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Volume 92, Issue 37
COVER: ChicoBag CEO Andy Keller as the Bag Monster, a character meant to raise awareness of plastic bag waste.
Volume 92, Issue 37
Plastic bag makers and environmental activists fight over the future of the shopping bag—and perhaps the plastics industry itself
COVER: ChicoBag CEO Andy Keller as the Bag Monster, a character meant to raise awareness of plastic bag waste.
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September 15, 2014 Issue
Volume 92, Issue 37
September 15, 2014 Issue, Vol. 92 | Iss. 37
Plastic bag makers and environmental activists fight over the future of the shopping bag—and perhaps the plastics industry itself
(pp. 12-17)
Features
Government & Policy
State Department’s Biosecurity Engagement Program manager works to combat bioterrorism (p.27)
Science & Technology
ACS Meeting News: New materials are needed to bolster America’s manufacturing portfolio (pp. 32-34)
News of the Week
Syngenta Stands Firm On Neonicotinoids
Pesticides: Manufacturer seeks to expand uses of thiamethoxam as pressure against chemical mounts
(p.7)Copying Nature’s Assembly Line
Organic Synthesis: Successive homologation reactions let chemists tailor carbon chain’s conformation
(p.8)FMC Changes Course
Strategy: Chemical maker won’t split apart, will buy Cheminova instead
(p.8)American Chemical Society Appoints New Editor-In-Chief For C&EN
ACS News: Bibiana Campos-Seijo will take up her new role in December
(p.9)Newfound Enzyme Could Aid Synthesis
Enzymology: Halogenase chlorinates unactivated aliphatic carbons in non-protein-linked substrates
(p.9)Piramal Drops Drug Discovery
Pharmaceuticals: Risks and regulations convince the Indian company to reallocate resources
(p.10)Synthetic Platelets Boost Clotting
Materials Science: Deformable microgels mimic natural platelets
(p.10)Bacteria In Water Monitored Nonstop
Bioanalysis: Device could serve as early warning system
(p.11)Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Taking Effect
More than half of covered sites have security plans approved; 104 sites have opted to reduce risk instead
(p.11)Departments
Business
Agriculture industry seizes on beneficial fungi and bacteria to help thwart disease and increase productivity
(pp. 23-25)
Ex-Pfizer staffers laid off by the pharma giant ride the roller coaster of running their own companies
(pp. 20-22)
Plastic bag makers and environmental activists fight over the future of the shopping bag—and perhaps the plastics industry itself
(pp. 12-17)Concentrates
(pp. 18-19)
(pp. 18-19)- KiOR Leaders Trade Allegations
- Eastman Will Buy Amines Maker Taminco
- Solar Plant Tests New Transfer Fluid
- $3 Billion Fertilizer Project Planned
- Braskem Joins Pact Pursuing Bioisoprene
- Huntsman Wins Okay For Pigment Purchase
- Liquid Light Funds CO2-Based Chemicals
- Dow Reconfigures At The Top
- Virent Will Expand With Help From Coke
- Bayer To Spend Big On U.S. Crop Science
- Hyperion Drops Drug After Fraud
- BASF Faces Lawsuit Over Asbestos
- Flex Pharma Seals Financing
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Public outreach event is part of Chinese Chemical Society conference
(pp. 39-40)
Government & Policy
State Department’s Biosecurity Engagement Program manager works to combat bioterrorism
(p.27)
Science & Technology
ACS Meeting News: New materials are needed to bolster America’s manufacturing portfolio
(pp. 32-34)Concentrates(pp. 28-29)
(pp. 28-29)- Microscopy Technique Might Detect When Banked Blood Goes Bad
- Expanding The Capabilities Of Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy
- Collecting Water Cactus-style
- Quick Method For 18F Labeling
- Hot Particles For Graphene Nanopores
- Germanium Nanowires Made Simply
- Precision Drilling With Lasers
- Revealing Surface Siloxane Structure With Silicon-29 NMR
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