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VOLUME 90, NUMBER 6 FEBRUARY 6, 2012
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COVER STORY
CHEMICAL FORENSICS
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Scientists partner with Homeland Security to analyze toxic compounds, hoping to pinpoint the chemicals’ origins. PAGE 10 QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Health care is a funny label, because we are actually in a very dysfunctional ‘sickness care’ system.” G. STEVEN BURRILL, CEO, BURRILL & CO. PAGE 23
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G. STEVEN BURRILL
C&EN talks with the entrepreneur about the future of biotech and health care.
GOVERNMENT & POLICY CONCENTRATES TOXIC STANDINGS
Primary metals and chemical industries are heavy dioxin releasers, but ranking depends on amount and toxicity of congeners. 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF FASEB
Advocacy has become the primary role of the federation of scientific societies.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
NEWS OF THE WEEK EASTMAN BAGS SOLUTIA
Transaction valued at $4.7 billion will solidify Eastman’s standing as a chemicals giant.
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WITHHOLDING RESEARCH RESULTS
Work on H5N1 avian flu virus should be redacted for publication, federal advisory board says. UNDERSTANDING RESVERATROL
Research points to what may be the compound’s key metabolic pathway in animals.
Swirling currents gave hydrocarbon-eating microbes access to plumes, sped up oil removal. VOLATILE FROG PHEROMONES
Researchers find first chemical proof of airborne amphibian pheromones.
ACS NEWS
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Society committees update position statements and invite feedback from members.
FOURTH-QUARTER CHEMICAL RESULTS
U.S. companies saw drops in earnings at the end of 2011 but remain optimistic for 2012. MORE JOB CUTS AT ASTRAZENECA
Latest round will eliminate 7,300 positions, including some 2,200 in R&D. CHINA’S EXPORT VIOLATIONS
Export duties and quotas on raw materials violate current pacts, world trade panel rules. SILICON IN PRODUCTS FOR LESS
Iron could replace expensive metals in the making of commercially useful alkyl silanes. EASING PROTEIN DRUG DELIVERY
Protein nanoclusters could make it feasible to administer high doses by injection rather than by intravenous drip. FEDS BAR OJ
Government blocks some imports of orange juice containing fungicide that’s banned in the U.S.
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Year-old ACS program sends U.S. students to chemistry conferences abroad.
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BUSINESS CONCENTRATES BATTERY MAKERS RUN AHEAD
Factories are producing large-format lithium-ion batteries, but demand is slow to emerge. HYDROCHLORIC ACID SHORTAGE
Low supply of key commodity chemical forces consumers and producers to adjust.
ACS NATIONAL AWARDS 2012 WINNERS
Clark, Field, Hanessian, Kira, Power, Schaak, and Schepartz.
THE DEPARTMENTS
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COVER: Chemical samples are taken during a military training drill that simulates a chemical attack. Department of Defense
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