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Business, Bees, and Nicotine

Since 1945, the use of pesticides has risen 3,300 percent, however crop loss due to pests has not decreased. Despite the fact that USA (on average) uses 2.2 billion pounds of pesticides annually, crop loss has increased by 20 percent. To make matters worse these statistics were taken a decade ago, and if you remember anything from your high …

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Common Chemistry – Search Chemical Names and CAS Registry Numbers

Image via Wikipedia Common Chemistry – Search Chemical Names and CAS Registry Numbers In a collaboration with Wikipedia, the American Chemical Society has created a new, public database of the most commonly cited compounds. This may be a useful resource for those who are not members of the ACS or who cannot afford the cost …

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Jazz for Peace benefit for AIDSfreeAFRICA – be there or be square!

This is from Erika Power. Even if you can’t go yourself, you can always send a check or click the Jazz for Peace picture and donate in support. Please remember to promote this event to others whom you know, encouraging them to promote it to others whom they know, etc., etc., etc. The Power is …

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Living With Limits – Catastrophe Awaits

Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) is excellent the weekly glossy news magazine of the American Chemical Society, the largest scientific society in the world. Rudy Baum, the editor-in-chief, is outspoken on many issues that affect all of us broadly, not just the chemical enterprise. His recent editorial, Living With Limits, elicited the following Catastrophe Awaits …

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Longest-Running Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference in the World

May 4, 2009 Dear Colleague: The widely acclaimed and longest-running Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference in the world is being held June 23-25 at the country’s first environmentally friendly hotel and conference center in beautiful College Park, Maryland, USA, a short subway ride from our Nation’s Capital. You won’t want to miss this conference! You …

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Substantial work ahead for water issues, say scientists at ACS’ Final Report briefing

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2009 — Scientists and engineers will face a host of obstacles over the next decade in providing clean water to millions of people caught up in a water shortage crisis, a panel of scientists and engineers said today at a briefing at the Broadcast Center of the National Press Building on the …

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Dr. Rolande Hodel, AIDSfreeAFRICA founder (and Chemists Without Borders board member) wins 2009 Astellas award!

Congratulations, Rolande! Dr. Rolande Hodel has been selected to receive one of three American Chemical Society/Astellas USA Foundation awards for 2009. The Astellas USA Foundation Awards were established to identify individuals or teams who exemplify the criterion of having significantly contributed to scientific research that improved public health through their contributions in the chemical and …

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