An everyday clothing item could present an underlying danger due to the detected presence of harmful chemicals. What's ...

Fluorine's name derives from fluorspar — or fluorite, CaF 2 (pictured) — which in earlier times was used as a flux to facilitate smelting. As early as the seventeenth century, fluorspar was ...

Fluoride is an ion of fluorine, one of the most abundant elements on earth. Fluoride is naturally occurring in the groundwater of water supplies worldwide, at varying levels. It has been added to ...

Almost half of the nation's tap water is estimated to contain PFAS, or "forever chemicals." University of Missouri associate ...

From the bloodstreams of office workers in the world’s most developed countries to the organs of Amazonian hunter-gatherers, ...

A fluorine leak was reported in the cargo area of Lucknow airport on Saturday. According to the fire department, the leak occurred in Terminal 3 at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly today to outlaw the use of toxic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in dental floss, cleaning ...

Since their clinical use initiation in the 1970’s, Fluorine-18 (F-18) radiopharmaceuticals continue to play an important role in nuclear medicine. It is therefore essential to make available broad ...

This paper introduces the progress of synthesis technology for various types of fluorine-free water repellent and proposes relevant current status and development directions. Meanwhile, it describes ...

The Fluorine Group is one of the RSC's many Interest Groups. The Interest Groups are member driven groups which exist to benefit RSC members, and the wider chemical science community, in line with the ...

Congratulations to the past recipients of the ACS Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of the chemistry of fluorine.