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Industry Marketplaces Take Off: A Spotlight On Chemicals

Forrester IT

The Reemergence of B2B marketplaces offers new options for buyers and sellers. Even while mega players like Alibaba and Amazon are getting the headlines, dozens of specialized vertical marketplaces are emerging in their shadows.

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All the Fast Food You Love Contains Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals, Study Finds

Gizmodo

Hormone-disrupting chemicals known as phthalates were found in many fast food meals tested as part of new research. The study authors found several different phthalates, as well as other chemicals meant to replace phthalates, across a variety of fast food takeout items, including fries, burritos, and cheeseburgers.… Read more.

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AI suggested 40,000 new possible chemical weapons in just six hours

The Verge

An instructor at the Fort Leonard Wood Chemical School, who is designated as an agent handler, carries the VX nerve agent to contaminate a jeep in one of the eight chambers used for training chemical defense on April 18, 2003 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images. Tell me more about what you found.

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We’d Love Your Feedback On New Applications Designed To Master Supply Chain Resilience

Forrester IT

But now there is a global shortage of everything from twenty-foot containers to lumber and basic chemicals. Lead time and availability determine customer experience. We all learned about that during the crisis. You must master supply chain resilience to meet your customers’ lead time and availability expectations.

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BluePallet aims to disrupt industrial commerce with ‘decentralized’ marketplace for chemical products

GeekWire

The company operates a marketplace for the chemical industry. Founded last year, BluePallet aims to change the way chemical producers, distributors, and end users connect with each other. BluePallet was originally called Echo Chemical Exchange, which recently merged with fintech startup Velloci. Someone has to broker every deal.

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Tidal Vision, a startup turning crab shells into a green industrial chemical, is raising fresh cash

GeekWire

Tidal Vision has developed a green chemistry technology for turning the discarded shells into a useful, sustainable industrial chemical. Tidal Vision uses an environmentally friendly, zero-waste process to turn discarded crab shells into a valuable industrial chemical called chitosan. A new SEC filing reveals $46.7

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Former Intellectual Ventures exec named CEO of startup destroying PFAS ‘forever chemicals’

GeekWire

Aquagga Photo) After five years, four in-the-field clean-up demos, and more than a dozen lab tests, the “forever chemical” destruction startup Aquagga is ready to commercialize its technology with a new CEO at the helm. The long-lived chemicals are able to escape from products and now contaminate drinking water nationwide.

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