ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY EDITORIAL
November 1969, Vol. 41, No. 13 Editor:
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he ACS Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs has recently issued an important report "Cleaning Our Environment— The Chemical Basis for Action." A summary of the report and its 73 recommendations has been published in C&EN, September 8, 1969, p. 58. The recommendations are divided into four categories: The Air Environment, with 33 recommendations ; The Water Environment, with 23 recommendations; Solid Wastes, with 9 recommendations; and Pesticides in the Environment, with 8 recommendations. Of these categories, four in the air environment category and two in the water environment category are specifically directed to research in analytical chemistry and instrumentation (see page 95A). In addition, three others, which are not specifically labeled analytical, are concerned, respectively, with development of analytical methods for specific compounds produced by biological degradation, the development of more adequate methods for the separation of minute amounts of pesticides from water and air, and instrumentation for measuring automotive emissions. The majority of the other recommendations have direct or indirect analytical components. These include such topics as systematic measurement of contaminant levels, rates of removal of specific contaminants, development of standards, enforcement of standards, study of pollutant emissions in developing new combustion processes, studies of effects of air pollution on human and vegetable life, and many others. Obviously, a great deal of analytical research and development will be involved in such projects. Both from the idealistic viewpoint of involvement in programs directly related to human welfare and from the materialistic viewpoint of research support, the report and its recommendations deserve careful study and consideration by analytical chemists. Indeed, if the recommended research and development programs are to be successful, intensive analytical work of high competence will be required both as a service function and as a research and development function in its own right.
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