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‘Forever chemicals’ are eternal no more thanks to a pollution destroying device from Tacoma startup

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Aquagga Photo) It would be fair to expect the destroyer of toxic “forever chemicals” to be a massive, intimidating device. The long-lived chemicals are great at deflecting water, stains and grease — but they escape from products and now contaminate drinking water across the nation and are even detected in breast milk.

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Unlock Your Potential: Online Training Programs for Lifelong Learning

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Web-based training programs are a boon in today’s fast-paced and competitive market, allowing professionals to upskill and work toward their career prospects. In this blog, we will explore the potential of online training programs to inculcate a sense of lifelong learning. Table of Contents I. The Power of Web-Based Training III.

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Sironix raises $1.8M to ramp up production of its plant-based, eco-friendly cleaning chemicals

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The new funds will allow the company to scale production of its Eosix technology — a plant-based innovation that can replace potentially hazardous, petroleum-derived chemicals found in shampoos, detergents and cleaning products. The company combines starch-based ingredients with natural oils to create its products.

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Blue Origin sends six people on suborbital space trip, marking a first for researchers

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Ferl’s flight test was funded by a grant awarded through NASA’s Flight Opportunities program, with additional support from NASA’s Division of Biological and Physical Sciences. Kitchen’s father, teacher-entrepreneur Jim Kitchen, took a suborbital space trip with Blue Origin in 2022.

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Seattle clean tech startup lands $1.4M for eco-friendly soy-based suds for shampoos, detergents

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The tech: Sironix has developed a suite of surfactants, which are the chemicals that make shampoo foamy and lifts oily stains out of fabrics. Toxic tailwinds: Sironix’s surfactants can replace similar chemicals made from fossil fuels, including ingredients that can be contaminated with 1,4-dioxane, a likely carcinogen.

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New law will make it easier to recycle dead batteries in Washington state

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Jay Inslee is expected to sign into law new rules requiring all producers of batteries and battery-containing products sold in the state to fund a program for collecting and recycling batteries. in implementing recycling programs funded by battery producers. Requires producers to pay for public education and outreach.

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A-Alpha Bio lands $14.5M from Department of Defense to prep for future biological threats

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Both tranches of defense dollars are from the DOD Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense’s Generative Unconstrained Intelligent Drug Engineering (GUIDE) program. A-Alpha Bio received $1 million for this work from LLNL in 2022, and last year DOD provided $2.4