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March 27, 2006 Cover
Volume 84, Issue 13
Volume 84, Issue 13
2006 PRIESTLEYMEDALIST
Former American Chemical Society president Paul S. Anderson served the pharmaceutical industry for nearly 40 years
Credit: Photo by Mitch Jacoby
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March 27, 2006 Issue
Volume 84, Issue 13
March 27, 2006 Issue, Vol. 84 | Iss. 13
Former American Chemical Society president Paul S. Anderson served the pharmaceutical industry for nearly 40 years
(pp. 13-16)
Features
Government & Policy
DHS secretary wants federal regulation of chemical industry security (p.7)
News of the Week
Chertoff Calls For Legislation
DHS secretary wants federal regulation of chemical industry security
(p.7)Air Products Restructures
Company acquires specialties firm, sells dinitrotoluene plant, and plans other sales
(p.8)Methane From Ancient Microbes
Evidence suggests the organisms lived much earlier than previously thought
(p.10)Warning Sounded On Fluoride
NRC report concludes high levels in water can cause adverse health effects
(p.11)Departments
Business
After false starts, cancer immunotherapies tiptoe toward commercialization
(pp. 23-27)
Taiwanese petrochemical industry grows despite land shortage, growing public pressure
(pp. 29-30)Concentrates
(pp. 20-21)
(pp. 20-21)- Lubrizol sells Noveon businesses
- Price-fixing probe under way
- Moody's puts heat on Ferro
- Chemical firms ace test on environment
- BASF plans capacity hikes
- Merck enters deals with Neuromed ...
- ... and with France's NicOx
- Schering-Plough signs with PTC
- Exelixis and Sankyo link up
- Arysta will buy BASF agchems
- Air Liquide adds China unit
- Chemical output slips
- FDA approves Monsanto plant
- Arkema ups H2O2 capacity
- Business Roundup
ACS News
ACS fellowship opportunities in Washington, D.C., immerse chemists in public policy process
(pp. 54-55)
Intensive planning, member input set direction of society for the future
(pp. 52-53)
Former American Chemical Society president Paul S. Anderson served the pharmaceutical industry for nearly 40 years
(pp. 13-16)Government & Policy
Reprocessing spent fuel would increase risk of nuclear weapons proliferation, critics charge
(pp. 34-36)Science & Technology
Mechanistic studies fill holes in understanding of various aspects of DNA replication
(pp. 40-42)
Polymers that inefficiently pack space adsorb significant quantities of hydrogen at 77 K
(pp. 43-44)
Cosmetics containing C60 nanoparticles are entering the market, even if their safety is unclear
(p.47)

