over the Kansas City Chiefs that clinched the AFC North and the Bengals' first playoff berth since 2015.

On a pivotal third-and-27, Burrow found Chase for a 30-yard completion down the right sideline. It worked for the same reason Burrow told him when they started playing together at LSU.

"Everybody knows the meme: 'Eff it, Ja'Marr's down there somewhere,'" Burrow said in his postgame news conference. "I'm gonna just throw it up to him and he's gonna make a play." -- Ben Baby

Stats together with Oklahoma, 2017-18: 77 receptions, 1,425 yards, 11 TDs

Stats together with Cardinals, 2022: 23 receptions, 249 yards, 1 TD

Before they became one of college football's most dynamic duos during the 2018 season, Murray and Brown forged their relationship behind closed doors in 2017 at the expense of one of college football's best teams.

While both were backups for the Oklahoma Sooners that season, they joined forces on the scout team. Over the course of the season, they built a bond, a friendship and a connection on the field that they're rekindling five years later.

The show they put on back then set the stage for 2018 and, again in, 2022.

"It was hell," former Oklahoma cornerback Jordan Thomas said. "It was almost like I'd rather play our starting offense versus our scout team."

Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury can see the comfort that Murray has with Brown.

"The flashes are there," Kingsbury said. "And as the season goes on, I expect it to be a pretty good combination."

From Kingsbury's experience, which includes college football, if a quarterback and receiver work in college, "it usually has a chance -- if they're talented enough -- to continue that chemistry on the next level."

It's safe to say Murray and Brown are that type of talented. Both were first-round picks in 2019.

Murray and Brown remained close after college, working out together during offseasons. In fact, they were throwing together when Brown got the call he was traded to the Cardinals in April.

"Just knowing him on a personal level, just knowing the person like, who they really are, just helps you on the field because I know how he thinks, I know how he's wired, he knows how I'm wired, and sometimes it clicks for people and sometimes it doesn't," Brown said.

"With me and Kyler, I think it clicked know from Day 1 and then it's just something that we just got."

Brown had a career-high 14 catches in just his third game with Murray for 140 yards, the second most of his career. -- Josh Weinfuss

Stats together with Alabama, 2018: 7 receptions, 125 yards, 1 TD

Stats together with Eagles, 2021-22: 79 receptions, 1,165 yards, 6 TDs

Hurts and Smith are both electric on the field, but it's their unspectacular lifestyles off of it that helped forge their initial bond.

Hurts was Smith's host when Smith took his visit to the Alabama Crimson Tide's campus. Asked what they did together outside of the obligatory functions, Smith said: "We didn't do nothing. I went back to my hotel room. We didn't hang out or nothing like that. That's just the type of guys we are. We don't want to be out. We just want to keep to ourselves."

It's all about business for both of them. When one wanted to meet up to get extra reps in, the other was always game. It became clear pretty quickly that they were like-minded when it came to their serious approach to their crafts.

"I always kind of draw towards a guy that's willing to put the work in because I know I'm going to put the work in," Hurts said. "I was able to build a relationship with DeVonta just because he was willing to work. We didn't like to party much or do too much -- we'd hang out with our friends and do things like that -- but we were about the grind. There's a few guys I remember being willing to do that: Minkah Fitzpatrick being one of them, DeVonta being one of them. We were able to build a great relationship just through our work ethic, and kind of tracked ourselves back here to Philly."

Hurts and Smith were teammates at Alabama during Smith's freshman and sophomore years (2017-18), when Smith was sharing the field with other standouts like Calvin Ridley, Jerry Jeudy and Henry Ruggs III. Smith and Hurts connected for 12 receptions, 207 yards and two touchdowns during their time together in Tuscaloosa before Hurts transferred to Oklahoma.

