New year, new articles from this week's issue of Chemical and Engineering News:
- Incoming ACS president Allison Campbell lays out her priorities.
- Looks like EPA is taking plenty of time to approve new chemicals via the new TSCA (perhaps unsurprising?) (article by Britt E. Erickson)
- This methanol plant using carbon capture technology in Louisiana is pretty interesting (article by Melody M. Bomgardner)
- Rick Mullin provides a typically insightful look into French fine chemical firms.
- More soon on Linda Wang's piece on parental leave in graduate school.
- Fun Perspectives article from Professor Mala L. Radhakrishnan of Wellesley on using poetry to teach chemistry.
Campbell's priorities? In the words of an ACS founder (Chandler) "… would awaken and develop much talent now wasting in isolation, …".
ReplyDeleteWell, Allison? Do unemployed chemists count as talent wasting in isolation? Do you feel up to the job?