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January 8, 2007 Issue

Volume 85, Issue 2
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January 8, 2007 Issue, Vol. 85 | Iss. 2

World Chemical Outlook

By William J. Storck, senior correspondent, and Alexander H. Tullo, senior editor, in New Jersey; Patricia L. Short, senior correspondent, in London, and Jean-François Tremblay, senior correspondent, in Hong Kong.
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Features
Government & Policy

The Future Of U.S. Chemical Regulation

Two views on whether current law overseeing commercial chemicals in the U.S. is tough enough (pp. 34-38)
Science & Technology

Saving Shipwrecks

Electrochemical and spectroscopic methods help conserve historic metal artifacts (pp. 45-47)
Back Issues
 

News of the Week

Methane Lakes On Titan

Cassini spacecraft finds long-predicted bodies of liquid
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Nanotubes Functionalized Controllably

Method relies on electochemistry, conductance
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Nonprofit Links To R&D Website

Rockefeller Foundation looks for innovation via InnoCentive
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Debut Of Prion-Free Cattle

Engineered calves may be immune to mad cow disease
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Knighthood For Stoddart

British chemist will be honored for services to chemistry and molecular nanotechnology
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Another Offer To Clean Up Bhopal

Indian conglomerate proposes to restore infamous site
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Biotechs Target Small Molecules

Amgen, Genentech snatch early-stage drugs
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Departments

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Business

Changes In Nansha

Village Residents Object To Pollution, But Not To Impending Move
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Lonza Grows Roots In South China

Swiss company is setting up the largest foreign-owned drug ingredients plant in China
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World Chemical Outlook

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Treating A Diabetes Epidemic

New treatments for type 2 diabetes are seen as boon to patients and drugmakers
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ACS News

Using The Web To Leverage Content Delivered At Our National Meetings

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Obituaries

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Government & Policy

Data Access

EPA's Web-Based Portal And Data Are Hard To Use
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HPV Information System

Database Helps In Ways Never Envisioned By Industry, EPA
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No End in Sight

Completion of effort to make data on high-production-volume chemicals publicly available remains elusive
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The Economy, Demographics, And Jobs

The new economy, the leveling off of working-age adults, and the upsurge in new graduates will impinge on the future job market
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The Future Of U.S. Chemical Regulation

Two views on whether current law overseeing commercial chemicals in the U.S. is tough enough
(pp. 34-38)
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Science & Technology

Saving Shipwrecks

Electrochemical and spectroscopic methods help conserve historic metal artifacts
(pp. 45-47)

Meeting Briefs

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Newscripts

Newscripts

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Editor's Page

The Future Of Chemicals

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Letters