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Copyright © 2012 American Chemical Society
October 29, 2012 Cover
Volume 90, Issue 44
Volume 90, Issue 44
Flame-retardant chemicals ignite a debate over safety, efficacy, and fire-safety standards
Credit: William Schulz/C&EN
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October 29, 2012 Issue
Volume 90, Issue 44
October 29, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 44
Flame-retardant chemicals ignite a debate over safety, efficacy, and fire-safety standards
(p.27)
Features
Business
CPhI attendees find strength in pharmaceuticals and promise in other fine chemicals markets (pp. 13-15)
Cover Story: Fighting Fires
A Polymeric Solution For A Bromine Problem
Firms hope that polymeric materials will put to rest uncertainty over brominated flame retardants
(pp. 39-41)EPA Targets Flame Retardants
Agency scrutinizes chemicals over concerns about health and environmental effects
(pp. 34-37)Ablaze Over Furniture Fires
Fire-safety scientists are outraged by a chemist’s campaign against flame-retardant chemicals
(pp. 28-33)News of the Week
Dow And DuPont Unveil Job, Plant Cuts
Restructuring: Weak global markets force U.S. chemical titans to retrench
(p.7)Chemists Approach Elusive Breslow Intermediate
Quest: 'Carbene Chemistry’s Higgs' is important in biochemistry and catalysis
(p.8)Obama, Romney Meet For Final Debate
Politics: Economy, not foreign policy, dominates presidential face-off
(p.8)Algal Biofuels Not Ready For Scale-Up
Report finds shortcomings in present technology but cause for long-term optimism
(p.9)Cyclopentadienyl Ligands Go Chiral
Catalysis: Chemists tune workhorse ligands for stereoselective reactions
(p.9)An Advance In Directed Evolution
Synthetic Biology: Technique can now be carried out entirely in yeast
(p.10)Pfizer To Purchase ADHD Drug Maker NextWave
Acquisition will be an up to $700 million entry into the ADHD market
(p.10)Departments
Business
CEFIC’s departing president reflects on his term in office and his plans for the years ahead
(p.16)
CPhI attendees find strength in pharmaceuticals and promise in other fine chemicals markets
(pp. 13-15)
Firms hope that polymeric materials will put to rest uncertainty over brominated flame retardants
(pp. 39-41)
Government & Policy
High corn prices driven by drought, reduced yield, and biofuel demand trigger agency ethanol review
(pp. 18-19)
Agency scrutinizes chemicals over concerns about health and environmental effects
(pp. 34-37)
Fire-safety scientists are outraged by a chemist’s campaign against flame-retardant chemicals
(pp. 28-33)
Science & Technology
Partnership brings practices from industry to academia
(pp. 21-23)
Flame-retardant chemicals ignite a debate over safety, efficacy, and fire-safety standards
(p.27)