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Cannabis could be used to help treat potentially deadly complications with COVID-19, a growing body of research suggests. Researchers at the University of South Carolina performed a trio of studies on mice which found that THC – the chemical that gives cannabis its mind-altering effect – could help prevent a harmful immune response that causes … Read more
At least five dead and one injured after explosion at a chemical plant near Wuhan The blast took place this afternoon at a chemical factory in Tianmen, Hubei At least five people were killed and one injured from the explosion, officials said Footage shows rescue efforts underway while yellow smoke rose above the site By Emilia … Read more
Australian chemical weapons expert and his British colleague, 57, both die in a bomb explosion in the Solomon Islands Australian man and British man have died in bomb explosion in Solomon Islands Trent Lee and Briton Luke Atkinson died while in a rented apartment in Honiora The Australian chemical weapons expert working to identity unexploded … Read more
An assailant has smashed a bottle containing a ‘chemical agent’ in the Siberian offices of a Russian opposition group backed by poisoned Putin critic Alexei Navalny. Two people were taken to hospital on Tuesday for tests after the masked assailants entered the offices of the Anti-Corruption Foundation in Novosibirsk, Siberia’s biggest city. The attack comes ahead of … Read more
The British chemical giant Imperial Chemical Industries is facing legal action after the family of a worker who died from terminal lung cancer claimed he was exposed to asbestos over a 34-year period. Christopher Lees, 79, who was an in-house healthy safety inspector at the company’s research plants, was unaware he was exposed to what he believes … Read more
Chemical Hearts (Amazon) Rating: Verdict: Teen love tearjerker Perfumes (Curzon on demand and cinemas) Rating: Verdict: French olfactory odd couple The One And Only Ivan (Disney Plus) Rating: Verdict: Live-action gorilla getaway Film streamers such as Amazon and Netflix are churning out coming-of-age romances in a hormonal rush right now. The latest, Chemical Hearts, will … Read more
A nuclear power plant has been evacuated after a dangerous chemical was discovered. Bomb disposal experts cleared part of the Sellafield site in Cumbria after organic peroxide was found during a routine inspection yesterday. The sprawling station has been shut down until the chemical can be safely removed from the Magnox Reprocessing Plant. Bosses said … Read more
Lebanon’s president and prime minister were warned last month that a stash of ammonium nitrate at the port of Beirut could destroy the city if it exploded, it has emerged. Security officials wrote a letter on July 20 saying the industrial chemicals which had been idling in a warehouse since 2013 needed to be secured … Read more
Up to 12,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate is being stored near homes in a busy Australian industrial town, sparking fears of a Beirut-style mega blast. At least 135 people have died and a further 5,000 were injured when 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate blew up in Lebanon early on Wednesday AEST, with the death toll expected to … Read more
A toddler suffered third-degree chemical burns and needed a skin graft after he accidentally poured Primark nail glue on his arm. Full-time mum Laura Tucker, 32, from Reading, had applied false nails and fastened the top on the glue pot and put it on a shelf before she went to take the bins out. But … Read more