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Copyright © 2006 American Chemical Society
September 18, 2006 Cover
Volume 84, Issue 38
COVER: Headquarters of FDA'spredecessor, the Bureau ofChemistry, in 1899. Chief ChemistHarvey W. Wiley, with a top hat,stands on the right.
Volume 84, Issue 38
FDA CENTENNIAL
Agency has come a long way in its first century, but serious challenges remain
COVER: Headquarters of FDA'spredecessor, the Bureau ofChemistry, in 1899. Chief ChemistHarvey W. Wiley, with a top hat,stands on the right.
Credit: FDA HistoryOffice
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September 18, 2006 Issue
Volume 84, Issue 38
September 18, 2006 Issue, Vol. 84 | Iss. 38
Agency has come a long way in its first century, but serious challenges remain
(pp. 15-20)
Features
Career & Employment
Uptick in the job market for chemists in 2006 and a routine salary boost for those with jobs (pp. 42-51)
News of the Week
Spotlight On Service
Chemists at society's national meeting focus on making the world a better place
(p.9)Investors Buy Emission Credits
Purchase gets brokers involved in global warming gas cuts in a big way
(p.10)New Trigger For Regulation
EPA proposal would relax rules for emission control from modified facilities
(p.10)GE Silicones Sold
Firm will sell its Advanced Materials unit to Apollo Management for $3.8 billion
(p.11)Fruitful Phosphirenes
Polythiophenes with organophosphorus spacers could boost optoelectronic materials
(p.12)Damage Control
Combination of carbon nanofibers and stem cells can regenerate lost neurons in rats
(p.14)Microbes Live Near Undersea CO2 Lake
Discovery of unusual microbial ecosystem has astrobiological implications
(p.14)Plumbing The Mystery Of Cigar Breath
Identification of strongest-smelling compounds could lead to breath fresheners
(p.93)Departments
Business
Distinguished by private equity roots, Rockwood takes a fresh approach to managing businesses
(pp. 23-24)
International vitamin producers face up to fierce Chinese competition
(pp. 25-26)Concentrates
(pp. 21-22)
(pp. 21-22)- DSM invests in engineering plastics
- Dow Corning, Wacker launch China project
- DuPont seeks titanium process
- Degussa sells Oxxynova ...
- ... and advances China project
- Dow launches water business
- DSM invests in personal care
- BASF opens OLEDs lab
- Eastman ups acetate tow
- Eliokem gets a new owner
- Daiichi sells nondrug units
- Pliva suitors up the ante
- Ligand divests product lines
- Shipments rise in July
- Curis launches Chinese labs
- BUSINESS ROUNDUP
ACS News
Editors aim to strengthen their interactions with a country that is a top generator of submissions
(p.35)
Government & Policy
Agency has come a long way in its first century, but serious challenges remain
(pp. 15-20)
Science lab modules queue up as Atlantis delivers key elements to the International Space Station
(p.28)
Embryonic stem cell scientists are on roller coaster of funding, research highs and lows
(p.29)
Science & Technology
At 20th Protein Society symposium, researchers show how to poke, perturb, and redesign proteins
(pp. 31-33)Career & Employment
Uptick in the job market for chemists in 2006 and a routine salary boost for those with jobs
(pp. 42-51)