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"<p>For the first time, scientists have created a global inventory that lists more than 350,000 chemicals and mixtures of chemicals registered for commercial production and use, up to three times as many as is commonly estimated (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b06379). This inventory can help researchers track compounds that are expected to be volatile, persistent, or capable of long-range transport, which is important for building a picture of global chemical safety, says Cynthia de Wit, an analytical chemist at Stockholm University. “Because we live in a global economy, we really require a global framework,” says de Wit, who was not involved in creating the database. Previous research studies to grasp the effects of certain chemicals on ecosystems and human health have relied mainly on inventories from the US, Canada, and western Europe that total around 100,000 substances. “While these countries dominated chemical production in the early 2000s, their market</p>"
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