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Food packages using terms like “uncured” or “naturally cured” are likely using a natural source of nitrates such as celery juice as a su...

• Food
• Clean
• Safety

Turning its attention to kebabs, the Parliament’s Health Committee has raised objections to a proposal by the European Commission to all...

• Food
• Europe
• Kebabs

Just like the normal-size Golden Wonder bath bomb (a holiday classic for seven years running), the giant version is shaped like a gift, ...

• Cosmetics
• Bath

"High-end brands typically import their products from Europe and North America, and are therefore more reliant on imports than local com...

• Import
• Tariffs
• Fashion
• Cosmetics

Hortensia Veronica Gonzalez, dermatologist and skin cancer specialist, explained that the reactions to cosmetics depend on each person’s...

• Cosmetics
• China
• Low Quality

Researchers at New York University based their findings on an analysis of blood samples of new mothers that were gathered between 2003 a...

• EPA
• Coating
• Nonstick

South China toluene prices may fall in December on softer demand, and as their spread over east market prices has widened to Chinese yuan (CNY) 400/tonne ($61/tonne).

• Toluene

European natural gas forward prices disconnected from European power prices in November, but retained their close correlation with the oil market, data shows.

• Gas

K+S will end potash production at Sigmundshall in late 2018 as crude salt reserves dwindle and mining conditions become more “demanding”, the German fertilizers producer announced on Wednesday.

• K+S
• Germany

Polyurethane plastic coatings are preferred owing to factors such as abrasion resistance and moisture resistance making plastic coating ...

• Coating
• Plastic

Designed and administered by global brand and sustainability research expert, Ellen Karp of Anerca International, the extensive study ex...

• Climate
• Textile

"Personally I support a slightly lower, moderate growth target, so that we have more room to carry out structural reform," he said durin...

• Central Bank
• Growth
• GDP

To continue to promote the development of the national textile industry, the Indonesian Ministry of Industry cooperated with the Indones...

• Indonesia
• Textile

Director of agriculture research in the Punjab province Abid Mehmood said Chinese and Pakistani scientists will jointly work to improve ...

• Pakistan
• Cotton
• China
• Tech

“India could be an economical source of quality yarns and fabrics to bridge the gap and make Viet Nam’s garments even more competitive.”

• India
• Vietnam
• Textile
• Cooperation

China's major industrial firms saw stronger profit growth in the first ten months of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) s...

• China
• Industrial
• Profit

Global bioplastics production capacity is set to increase from around 2.05m tonnes in 2017 to approximately 2.44m tonnes in 2022, trade group European Bioplastics said on Wednesday.

• Bioplastics

Hismer annually collects 10,000 tonnes of the shell waste from seafood processing companies in China's ports of Qingdao, Yantai, Dalian ...

• China
• Textile
• Fiber

IT giant Apple has come top in a ‘report card’, ranking 30 US retailers on their actions to eliminate chemicals in consumer products.

• Apple

Bioplastics firm Novamont SpA will double production of its Origo-Bi-brand biopolyesters by early 2018.

• Bioplastics