2 Letters
Concentrates
12 Business
16 Government
21 Science/Technology
The Departments
32 ACS News
40 Meeting
52 Newscripts
News of the Week
Olin restructures to increase its profitability, elects
new president; Pennwalt rerestructures. 4
Dinosaurs were done in by a huge fire, chemists report. 5
NMR resolution can be improved by eliminating
temperature gradients in the sample. 5
OSHA cites Union Carbide for safety violations at
Institute plant, plans extensive chemical plant
inspections. 6
Cornell scientists make aluminium-manganese
quasicrystals by bombarding alloy films with xenon
ion beams. 6
News Focus
Some health experts claim that adding antibiotics to
animal feed has led to development of antibiotic-
resistant bacteria that pose human health risks;
others desagree. 7
Business
Monsanto chairman Louis Fernandez discusses
accountability of chemical companies, need to improve
public's perception. 13
Government
Compromise bill on low-level radioactive waste
disposal attempts to balance needs of states with and
those without disposal sites; Science Adviser Keyworth
says universities should be administered with
technology in mind, proposes $500 million program. 19
Science
IUPAC's new affiliate program, which will give
scientists in the developing countries chance
to participate, detailed; biological system whereby
bacteria detoxify mercury elaborated on. 22
Technology
Multilayer photoresists, organometric resins, and
polymers all used to improve integrated circuit chips;
interpenetrating polymer networks prove to be valuable
materials for demanding applications; new device
detects, locates leaks in plastic pond liners. 27
Awards
ACS award winners: Adams, Aspinall, Bailey, Benson,
Bergman, Biemann, Bordwell, Brauman, and Corbett. 36
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