This research could represent the first documented case of paracetamol production from plastic waste using E. coli bacteria.

This 17-Year-Old Scientist Is Making an Acetaminophen Alternative That Is Less Damaging to the Liver Chloe Yehwon Lee’s research could change the painkiller, known by the brand name Tylenol, for ...

The popular pain-killing drug paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen, has always been made from chemicals derived from environmentally damaging coal tar or crude oil. Now researchers have ...

Paracetamol poisoning is the most significant cause of acute liver failure in the Western world and accounts for most drug overdoses in the US, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.

Paracetamol first appeared commercially in 1950 in the US. Its painkilling properties were discovered by accident when a similar molecule was added to a patient’s prescription about a century ago, The ...

Bangladesh authorities have found traces of a toxic chemical in a paracetamol syrup produced by a local drug firm that is suspected to have killed at least 25 children in the past few weeks. &quot ...

Both p-hydroxybenzoate and acetaminophen take relatively simple forms, with the latter manifesting as a six-carbon benzene ring with two smaller chemical groups attached.