The Food and Drug Administration today announced that it will embark on a thorough scientific assessment of the health significance of very low levels of furan -- a chemical that is produced through ...

This research investigates the presence of furan fatty acids in the latex of 48 Hevea brasiliensis genotypes, revealing significant variability and potential health benefits. The findings suggest new ...

Shedding light on how the carcinogen furan forms in foods, scientists have opened up possible solutions to tackle this potential problem for the food industry. Furan, a colourless, volatile liquid ...

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) detects ‘no significant change or discernible trends’ across many food categories for process contaminants acrylamide and furan. The report looked at acrylamide and ...

"Preparing a coffee in a drip coffee maker is not the same as making one in an espresso machine or from capsules, because these give rise to differing levels of furan", Javier Santos, a professor at ...

The presence of toxic furans in infant foods such as ready-to-eat jarred or canned foods could pose a health risk, with regulators mentioning long-term liver damage as one possibility. In its latest ...

Exposure to furan, a chemical present in agricultural products, stabilizers, pharmaceuticals, and heat-processed foods, shows a significant positive correlation with the prevalence and respiratory ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has said it will embark on a thorough scientific assessment of the health significance of very low levels of furan, a chemical that is produced through the heating ...

To many consumers, the ubiquitous plastic beverage bottle is an environmental zero. It's made of nonrenewable fossil resources, holds a low-value product, is used only once, and often ends up in a ...

A highlight of this synthesis is the use of a highly efficient FIC for the formation of a 6-membered ring with stereoselective construction of a tetra-substituted carbon center. The furan ring in 20 ...