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The Government Chemist Programme Expert Group (GCPEG) plays a key role in the governance of the GC programme by providing the necessary independent scrutiny.

    Biossance’s new Squalane + BHA Pore-Minimizing Toner has dropped and it’s just the thing to get your complexion prepped for warmer weather. A refreshing blend of raw white willowbark (a natural form of betahydroxy acid), squalane and caviar lime, it’s made to balance oily skin types without stripping skin of its natural oils. L’Oréal Paris announces an upcoming collab with Elie Saab Photography via L’Oreal Paris This week, L’Oréal Paris announced an exciting new exclusive collaboration with designer Elie Saab coming this spring. Launching in June, the makeup collaboration ...

Our city’s wastewater will help scientists learn how to track COVID-19 cases through sewage in a new $12-million study. Ian Morgan is the Chief Chemist for the city’s Environment Division, and explains that a small amount of the virus shows up in sewage, so researchers are able to use it to detect COVID-19 spread in a community. “Wastewater can essentially detect asymptomatic, pre-symptomatic, and symptomatic infections, so it can kind of give you a head start of what’s going on in a community,” he says. While the idea of testing sewage for COVID-19 isn’t new–Morgan notes it’s...