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Engineered living materials typically consist of soft hydrogels, polymers, or biofilms seeded with microorganisms that allow the materials to sense and degrade toxins, deliver therapies, and repair ...

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Conventional air fresheners might promise freshness, but they deliver quite the opposite. Some of the organic compounds emitted by home fragrance products, such as benzene, phthalates and formaldehyde ...

The spare FEMA trailers bought by local health departments "for a song" may carry a sour note. But Charlotte Craig and Barry Cook won't be singing the blues about it. "Let the buyer beware," said ...

WeWork tenants received an email Monday morning informing them of “potentially elevated levels of formaldehyde” in phone booths throughout WeWork offices in the US and Canada. The email, obtained by ...

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The battle over formaldehyde has shifted. In a recent risk evaluation, the EPA significantly recognized that formaldehyde does not pose an “unreasonable” risk for cancer. But it does pose health risks ...