
March 21, 2016 Cover
Volume 94, Issue 12
COVER: Light pollution can be counted among the other emissions from chemical complexes in and around Mossville, La.
Volume 94, Issue 12
As Sasol’s huge petrochemical project lifts Southwest Louisiana, an environmental justice community dissolves in its shadow
COVER: Light pollution can be counted among the other emissions from chemical complexes in and around Mossville, La.
Credit: William Widmer
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March 21, 2016 Issue
Volume 94, Issue 12
March 21, 2016 Issue, Vol. 94 | Iss. 12
As Sasol’s huge petrochemical project lifts Southwest Louisiana, an environmental justice community dissolves in its shadow
(pp. 33-45)
Features

Science & Technology
Cutting phosphorus pollution makes lakes clear again, but some experts are calling for nitrogen cuts too (pp. 21-23)

Business
A surge in craft beers gives rise to a niche market for analytical chemistry (pp. 24-25)
Cover Story: Mossville’s end
An oral history project aims to preserve Mossville
Sasol underwrites a “huge” endeavor at Louisiana State University
(p.41)News of the Week
San Diego hosts ACS national meeting
Society selects its candidates for 2017 President-Elect
(p.5)ACS Meeting News: Caged enzymes for bioremediation
Vault particles could protect pollutant-degrading proteins
(p.6)ACS Meeting News: Cesium atom coordinates with 16 fluorine atoms in record-setting complex
Cesium bis(perfluorotriphenylborane)amide salt maxes out number of possible bonds
(p.6)ACS Meeting News: Chemists unveil ‘truly sustainable’ polymers
New method combines a biobased monomer and metal-free catalyst to make recyclable polyesters
(p.7)ACS Meeting News: How nature grows the tough biomineral that makes up seashells and animal claws
Scanning probe study identifies the surface-chemistry-driven process that likely forms calcite
(p.8)ACS Meeting News: Green carboxylation could convert biomass to plastic
Process uses CO2 to synthesize plastic monomer in a relatively energy-efficient manner
(p.9)ACS Meeting News: Mixing device lets researchers measure reactions as fast as 1 microsecond
Ultrafast mixing and nanoelectrospray allow observation of reaction times as fast as one microsecond
(p.10)ACS Meeting News: National Academies report calls for improved chemistry communication with the public
Panel recommends strategies for sharing chemistry outside of school
(p.10)DiCE debuts with major Sanofi pact
Company’s technology enables small molecules to disrupt protein-protein interactions
(p.14)Program gives start-ups national lab access
Awards to 33 small businesses will help develop, validate clean energy technologies
(p.14)BASF and Avantium join for biopolyester
Partnership could challenge technology from DuPont and ADM
(p.15)Fine chemical makers invest
New York City’s DCAT meeting is venue for numerous announcements
(p.15)Food & Drug Administration clears way for gene-altered mosquito
Oxitec moves closer to releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida field trial to fight the Zika virus
(p.18)GMO food labeling bill stalls in the U.S. Senate
Measure that would have voided state labeling rules fails to garner enough support, but could come up again later this year
(p.18)Departments
Business
A surge in craft beers gives rise to a niche market for analytical chemistry
(pp. 24-25)
German chemical giant is capitalizing on the output of its anniversary brainstorming sessions
(p.31)
As Sasol’s huge petrochemical project lifts Southwest Louisiana, an environmental justice community dissolves in its shadow
(pp. 33-45)
Sasol underwrites a “huge” endeavor at Louisiana State University
(p.41)
利用母公司在炼油领域的经验,这家韩国定制药物制造商引导它的客户接受连续工艺。
(pp. 28-29)Concentrates
(pp. 16-17)

- Chemical deals to surge
- Ineos begins shipping U.S. ethane to Europe
- Ube plans more battery electrolyte
- Total follows BASF into Iran
- Solazyme shifts to specialty food
- Deinove and Arbiom target forestry waste
- 3M debuts R&D laboratory …
- … As Asahi Kasei centralizes R&D
- Cabot and DuPont name executives
- Roche and Blueprint pursue immunotherapy
- Group challenges Pfizer patent
- Shire takes on an ex-Cubist site
- Roundup
ACS News
Science & Technology
Cutting phosphorus pollution makes lakes clear again, but some experts are calling for nitrogen cuts too
(pp. 21-23)
The synthetic biology pioneer discusses how she reprogrammed yeast to produce opioids.
(pp. 26-27)
减少磷污染使得湖水重新洁净,但一些专家呼吁同時要减少氮污染
(pp. 21-23)