Organofluorides

They are found almost everywhere, threatening health and the environment, there are more than 14,000 of them, they were first used in 1940 and are found in food packaging, non-stick utensils, cosmetics, even in snow, soil, drinking water…

In food packaging, non-stick cookware, waterproof clothing, carpets, mattresses, cosmetics, electronics, even in drinking water, in food, rain, and soil… More than 10,000 are perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkylated substances (PFAS) – the so-called “permanent chemicals” – which can be found almost everywhere threatening health and the environment.

Large amounts of climate-warming refrigerant gases from China and Turkey are being smuggled illegally into Europe, undermining a global pact to phase them out, a report by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) said on Monday.

Η σεισμική δόνηση εντοπίστηκε στα 6,6 χιλιόμετρα βάθος

 The Minister of Health, Prof. Kostadin Angelov, issued an order banning the export of medical products that are included in the therapeutic schemes for the treatment of Covid-19 disease.

After China announced encouraging results with the drug Favipiravir, in the fight against the coronavirus, the spotlight turned to it. What do we know about this medicine so far?

A substance contained in liquids for e-cigarettes and hookahs will be included in the the drug list. This envisages a change in the Ordinance on the Procedure for Classification of Plants and Substances as Narcotic, proposed by the Ministry of Health.

A drug 800 times more potent that marijuana has been found in Serbia, the Interior Ministry has announced.

They identified the narcotic as synthetic cannabinoid 5F-MDMB-PINACA, the use of which can cause serious damage to human health.