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Occidental offloads chemicals unit in $9.7 billion deal with Berkshire to cut debt  Reuters Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway set to make its biggest deal in three years  CNN Buffett faces off against himself in Occidental carve-up  Financial Times Berkshire buys OxyChem, EV sales hit records, Amazon’s grocery push and more in Morning Squawk  CNBC Buffett’s Berkshire Is Making Its Biggest Acquisition in Years—What You …

A Berkshire Deal for Occidental Chemicals Unit Could Bring a Surprise  Barron’s Warren Buffett is reportedly eyeing Berkshire Hathaway’s biggest deal in three years  CNBC As Warren Buffett Rumors Swirl, Occidental Petroleum Stock Just Formed a Golden Cross Pattern  Yahoo Finance Exclusive | Berkshire Hathaway Near $10 Billion Deal for Occidental’s Petrochemical Unit  The Wall Street Journal Why Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway may be …

If you thought the secret to prolonging the life of your gorgeous bouquets required some kind of mad floral scientist’s toolkit—special powders, mystery chemicals, or that cryptic sachet that comes with supermarket flowers—think again. For Claire Delon, a florist in the heart of Lyon, the game-changing solution was already sitting in her fridge. That’s right: sparkling water. How a Soda …

Infamous for their environmental persistence and potential links to health conditions, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often called forever chemicals, are being discovered in unexpected places, including beer. Researchers publishing in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology tested beers brewed in different areas around the U.S. for these substances. They found that beers produced in parts of the country with known …

From the 1930s to the 1970s, barrels amounting to thousands of tons of chemicals were dumped off the coast of Los Angeles. It was an assault on the environment that would continue to unfold for decades to come, and worse still, we weren’t even sure what was inside the barrels. For a long time we thought it was the carcinogenic …

Blue Light May Help Remove Food and Sweat Stains Without Harsh Chemicals  The New York Times Blue light beats bleach for yellow stains  Popular Science Ugly yellow sweat stains may be no match for blue LED light  New Atlas You’re cleaning your clothes wrong! Scientists reveal the best way to get rid of yellow stains – and it’s NOT with bleach  Daily Mail Scientists …

A new study found PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in 95% of the 23 beers tested across the United States, Mexico, and the Netherlands. The highest PFAS levels appeared in beers brewed near North Carolina’s Cape Fear River Basin, a region with documented water contamination. PFAS exposure has been linked to immune suppression, altered cholesterol and liver enzyme levels, and an …

Reusable menstrual products are meant to be the safer, greener option. A new, peer-reviewed study finds, however, that this is not always the case. Researchers found PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals” because of their persistence, in a range of period items and incontinence products. PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a group of synthetic chemicals that have been used …

If you’ve ever muttered to yourself, “I should really get the organic peaches,” or “I need to replace my old makeup with ‘clean’ beauty products” or “I really want to buy the “non-toxic’ laundry detergent,” you may have fallen into the chemophobia trap, an almost inescapable phobia that’s infiltrating lots of homes. HuffPost Life delivers practical, reliable advice to navigate …

Forever chemicals, or PFAS, have been discovered in beers brewed across the U.S., with the highest levels found in regions where local water supplies are known to be contaminated. A new study reveals that nearly all tested beers contained PFAS. Credit: Stock Researchers found PFAS in 95% of tested beers, with the highest levels linked to contaminated local water sources. …