Service in ACS national offices: Committee on Committees, 2019–21; Committee on Divisional Activities, 2016–18, 2013–18, chair; Committee on Strategic Planning, 2016–18; Council Policy Committee, (nonvoting), 2016–18; Strategic Planning Committee, 2016–18; ACS Safety Special Planning Session, 2017; Advisory Board, Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 2003–.
by Rodney M. Bennett | September 10, 2021
Honors: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety, Howard Fawcett Chemical Health Award, 2016; ACS Santa Clara Valley Section, Shirley B. Radding Award, 2014; ACS Fellow, 2012; ACS California Section, Walter B. Petersen Award, 2010; ACS Rochester Section, Rochester Section Award, 1991; Elan Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Sciences Excellence Award, 2009; Kodak Research Labs, Gold Team Achievement Award, 1992; National Institutes of Health, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1977–79; Phi Beta Kappa, 1971; Sigma Xi, 1971.
by Lee H. Latimer | September 10, 2021
“As we continue to collect and analyze the data being generated, we are in a better position to determine how to strategically and effectively work with our state and federal partners to reduce dietary exposure to PFAS,” Susan Mayne, director of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, says in a statement. The Environmental Working Group (EWG), an advocacy organization, points out that many of the foods the FDA listed as having PFAS below the detection limit likely contain quantifiable levels of these chemicals. The agency changed the criteria it uses for establishing such detection limits in November 2019.
by Britt E. Erickson | September 02, 2021
Grace, and Chris Brown has taken over at Lubrizol” The specialty chemical firm W. R. Grace has recruited heavyweight chemical executive Bhavesh V. “Bob” Patel to be its CEO. Separately, the lubricant and chemical maker Lubrizol has quietly installed Chris Brown, an executive from the energy industry, as its new CEO.
by Craig Bettenhausen | September 02, 2021
The topic might sound prosaic, but such polishing, known as chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP), is critical to modern electronics. The process gives circuit boards an exquisitely flat surface, which allows accurate printing of the tiny, micrometer-scale features that the chips in the next generation of devices will demand.
by Craig Bettenhausen | August 20, 2021
The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board flagged planning for such events as a critical need for the chemical industry when it investigated flooding and a fire at an Arkema plant in Texas that were caused by Tropical Storm Harvey in 2017. When it comes to mitigating climate change, “chemistry can make a huge impact,” says Amanda Morris, an inorganic chemist at Virginia Tech.
by Katherine Bourzac | August 19, 2021
—US Chemical Safety Board closer to getting 3 more members “Panel faces backlog of accident investigations” The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) moved a step closer to becoming fully functional July 29 as a Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee considered three presidential nominees for the panel.
by Jeff Johnson, special to C&EN | August 08, 2021