styrene oxide is even more harmful. Rapid metabolization is therefore crucial. "In some microorganisms as well as in the human body, the epoxide formed by this process usually undergoes ...

Golovko says the team's experiments showed 27% of the styrene can be converted to epoxide using the gold nanoparticle catalyst. He says the aim is to have a higher rate of converstion with no by ...

Should you use styrene, which might have serious -- though unconfirmed -- side effects in the form of cancer, or should you use epoxy products, which has less serious but well-documented side ...

WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX) - Styrene, a toxic flammable chemical leaking from a railyard in western Hamilton County is widely used to make plastics and rubber. Those products are used to ...

CLEVES, Ohio — A rail car in the Cleves and Whitewater Township area began leaking styrene on Tuesday, prompting evacuations and the closure of roads and businesses in the area amid safety concerns.

WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Neighbors in Whitewater Township and surrounding areas were able to get some questions answered on Tuesday night, one week after a styrene leak forced them to ...

In this reaction, an oxygen atom attacks the alkene's double bond to produce three major products: benzaldehyde, styrene oxide (an epoxide with a triangular arrangement of two carbon atoms and one ...