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"The audacity and arrogance to play political games with the safety of our food sickens me."
REP. JOHN D. DINGELL (D-MICH.)p. 34

August 1, 2011

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Highlights

Cover Story

Taking It Back

Material makers will have to adapt to help consumer goods firms fulfill product stewardship goals. (pp. 13-17)

» Guidelines for recyclable electronics and packaging
Business

BASF Comes To Town (Member Content)

German firm launches charm offensive in China in face of protests over polyurethane project. (pp. 20-22)

Science & Technology

Making Films One Layer At A Time

Applications of atomic layer deposition now extend well beyond electronics. (pp. 38-40)

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News Of The Week

Sadara Chemical Venture To Rise p. 7

Joint Venture: Construction of $20 billion Dow, Saudi Aramco megaproject is set to begin.

Fukushima Plant Reaching Stability p. 8

Nuclear Accident: Progress in containing damage means a cold shutdown could happen early next year

Detour Takes CO2 To Methanol p. 8

Sustainable Chemistry: Alternative syntheses open a door to more efficient industrial processes.

Sighting Signaling p. 9

Biochemistry: Collaboration enables the first view of a receptor with its G protein.

Stem Cells p. 9

NIH welcomes dismissal of lawsuit that would stop funding of research.

Single Atoms Mediate Reaction p. 10

Catalysis: Isolated platinum atoms remain stable and active in oxidations.

Acid-To-Base Transmutation p. 10

Inorganic chemistry: First stable metal-free borylene adduct could aid catalyst design.

Earnings Strength Continues p. 11

Second quarter: Demand, pricing power benefit chemical firms.

Building A "String Of Pearls" p. 11

Bristol-Myers Squibb will add Amira Pharmaceuticals to its list of acquisitions.

Business

BASF Comes To Town pp. 20-22 (Member Content)

German firm launches charm offensive in China in face of protests over polyurethane project.

Behind The Surge pp. 23-25 (Member Content)

A swell in FDA approvals has many wondering whether the drug industry has finally gotten better at R&D.

Seeking Efficiency pp. 26-27 (Member Content)

Energy-saving projects are especially valued by Europe's chemical industry.

Business Concentrates pp. 18-19 (Member Content)

Books

Radioactivity Research: A History pp. 45-46

A look at the early exploration of a phenomenon with direct bearing on chemistry.

This Week Online

Cell Phone Counts Cells

Medical Diagnostics: With a simple attachment, a cell phone can run diagnostic tests for diseases such as cancer.

Furniture Linked To PBDE Levels In People

Toxic Substances: Women with more stuffed furniture had higher blood levels of the flame retardants.

Could Water Costs Sink Algae?

Someday green algal slime could synthesize biodiesel used to power vehicles. But today's technology requires seven times more energy to pump and transport water around algae-growing plants than those facilities can produce, according to a recent study.

Government & Policy

Credibility On The Line pp. 31-33 (Member Content)

EPA's chemical hazard assessment program remains under scrutiny.

Food Safety Efforts In Limbo pp. 34-35 (Member Content)

FDA meets early deadlines, but House budget cuts put future mandates in question.

Government & Policy Concentrates p. 30 (Member Content)

ACS Comment

Join The ACS Strategy Conversation p. 47 (Member Content)

ACS News

ACS Joins Japan's Relief Effort p. 48

Carolyn Bertozzi Named Kavli Lecturer p. 48

Official Reports From The June ACS Board Of Directors Meeting Web Exclusive

Awards

Science & Technology

Making Films One Layer At A Time pp. 40-43

Applications of atomic layer deposition now extend well beyond electronics. With Videos

Rethinking Deinking pp. 42-44 (Member Content)

Climb in digital printing puts pressure on paper recycling.

Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 36-37

Meetings

2011 C&EN Calendar Web Exclusive

C&EN's latest list of meetings and events of interest to those in the chemical community.

Editor's Page

Recycler At Heart p. 3

The Departments

Letters pp. 4-5

Newscripts p. 56

Glitches In Time, Navel Residents.With Photo Gallery

C&EN Archives

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Environmental SCENE News

Fertilizer May Help Bacteria Slip Into Groundwater

Water Safety: High phosphate levels allow deadly microbes to pass through soil.

Bisphenol A Is Ubiquitous In Receipts

Endocrine Disrupters: Researchers detect BPA in every receipt that they collected from seven U.S. cities.

Sunlight Is An Effective Disinfectant

Public Health: Field work shows that a cheap water treatment method improves children's health.

House Takes Aim At Clean Air Act

Pollution: Industry backs cost-benefit analyses of EPA rules, but critics fear assault on public health.

Analytical SCENE News

New Method Isolates Membrane Proteins

Protein Purification: Technique separates proteins on a lipid bilayer.

Bisphenol A Is Ubiquitous In Receipts

Endocrine Disrupters: Researchers detect BPA in every receipt that they collected from seven U.S. cities.

Mapping Drugs In Human Tissue

Clinical Chemistry: Mass spectrometry imaging provides view of an inhaled drug in human lung tissue.

Skeletons Come To Light

Fluorescence Imaging: Monitoring cells as they dissolve bone may lead to disease treatments.

Analyzing Nuclear Processes

ACS Meeting News: Analytical chemists devise ways to watch radioactive streams.

JACS Research In C&EN

Indole Changeup Yields Elusive Alkaloid

ACS Meeting News: Cyclization and nitrene insertion star in synthesis.

Prefab Synthesis Moves Ahead

Organic Chemistry: First stable alpha-boryl aldehydes ease preparation of complex small molecules.

Multiple Bradykinin States Revealed

The peptide adopts at least 10 conformers in solution, explaining why its structure had only been partially characterized.

Scaling Up The Axinellamines

A quicker, more efficient, and stereocontrolled route to a key intermediate streamlines natural product syntheses.

A Revamped Vancomycin

Medicinal Chemistry: Modified compound shows promise against hard-to-treat bacteria.

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