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Volume 88, Issue 20
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Volume 88, Issue 20
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Concerns over the cancer-causing potential of commonly used skin and hair care components dog cosmetic ingredient makers
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May 17, 2010 Issue
Volume 88, Issue 20
May 17, 2010 Issue, Vol. 88 | Iss. 20
Concerns over the cancer-causing potential of commonly used skin and hair care components dog cosmetic ingredient makers
(pp. 13-16)
Features
Science & Technology
Response teams use multiple techniques, including a new one, to try to protect coastal wetlands (pp. 36-37)
News of the Week
Busy Week Of Oil Investigations
BP Spill: Congress, administration investigate, respond to gulf disaster
(p.9)Cap-And-Trade Bill Introduced
Climate Change: Kerry, Lieberman bill is released after months of delay
(p.10)Predicting Drugs' Harm To Kidneys
Drug Safety: Biomarkers in urine can better predict injurious effects of drug candidates
(p.10)Losses Ease At Japanese Firms
Annual Results: Most chemical makers feel less pain, but Shin‑Etsu's profits plummet
(p.11)Enzymologists Share Welch Award
Honors: 2010 prize goes to MIT's JoAnne Stubbe and Harvard's Christopher T. Walsh
(p.12)House Halts Vote On Science Bill
Politics: Parliamentary maneuvers delay vote on America Competes reauthorization bill
(p.12)Departments
Business
Rising consumer spending and inventory restocking boost results in first quarter
(pp. 19-21)
Compared with last year, first-quarter sales grew faster, despite the initial impact of health care reform
(pp. 22-23)Concentrates
(pp. 17-18)
(pp. 17-18)- Takeda, Pfizer Set Layoffs
- Lanxess, TSRC Link For Nitrile Rubber
- BASF Readies More Methanesulfonic Acid
- PVS Picks PPG Site For Iron Salts Plant
- Croda Sells German Oleochemical Plant
- Toray, Airbus Sign Big Carbon Fiber Deal
- Italy’s COIM Plans U.S. Plant Expansion
- American Peptide Hikes Output
- Ferro To Close Dutch Dielectric Facility
- Valero Signs Biofuels Pact With Algenol
- GSK Buying Stake In Korean Drug Company
- Genzyme Will Shed Three Noncore Units
- Abbott Grows In Emerging Markets
- Gates Foundation Awards More Grants
- Busuness Roundup
ACS News
Government & Policy
Government, independent networks aim to enhance public understanding of science, technology impacts
(pp. 25-26)
Study finds that reducing pollution might remove aerosols previously thought to be part of the natural background
(p.28)
APRA-E releases second round of grants, providing
$106 million for 37 advanced technology energy projects
(p.27)Books
The tragic and extraordinary story of the first human cells to be cultured outside the body
(pp. 38-39)
Science & Technology
Concerns over the cancer-causing potential of commonly used skin and hair care components dog cosmetic ingredient makers
(pp. 13-16)
Chemistry and culture collide in the coining of namesake reactions
(pp. 31-33)
Middle and high school students win big at organization's national science bowl and fair
Web Exclusive
Annual meeting of black chemists and chemical engineers features host of role models and pioneers
(pp. 34-35)
Response teams use multiple techniques, including a new one, to try to protect coastal wetlands
(pp. 36-37)