When Smith first arrived to the Eagles practice facility in April 2021 after being selected with the 10th overall pick in the draft, Hurts was there to greet him, just like he did at Tuscaloosa. This time around they went a little wild and headed down the street to take in a Sixers game before calling it a night. -- Tim McManus

Stats together with C
lemson, 2018-20: 71 receptions, 811 yards, 7 TDs

Stats together with Jaguars, 2022: 8 receptions, 81 yards, 0 TDs

Lawrence and Etienne have been teammates for five years, so naturally they've become close.

And as friends do, they share things. Memories. Maybe a few secrets. And hand towels.

It's easier to let Etienne explain:

"So he wears his towel in the front and I wear my towel in the back," he said. "After the first quarter my towel was drenched so I can't wipe [my hands] on my towel. He keeps his towel fresh and clean because he's got to keep his hands dry. So he's right here. So I just use his."

That started when Lawrence arrived at Clemson in 2018 (Etienne got there in 2017). At any moment during a game or a practice Etienne could reach over during the huddle and clean his hands on Lawrence's towel. It has become an inside joke between the two that carried over into the NFL when the Jacksonville Jaguars drafted the pair in the first round in 2021. Etienne missed his first NFL season with aa Lisfranc injury.

South Florida coach Jeff Scott, who was Clemson's co-offensive coordinator from 2015-19, said it's not surprising that Lawrence and Etienne got along so well there and continue to do so now because they are similar people.

"High character [and] they love football," Scott said. "Not a lot of distractions off the field. They're very focused and really are all about the right thing. You saw them together a lot on the field, and off the field and they always had great communication.

"It was a very kind of professional [relationship] among them even at the college level. It was just a little bit of a higher level of maturity from them than maybe most guys at that point in their college career."

Etienne was a little more flashy, however, wearing his towel out of the back of his pants for a little style. So Lawrence had to unwittingly help keep his hands dry. "It doesn't bother me," Lawrence said. "I just have to switch out my towel more often than normal." -- Michael DiRocco

Stats together with Fresno State, 2012-13: 233 receptions, 3,037 yards, 39 TDs

Stats together with Raiders, 2021: 17 receptions, 189 yards, 3 TDs

It was after the first four routes Carr saw Adams run at Fresno State when the quarterback made a beeline to then-Fresno State Bulldogs coach Pat Hill.

"Why are we redshirting him?" Carr asked Hill of the new guy in 2011. "What are we doing?"

Adams, Carr said, might have been a better basketball player coming out of high school, yet he was already better than any other receiver on the Bulldogs' roster. The two became fast friends in California's Central Valley and as their chemistry grew for Fresno State, so, too, did their success. In 2013, when Carr passed for more than 5,000 yards, Adams caught 24 of his 50 touchdown passes. Carr was drafted 36th overall by the Raiders in 2014 and Adams went 17 picks later to the Green Bay Packers.

"We were working out together for the first six years of our NFL career anyway because we lived right down the street from each other once I moved up to Danville [California]," Adams said in training camp. "So, we were probably throwing three times a week for five, six years. Had about a two-year gap when the [Raiders] moved [to Las Vegas from Oakland], but basically picked up where we left off."

And then some. After the megatrade that landed Adams in Las Vegas in March, they showed their chemistry was real. In Week 1 of the 2022 season, their first game as NFL teammates, Carr targeted Adams 17 times and Adams had 10 catches for 141 yards and a TD.

"We both are so committed and obsessive over our craft to where ... I messed something up at the end of practice, just a subtle thing, and we go back out there after," Adams added. "I just want to feel that and do it because that's the way we did it before. Anytime if he didn't like a ball he threw in a period, he had me go stand in the spot that I would have been catching the ball and then he'll fire it until he liked how he threw it, which is usually one more pass.

"But when you got two dudes that have worked together and already built up a lot of camaraderie and have a close friendship, I feel like that makes it so much easier kind of getting back and jelling the way you were before."

Yes, their lockers are next to each other in the Raiders facility. --Paul Gutierrez

Stats together with Alabama, 2018-19: 48 receptions, 798 yards, 7 TDs

Stats together with Dolphins, 2021-22: 91 receptions, 1,100 yards, 9 TDs

Tagovailoa and Waddle spent two seasons together at Alabama, winning a national championship game and losing in another.

