Once the EPA kicked lead out of automotive fuel, gasoline makers settled on a benzene compound as a substitute. But it, too, ...

Notably, this week’s study did not find benzene (at least not at levels above the FDA’s limit) in about 70 products, including benzoyl peroxide acne treatments from Clean & Clear, Neutrogena, ...

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) is routinely employed by physicists and chemists to capture atomic-scale images of molecules on surfaces. Now, an international team led by Christian Joachim and co ...

Samples of natural gas taken before it was burned for cooking in homes in the Boston area contained 296 chemical compounds, including 21 that are toxic to humans, researchers led by the Harvard T.H.

The independent analytical laboratory Valisure says it has found traces of benzene in sunscreen and after-sun-care products from a variety of manufacturers. Valisure has asked the US Food and Drug ...

Unilever is recalling dry shampoo aerosol products sold nationwide because they may contain elevated levels of benzene, a human carcinogen. The recall is the latest of half a dozen so far this year, ...

When independent laboratory Valisure announced it had found the known carcinogen benzene — a compound linked to blood cancers such as leukemia — in 78 sunscreens and after-sun products, the news ...

Over the past few years, the public has gotten annual scares about benzene in beauty products. Elevated levels of the known carcinogen have popped up in products ranging from dry shampoos to sunscreen ...

Scientists have used computing power and clever modeling to solve a 200-year-old chemistry and math puzzle. For all these years, the question at play has been how to plot the electron structure of a ...