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Maintenance hemodialysis (HD) patients who substitute foods that contain phosphorus-based additives with similar foods free of these additives can reduce their hyperphosphatemia without compromising nutrition, a new study confirms.

• Food
• Additives

The world's largest drugmaker just gave us a better idea of how drug price hikes impact its business.

• Drug

Sentiment in the European polyethylene market appears to have turned bearish as many in the industry expect price declines in May because of weak demand, an increase in imports and high industry stock levels.

• Europe
• PE

Due to the global environmental protection coating of the increasingly high demand, powder coating have become a hot product, also the VOC content of powder coating is low, easy to clean, usually easy construction than liquid ...

• Powder
• Coating
• Liquid

Formosa Plastics USA shut a polyvinyl chloride line at its Point Comfort, Texas, plant following a line leak, the company said in a filing Thursday.

• Formosa
• PVC

Axalta Coating Systems has introduced price increases for powder coatings in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The move is in response to a surge in raw material costs.

• Middle East
• coating
• Axalta

Kommerling UK looks to the Middle East & Africa for future growth with appointment of Business Development Manager

• Kommerling
• UK
• Middle East

According to the report, the global spray polyurethane foam market was valued at USD 1.30 billion in 2014 and is anticipated to reach USD 1.90 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 7% between 2014 and 2020.

• Middle East
• polyurethane

Philadelphia-based Axalta Coating Systems, the paints-and-powders company spun off by DuPont Co., says it has agreed to pay $420 million in cash to paintmakers Valspar Corp. and Sherwin-Williams Co. to acquire Valspar's North ...

• Paint

Swallowing difficulties caused by neurological diseases, stroke, or cancer are very difficult to prevent. Many swallowing difficulties can’t be prevented, but some swallowing difficulties attributed to aging and dementia can be ...

• Thickener
• Food

Eastman Chemical Co. conducted a clinical trial to evaluate a non-phthalate plasticizer for medical applications and the results indicate it could become a “lead alternative” to using DEHP to soften PVC blood bags.

• Plasticizers
• blood

Residential fires kill more than 2,500 people per year in the United States alone. And most fatal fires occur when people are asleep in their homes, as smoke can lull a person into a deep slumber. Ever wonder how your walls would protect you?

• Fire
• Retardant

In a bid to ensure sufficient supply of drinking water in North 24-Parganas, the West Bengal government is planning to engage an international firm that will set up water treatment plants to produce potable water from salt water.

• Water
• Treatment

You’ve heard it a million times: The best way to stay healthy is to eat a wide variety of vitamin-rich foods. But eating a wide variety of foods can sometimes be difficult in our on-the-go culture.

• Nutrient
• Antioxidant

After the Spring Festival, the bullish atmosphere in the dye market faded away. Facing the traditional peak season of dye market, the modest trading sentiment still continues in the market.

• Dye
• Printing

Cosmetic ingredient market has changed a lot over the course of time. Since time immemorial, human beings are using different types of cosmetics to enhance their physical appearance, which in turn makes people feel more confident and pleasing in nature.

• cosmetics

Hundreds of illegal skin-lightening products that contain a chemical linked to cancer have been seized at Heathrow Airport.

• cosmetics
• cancer
• skin-lightening

With wariness of the safety of ingredients in consumer products on the rise across most categories, the use of natural and organic personal care products is gaining in popularity, with young parents leading the way.

• personal care

Organic Personal Care Market: Growing consumer concern towards petrochemical derived ingredients in cosmetics & toiletries coupled with increasing individual health consciousness is likely to drive organic personal care demand.

• personal care

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 30, 2017 -- Elé Corporation and Nexeo Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:NXEO) announced today that Nexeo Solutions has become Elé's exclusive distributor for the personal care market in the Midwest region of the United States.

• Elé
• Nexeo
• personal care