Their connection might not have been as prolific as the other duos on this list, but that didn't stop the Dolphins from reuniting the former college teammates .

Neither was known for being particularly vocal, but Tagovailoa said he noticed a growth in Waddle during the time between their final game at Alabama on Nov. 16, 2019, and their first with the Dolphins on Sept. 12, 2021.

"His biggest improvement is his communication," Tagovailoa said last season. "In college, Jaylen would speak up here and there, but you really see him now. You come to the sideline after a series and he's out there telling me, 'Hey, this is why I'm running this route. I'm running it because of this and that, and this is where I'm expecting the ball.' He's telling me 'do this.'

"And it's not asking -- it's more so telling."

Miami's idea to reunite them in the NFL paid off immediately. Waddle was the team's leading receiver last season, setting an NFL rookie record for receptions with 104 on a team-high 140 targets. And they've picked up where they left off, particularly during an explosive win over the Ravens in Week 2 as both players set career highs for yards and touchdowns.

They generally like to downplay their success in the NFL having much to do with their relationship at Alabama, and that's their prerogative. But Tagovailoa trusts Waddle implicitly, and that trust goes both ways.

During their game-winning drive against the Ravens, Waddle said Tagovailoa addressed the huddle, telling his teammates "it's either us or them right now."

"That got me going, man," Waddle said after the game.

Immediately after Tagovailoa's message to the team, he and Waddle connected for the game-winning touchdown. -- Marcel Louis-Jacques

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Chemical recycling and its environmental impacts – Environmental Health News

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Danzig

St. James Parish, located on a stretch of the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans dubbed Cancer Alley due to the high concentration of petrochemical plants, is home to the countrys largest producer of polystyrene the foam commonly found in soft drink and takeout containers.

Now, the owner of that plant wants to build a new facility in the same area that would break down used foam cups and containers into raw materials that can be turned into other kinds of plastic. While theres limited data on what kinds of emissions this type of facility creates, environmental advocates are concerned that the new plant could represent a new source of carcinogens like dioxin and benzene in the already polluted area.

The proposed plant comes as the U.S. federal and state governments and private companies pour billions into chemical recycling research, which is touted as a potential solution to anemic plastics recycling rates. Proponents say that, despite mounting restrictions on single-use packaging, plastics arent going away anytime soon, and that chemical recycling is needed to keep growing amounts of plastic waste out of landfills and oceans.

But questions abound about whether the plants are economically viable and how chemical recycling contributes to local air pollution, perpetuating a history of environmental injustices and climate change.

Skeptics argue that chemical recycling is an unproven technology that amounts to little more than the latest PR effort from the plastics industry. The Environmental Protection Agency is deciding whether or not to continue regulating the plants as incinerators, with some lawmakers expressing concerns last month about toxic emissions from these facilities.

Theyre going to be managing toxic chemicalsand theyre going to be putting our communities at risk for either air pollution or something worse, Jane Patton, a Baton Rouge native and manager of the Center for International Environmental Laws plastics and petrochemicals campaign, told EHN of the proposed new plant in Louisiana.

The air of St. James Parish, where the new plant will be located, has among the highest pollution levels along the Mississippi River corridor dubbed Cancer Alley. A joint investigation in 2019 by ProPublica, The Times-Picayune and The Advocate found that most of the new petrochemical facilities in the parish including the recycling plant will be located near the mostly Black 5th District.

In the U.S., less than 10% of plastics are actually recycled. Credit: Hans from Pixabay

When most of us picture recycling, we picture what industry insiders call mechanical recycling: plastics are sorted, cleaned, crushed or shredded and then melted to be made into new goods.

