The consumer realizes how this odd ingredient has existed in soda cans for years yet no one has known its purpose.

A group of House Democrats are calling on the EPA to lead a task force to monitor the air, water, and soil in Los Angeles ...

Bromine was first identified as a chemical element in 1826 by French chemist Antoine Balard. He isolated it from chlorine and found that, in its elemental form, bromine is a highly volatile, ...

When chlorine (as a gas or dissolved in water) is added to sodium bromide solution, the chlorine takes the place of the bromine. Because chlorine is more reactive than bromine, it displaces ...

Out of 203 products tested, 20 had high levels of the chemical bromine. Of those, about 85% of products contained flame retardant chemicals with known carcinogenic effects. The products with the ...

This table summarises some of the properties and uses of three halogens: ...