Webcast: The Future of U.S. Chemicals Policy
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Delivered the Keynote Address
Organizations representing chemical manufacturers, environmental and public health advocates, environment justice leaders and consumer product goods companies recently hosted a historic conference to explore fundamental changes to the U.S. chemical policy. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson shared the Obama administration’s principles for modernizing the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
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essential2innovation
November 7, 2009
Molecules That Matter—10 Organic Molecules That Changed the 20th Century
From polyethylene to Prozac, some of the 20th century’s most significant chemical combinations have gone on tour. They are currently featured in the traveling exhibition "Molecules That Matter," organized by the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) in Philadelphia, Penn., and the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
The exhibition showcases 10 organic molecules that have had profound implications, featuring one for each of the century’s 10 decades. It uses these examples—depicted with large-scale "ball-and-stick" models, 2.5 billion times their actual size—to examine how our capacity to understand and reshape matter at the atomic and molecular levels has led to a broad array of innovations in housing, clothing, fuel, and medicine, among other areas.
A board of chemists from higher education, industry, and CHF selected the molecules, with a final review by two Nobel Laureates. read more...
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