In the U.S., though, less than 10% of plastics are actually recycled due to challenges ranging from contamination to variability in plastic types and coloring. No flexible plastic packaging can be recycled with mechanical recycling the only real plastic that can be recycled are number one and number two water bottles and milk jugs, George Huber, an engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin and head of the multi-university research center for Chemical Upcycling of Waste Plastics, told EHN.

Enter chemical recycling processes that use high heat, chemicals, or both to break used plastic goods down into their chemical building blocks to, in theory, make more plastics. Proponents say that chemical recycling can complement more traditional recycling by handling mixed and harder-to-recycle plastics.

An advantage of advanced recycling is that it can take more of the 90% of plastics that arent recycled today, including the hard-to-recycle films, pouches and other mixed plastics, and remake them into virgin-quality new plastics approved for medical and food contact applications, Joshua Baca, vice president of the plastics division at the American Chemistry Council, told EHN.

The technology has actually been around for decades, with an initial wave of plants built in the 1990s, but it didnt take off then because of operational and economic challenges. Huber said some factors have changed, like a significant increase in plastic use and Chinas refusal to accept other countries waste, that make chemical recycling more viable this time around.

Yet a 2021 Reuters investigation found that commercial viability remains a major challenge for chemical recyclers due to difficulties like contamination of the incoming plastic, high energy costs, and the need to further clean the outputs before they can become plastic.

It's one thing in theory to design something on paper it's a whole huge challenge to build a plant, get it operational, get the permits and for it to perform like you think it would, Huber said.

Tracking down just how many chemical recycling plants operate today in the U.S. is tricky and depends in part on what one counts as recycling.

Most of the plants in the U.S. are pyrolysis facilities, which use huge amounts of energy to heat plastics up enough to break their chemical bonds, raising concerns about their climate impacts if that energy comes from burning fossil fuels. An analysis from Closed Loop Partners found that, depending on the technology, carbon emissions from chemical recycling ranged from 22% higher to 45% lower than virgin plastics production.

It's a very promising technology to tackle the problem of (plastic) waste, but if you don't concurrently tackle the challenge of where the energy is coming from, there's a problem, Rebecca Furlong, a chemistry PhD candidate at the University of Bath who has conducted life cycle assessments of plastics recycling technologies, told EHN.

A life cycle assessment study prepared for a British chemical recycling company found that chemical recycling has a significantly lower climate impact than waste-to-energy incineration but produced almost four times as many greenhouse gas emissions as landfilling the plastic.

The American Chemistry Council, or ACC, says that there are at least seven plants in the U.S. doing plastics-to-plastics recycling, although many of those facilities also turn plastics into industrial fuel. For example, according to records reviewed by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, or GAIA, in 2018 a facility located in Oregon and owned by one of the companies planning to build the Louisiana plant, converted 216.82 pounds of polystyrene into the plastics building block styrene, sending roughly the same amount to be burned at a cement kiln.

The ACC, European Union regulators and Furlong and her advisor, Matthew Davidson, say plastics to fuel shouldnt count as recycling. Clearly digging oil out of the ground, using it as a plastic, and then burning it is not hugely different from digging it out of the ground and burning it, Davidson, director of the Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies at the University of Bath, told EHN.

Depending on the type of plastic waste the facilities are processing, the plants can generate hazardous compounds.

Depending on the type of plastic waste the facilities are processing, the plants can generate hazardous compounds. Credit: Frauke Feind from Pixabay

Chemical recycling saw a boost under the Trump administration, including a formal partnership between the federal Department of Energy and the American Chemistry Council, which lobbies on behalf of the plastics industry, to scale up chemical recycling technologies.

Theres limited information, however, on the environmental health impacts of chemical recycling plants. Furlong said she had not included hazardous waste generation in her life cycle assessments because of a lack of data. Tangri said there have been few studies outside the lab, in part because there are relatively few chemical recycling plants out there. Additionally, the ones that do exist are either too small to meet the EPAs pollution reporting threshold, or are housed within a larger petrochemical complex and so dont separately report out their air po
llution emissions.

