AGRICULTURAL
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CONTROL CHEMICALS Collected Papers from the Symposia on Economic Poisons presented before the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry of the American Chemical Society at the 115th national meeting in San Francisco, March 28 to April 1, 1949, and the 116th national meeting in Atlantic City, September 18 to 23, 1949
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INTRODUCTION
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T h e g r o w t h i n t h e n u m b e r of s y m p o s i a presented a t meetings of the A M E R I C A N C H E M I C A L S O C I E T Y has been r a p i d i n t h e last several years. T h e i m p o r t a n c e of these s y m p o s i a is w i d e l y recognized. T h e y p r o v i d e o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o r e v i e w a n d e v a l u a t e scientific a n d technological a d v a n c e m e n t s a t periodic i n t e r v a l s . I n a n e r a w h e n research is e x p a n d i n g a t a r a p i d rate a n d scientists a n d technologists are finding i t i n c r e a s i n g l y difficult t o keep abreast w i t h even a s m a l l p o r t i o n of the p u b l i s h e d l i t e r a t u r e , periodic s y m p o s i a p e r f o r m a m o s t useful purpose. O c c a s i o n a l l y , however, s y m p o s i a are of s u c h h i g h l y specialized n a t u r e t h a t o n l y a r e l a t i v e l y s m a l l percentage of the readers of a n y one of the established A . C . S . j o u r n a l s w o u l d be served b y j o u r n a l p u b l i c a t i o n . T h e p r o b l e m s of p u b l i s h i n g such s y m p o s i a i n t h e i r e n t i r e t y i n the regular j o u r n a l s are increasing, p a r t i c u l a r l y so w h e n t h e d e m a n d continues u n a b a t e d f o r e d i t o r i a l pages t o report the results of o r i g i n a l research. N o t i n f r e q u e n t l y , too, s y m p o s i a c o n t a i n a large n u m b e r of papers t h a t d o n o t f a l l w i t h i n t h e e d i t o r i a l scope of t h e established A . C . S . p u b l i c a t i o n s . I n these instances m a n y papers are released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n elsewhere, a n d m a n y m a y n o t appear i n p r i n t i n a n y established j o u r n a l . T o satisfy t h e obvious need of p r o v i d i n g a m e d i u m f o r t h e p u b l i c a t i o n of h i g h l y specialized s y m p o s i a i n t h e i r e n t i r e t y , the editors of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, a n d Chemical and Engineering News proposed t o the B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s of t h e A M E R I C A N C H E M I C A L S O C I E T Y t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of a n A D V A N C E S
IN C H E M I S T R Y S E R I E S . P e r m i s s i o n w a s r e a d i l y received f r o m t h e B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s o n J u n e 4, 1949. T h e v o l u m e s of A D V A N C E S I N C H E M I S T R Y S E R I E S w i l l be n u m b e r e d
consecutively. I t is expected t h a t t h e A D V A N C E S I N C H E M I S T R Y S E R I E S w i l l be recognized as a n i n t e g r a l p a r t of t h e p e r m a n e n t l i t e r a t u r e , a n d w i l l be covered b y the a b s t r a c t j o u r n a l s . N u m b e r one of A D V A N C E S I N C H E M I S T R Y S E R I E S ,
"Agricultural
C o n t r o l C h e m i c a l s / ' i s a c o l l e c t i o n of papers f r o m t h e S y m p o s i a o n E c o n o m i c Poisons, organized u n d e r t h e c h a i r m a n s h i p of J . L . S t .
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John and presented before the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry of the A M E R I C A N C H E M I C A L S O C I E T Y at the spring 1 9 4 9 meeting of the A M E R I C A N C H E M I C A L S O C I E T Y in San Francisco and the
fall meeting in Atlantic C i t y . This first number is a perfect illustration of the desirability of establishing a special medium for the publication of certain symposia presented at A M E R I C A N C H E M I C A L S O C I E T Y meetings. Only a relatively small percentage of the papers can be said to be strictly chemical i n nature. M a n y deal with such subjects as the toxicological effects of economic poisons, public health aspects, etc. Only through the establishment of the A D V A N C E S I N C H E M I S T R Y S E R I E S was it possible
to present the symposia in their entirety.
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In introducing this series we are highly optimistic in our belief that it will help to solve at least some of the present publication problems facing the A M E R I C A N C H E M I C A L S O C I E T Y .
WALTER J. MURPHY
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