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Experimental Nuclear Physics
CNN
Makeup may contain potentially toxic chemicals called PFAS, study finds
June 15, 2021
"We found fluorine as a surrogate for PFAS was in all sorts of cosmetics. We didn't expect almost every cosmetic to light up like it did," said study author Graham Peaslee, a professor of physics, chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame.
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Experimental Nuclear Physics
The Washington Post
Senate bill would ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in makeup, which new study found are often unlabeled
June 15, 2021
“We were shocked to see how much is in some of these products,” said Graham Peaslee, a professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame and the principal investigator on the study, which was published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters.
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Experimental Nuclear Physics
Newsweek
More Than Half of Cosmetics Used in U.S. and Canada Contain Cancerous Chemicals, Study Shows
June 15, 2021
More than half of cosmetics products sold and used in the U.S. and Canada contain cancerous chemicals, according to a new study released by the University of Notre Dame.
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Experimental Nuclear Physics
Associated Press
Study: Half of US cosmetics contain toxic chemicals
June 15, 2021
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame tested more than 230 commonly used cosmetics and found that 56% of foundations and eye products, 48% of lip products and 47% of mascaras contained fluorine — an indicator of PFAS, so-called “forever chemicals” that are used in nonstick frying pans, rugs and countless other consumer products.
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Experimental Nuclear Physics
Fox News
Makeup products may contain potentially toxic PFAS chemicals, study warns
June 15, 2021
"Lipstick wearers may inadvertently eat several pounds of lipstick in their lifetimes," Graham Peaslee, study senior author and professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, said in a news release.
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Experimental Nuclear Physics
The Washington Post
Professor: Why I teach the much-debated 1619 Project — despite its flaws
June 14, 2021
In this post, John Duffy, professor of English and faculty fellow of the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame, explains why he teaches the 1619 Project to students — despite its flaws.
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English
The Telegraph
‘Disagreeable’ men who avoid housework are bigger earners, study finds
June 13, 2021
The research was conducted by Dr. Brittany Solomon, assistant professor of management and organisation at the University of Notre Dame in the United States, and colleagues.
The Irish Times
Small World: Ireland, 1798-2018 by Seamus Deane – A magnificent volume
June 12, 2021
The leading Irish public intellectual had gone 80 and was retired from his professorship in Irish studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Religion News Service
What Catholic bishops are actually saying about denying Communion to politicians
June 11, 2021
This situation has a formal name in Catholicism: “scandal” — when “people who are representatives of the church engage in activities that mislead other people … as to what the church believes,” explained William Mattison, who teaches theology at the University of Notre Dame.
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Theology
Daily Mail
'Disagreeable' married men who don't help out around the house get paid MORE than husbands who play a bigger role on the domestic chores front, study finds
June 11, 2021
The research was conducted by Dr Brittany Solomon, assistant professor of management and organisation at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, and colleagues.
America
Biden and abortion could change the bishops’ culture of consensus at next week’s USCCB meeting
June 10, 2021
Kathleen Sprows Cummings, the director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, said she is unsure what drafting such a document would accomplish beyond “pushing people farther away from the church.”
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American Studies