Earlier this year, the Natural Resources Defense Council released a report looking at eight facilities in the U.S. The environmental group found that one facility in Oregon sent around half a million pounds of hazardous waste, including benzene and lead, to incinerators in Washington, Colorado, Missouri and three other states. Hazardous waste incinerators can release toxic air pollution to nearby communities. Additionally, some hazardous waste incinerators in the U.S. have repeatedly violated air pollution standards and the EPA has recently raised serious concerns about a backlog of hazardous waste piling up due to limited incineration capacity.

The Oregon facility, which is supposed to break down polystyrene into styrene, also sent more than 100,000 pounds of styrene in 2020 to be burned in waste to energy plants rather than recycled back into new plastics, according to the Natural Resources Defense Councils report.

Plastics contain a range of additives, like phthalates and bisphenols, that have serious health concerns. The European Chemicals Agency expressed concerns in a 2021 report about the extent to which chemical recycling could eliminate these chemicals, especially legacy additives like lead-stabilized PVC that the EU no longer allows, and prevent them from showing up in new plastic products.

The agency also cautioned that, depending on the type of plastic waste the facilities are processing, pyrolysis and gasification plants can generate hazardous compounds such as dioxins, volatile organic compounds and PCBs. Dioxins are considered highly toxic by the EPA as they can cause cancer, reproductive issues, immune system damage and other health issues. Volatile organic compounds can cause breathing difficulties and harm the nervous system; and some, like benzene, are also carcinogens. The agency noted that companies are required to take measures, like installing flue gas cleaning systems and pre-treatment of wastewater, to limit emissions.

Additionally, experts interviewed by the EU highlighted an overall lack of transparency about the kinds of chemicals used in some of the chemical recycling processes.

The American Chemistry Council, or ACC, says that emissions from most chemical recycling plants are too low to trigger Clean Air Act permits, citing a recent report from consultant Good Company and sponsored by the ACC that found that emissions from four plants in the U.S. were on par with those from a hospital and food manufacturing plant.

The trade group claims the plants are designed to avoid dioxin formation with many interventions, the primary one being that the plastic material is heated in a closed, oxygen-deprived environment that is not combustion, and that the facilities would be subject to violations or operating restrictions if dioxins were formed.

As the EPA decides what to do about chemical recycling plants, 20 states including Louisiana, where the new plant could be built have already passed laws that would regulate the facilities as manufacturers rather than solid waste facilities, according to the American Chemistry Council a move that environmental advocates say could lead to less oversight and more pollution. Whenever I see a big push for exemptions from environmental statutes, I get a little concerned, Judith Enck, director of the anti-plastics advocacy group Beyond Plastics, told EHN.

Advocates in Louisiana fear the new law will exempt the new facility from being regulated by the state Department of Environmental Quality, something the ACC says wont happen. However, it is unclear in the text of the law which state agency will oversee its environmental impacts (the state Department of Environmental Quality didnt respond to our question).

In a recent letter to the EPA, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and more than 30 other lawmakers requested that the agency continue to regulate pyrolysis and gasification plants as incinerators. Additionally, they also urged the EPA to request more information from these facilities on their air pollution and climate impacts.

Communities located near these facilities need to know what chemicals they are being exposed to, and they need the full protection that Congress intended the Clean Air Acts incinerator standards to provide, wrote the lawmakers.

The American Chemistry Council contends that chemical recycling plants take in plastics waste that is already sorted, and that regulating these facilities as solid waste facilities, with measures like odor and rodent controls, does not make sense. The ACC adds that, like other manufacturing facilities, chemical recycling plants would still be subject to air and water pollution and hazardous waste regulations.

Tangri, from GAIA, said that the U.S. should also follow in the footsteps of the EU and not count plastics to fuel as chemical recycling.

Overall, environmental advocates would prefer to see stronger measures taken to reduce plastic use and require that manufacturers take more responsibility for plastic packaging a concept known as extended producer responsibility. Enck suggested that there be mandatory environmental standards for packaging similar to auto efficiency standards. We really need to move to a refillable, reusable economy, she said. Do we need all these layers of packaging on a product? Do we need multi-material packaging?

