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November 25, 2019 Cover

Volume 97, Issue 46

Outdoor emissions have long been scrutinized. Now atmospheric chemists want to measure the chemicals we breathe in the space where we spend most of our time

Cover image:Outdoor emissions have long been scrutinized. Now atmospheric chemists are moving indoors to analyze chemicals in the air we breathe 

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Quote of the Week

“Why do we want to make products that never ever ever break down?”

Linda Birnbaum, recently retired director, National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences

Pollution

Outsourcing

The surge continues in pharmaceutical services

Another year of profitability and growth investment marked the sector’s annual CPhI convention
Instrumentation

Help for helium users is on the way

Scientists who depend on the rare element can expect a huge increase in supplies in the next 5 years, but geopolitical risks mean interruptions could occur at any time
Research Funding

Noni Byrnes wants to bring more transparency to grant review at the NIH

Byrnes uses her analytical chemistry background to make sure the peer review system is fair and open
Environment

Periodic Graphics: Suppressing wildfires with chemistry

Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning answers questions about Phos-Chek, a fire retardant used to stop forest blazes