In 2018, Levi Strauss & Co. took a major step forward in chemical management when it launched Project F.L.X., a future-led ...

Manganese metal looks like, uh, nothing special. A shiny metal. But some of the chemical compounds that contain the element are very special. One, potassium permanganate may have been the inspiration ...

ALTHOUGH potassium permanganate is commonly employed as a disinfectant and deodorant and for local application in the treatment of dermatitis, fatal poisoning from its use is rare. As evidence of this ...

Fireworks usually include gunpowder, but a hobbyist has made this rather impressive bang using potassium permanganate in lieu of the more traditional ingredient. Permanganate is a purple crystal which ...

CAPE TOWN - The National Poisons Information Helpline reports that it’s received more than 1,000 potassium permanganate-related calls between 2015 and 2023. The purple-coloured chemical, more commonly ...

Swift Current’s drinking water is once again safe and ready for the upcoming year. Keegan Story, manager of environmental ...

The Town of Onoway in central Alberta is apologizing to its 1,000 residents after drinking water from taps started running bright pink. Complaints about strange fuchsia-coloured water started pouring ...