Persistence and mobility (defined as organic‑carbon partitioning) do not correlate to the detection of substances found in surface and groundwater: Criticism of the regulatory concept of persistent and mobile substances

Dec 28, 2022

The Chemical Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) includes actions to ensure the protection of drinking water resources from chemical pollution. To proactively identify potential pollutants, the German Environment Agency (UBA) proposed the Persistent and Mobile (PM)...

A Mapping of Technology Options for Sustainable Energies and Powertrains for Road Transport

Dec 21, 2022

In December 2022, the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) adopted during its plenary meeting a new document entitled “A Mapping of Technology Options for Sustainable Energies and Powertrains for Road Transport – Towards Electrification and...

Modeling the GCxGC elution patterns of a hydrocarbon structure library to innovate environmental risk assessments of petroleum substances

Dec 7, 2022

Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GCxGC) offers unrivaled separation of petroleum substances, which can contain thousands of constituents or more. However, interpreting substance compositions from GCxGC data is costly and requires expertise. To...

Future diesel-like renewable fuels – A literature review

Dec 6, 2022

Report no. 18/22: IFP Energies Nouvelles was commissioned by Concawe to identify novel sustainable liquid fuels pathways by 2030 for heavy duty trucks applications. The study consists of an extensive literature review to address three main topics: (1) the overall fuel...

Lack of human-relevant adversity of MOSH retained in tissues: Analysis of adversity and implications for regulatory assessment

Dec 1, 2022

Mineral oils (food grade white oil or liquid paraffin) have historically been safely used in a number of sensitive end-uses, including pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food. Recent concern that certain mineral hydrocarbons (branched and cyclo-alkanes) may accumulate in...