Notable numbers of 2024

107 of 360 Number of fluorinated drugs that may be subject to future restrictions. This summer the anti-HIV medication lenacapavir showed a 100% success rate in Phase 3 clinical trials. But under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s broadened definition of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the drug could be classified as a member of the PFAS family and subject to restrictions. Lenacapavir is one of the 107 of 360 fluorine-containing small-molecule drugs that fit the new definition. $91 billion Value of metals in electronic waste. There’s no question that the world has a trash problem. E-waste is no exception . The 2024 Global E-waste Monitor , published by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, found that the monetary value of the metals contained in global e-waste amounted to $91 billion. 12,000 Number of wind turbines decommissioned annually. In September, the US Department of Energy announced the