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The island that weve eaten | Opinion – Chemistry World

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Danzig

Twenty thousand men died on the battlefield at Waterloo, and most were buried close to where they fell. Their bodies were piled into mass graves; hastily covered with a layer of earth before the June heat made the task any more unbearable than it already was. But in the 200 years that have since passed, archaeologists have recovered only a single skeleton from this patch of Belgian ground. The rest of the remains have gone. There is no mystery, though; we know where they went. They were taken to England; ground to a fine powder; distributed to farmers and spread across their fields. There was something, those farmers knew, that was missing from their soil. And that something could be replenished with a sprinkling of bone dust.

Found in every living cell, phosphorus is essential for almost every one of lifes biochemical processes. It is found in the phospholipid bilayers that give cells their structure; it is the P in the ATP that powers lifes chemical reactions, and it is part of the nucleic acids that pass that life from one generation to the next. For such an important element though, it is surprisingly scarce in the environment: it is the least abundant of all elements, relative to the amount required for life. And unlike the other elements found in DNA, ATP and phospholipids carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen it does not circulate in the environment. Once it has been removed from a location, it is gone. A single crop of wheat can remove 7kg of phosphorus from a hectare of land. With an adult human skeleton containing approximately 700g of phosphorus, and without even considering the ethics, dead bodies could never provide farmers with a reliable, long-term supply.

One degree south of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, though, an island only six miles in circumference, hundreds of miles from the tiny islands that are its nearest neighbours and 10 days sailing from the ports of Australia, offered a solution. When Australian prospector Albert Ellis arrived at Banaba in May 1900, he found an island of 450 inhabitants, dotted with coconut palms and bright green foliage, ringed with a rampart of limestone cliffs and encircled by a reef awash with breaking surf. And he found phosphorus. Alongside the islands limestone were deep deposits of grey-brown rock rich in phosphate. Deposits that had formed as sediment on the ocean floor, that had been thrust above the waves, and that were larger and more concentrated than any Ellis had ever seen before.

Within three months, the first phosphate had been exported from the island, and such was the need of the worlds farmers that this isolated speck of earth was transformed. Hundreds of imported labourers hacked at great deposits of phosphate rock and trains hauled carts from quarries to the waters edge, while steamers offshore awaited their cargo. Over 80 years, two mining companies the Pacific Phosphate Company and the British Phosphate Commission pulled Banaba apart. They exported the fabric of the island, funnelling it through soils, plants and grazing animals into the global food chain. They exported 22 million tonnes of land before the phosphate was exhausted, stripping 92% of the islands surface, and removing the entire indigenous population when there was nowhere left for them to grow food. They left behind an uninhabited industrial wasteland, littered with mining debris and abandoned machinery.

Phosphate rock, mined elsewhere, remains the worlds primary source of phosphorus. But it will not last forever. The natural phosphorus cycle occurs on geological timescales, and if humans want to retain access to this element and modern agriculture dictates that we must then we will need a new, anthropogenic cycle. We will need a circular economy in which waste phosphorus is recovered, recycled and reused. The biggest stream of phosphorus waste is sewage, and water treatment plants already employ chemical and biological processes to remove phosphorus, but those processes typically result in phosphorus compounds that cannot easily be reused: emphasis will need to shift towards recovering phosphorus in bioavailable forms. And with byproducts from the animal industry, including bone meal, forming another major source of phosphorus waste, we will also need to learn from the skeleton recycling circular economy of the 19th century .

There are things, too, that we must learn from Banaba. It is today one of the 33 islands that comprise the nation of Kiribati. With a maximum elevation of 87m, it is the only one that rises more than a few metres above sea level. Climate change models suggest that, in time, Banaba may be the only part of the country that remains above the waves. It will be a permanent monument to rapacious extraction; a nations tombstone declaiming the need for sustainable practices.

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