Flame retardant okayed for use in plastics

The federal government will continue to permit use of decabromodiphenyl ether (“deca”) as a flame retardant in plastics.
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Dow buys Rohm & Haas

Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.) is buying Rohm & Haas Co., the US-based specialty chemicals producer, in a deal worth $19-billion.
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Acrylic marks 75th birthday

Plexiglas acrylic has been used by designers and engineers since its commercialisation in 1933 for everything from automobiles and airplanes to office buildings and consumer goods.
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Cargill to open bio-polyols plant

Cargill Inc. (Minneapolis) has broken ground on a $22-million plant for BiOH-brand polyols in Chicago.