An odd substance took a short field trip near Geneva, Switzerland, on March 24. Scientists at the European Organization for ...

Health officials are warning that the practice of chroming – inhaling solvents or other household chemicals – can have irreversible impacts on vital organs, including the brain. The warning comes ...

A box the size of a filing cabinet was lifted by crane, slowly moved and placed very carefully in the back of an unassuming lorry earlier this week. What looked like a casual drive around the Cern ...

Drugs such as cocaine and cannabis are seldom out of the headlines, but it is rare to read about another class of drugs - volatile substances. Volatile substances cover a range of gases and chemicals ...

Of the nine volatile substance abuse deaths in under-18 year olds in 2003, six were associated with butane cigarette lighter refills, the sale of which to under-18s is prohibited by legislation. In ...

RECENTLY, we experienced difficulties with the automatic analysis by gas chromatography of a process stream consisting of a liquid mixture of organic chemicals. These arose because traces of ...