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December 21, 1998
Government Concentrates
New Data Law Sets Off Alarms
Freedom of Information Act may let public take a peek at unpublished data as researchers scramble for answers.
Insights: Beware of reports bearing data
Risk management plans bring new wrinkle to public's right to know.
December 14, 1998
Government Concentrates
Struggling With Scientific Evidence
Five years after the Supreme Court'sDaubert decision, judges still have conflicting ideas on scientific experts.
Yucca Mountain samples reheat scientists' row
Risk management plans bring new wrinkle to public's right to know.
California law adds flexibility for labs
Risk management plans bring new wrinkle to public's right to know.
December 7, 1998
Government Concentrates
Planning For Disaster
Risk management plans bring new wrinkle to public's right to know.
November 30, 1998
Government Concentrates
Phaseout Of CFCs Leads To Unexpected Problems
Chemical engineers receive funding for interdisciplinary fundamental research aimed at serving societal needs.
November 23, 1998
Government Concentrates
November 30, 1998
Government Concentrates
Phaseout Of CFCs Leads To Unexpected Problems
Chemical engineers receive funding for interdisciplinary fundamental research aimed at serving societal needs.
November 23, 1998
Government Concentrates
NSF Egineering Stays Agile
Chemical engineers receive funding for interdisciplinary fundamental research aimed at serving societal needs.
EPA waste oil rule disputed by industry
November 16, 1998
Government Concentrates
Election Upholds Status Quo
Congressional committees in charge of science and technology remain largely unchanged.
Congress smiles on Department of Energy science
Senate approves Clinton S&T nominees
Dividing the world in a more equitable way
November 9, 1998
Government Concentrates
NIH Is Big Winner In 1999 Budget
Most federal R&D agencies get budget boosts; earmarks for research still abound.
Chemists view FastLane merge with caution
November 2, 1998
Government Concentrates
WTO And The Environment
Activist groups consider some World Trade Organization rulings environmentally destructive and demand reforms.
Pact Triggers Tests
Thousands of chemicals may be tested under toxicity screening program.
October 26, 1998
Government Concentrates
FBI Chemists As Crime Sleuths
Donald M. Kerr, FBI crime lab director, discusses changes at lab since his arrival and the U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa.
Tough Job: Managing Research Labs
Multidisciplinary collaborations, electronic note taking, and shrinking funding are making managers' jobs difficult.
October 19, 1998
Government Concentrates
Scientists Clash On Fallout Study
Years slide by while government debates impact and what to tell the public and health professionals about risks from atomic tests.
Insights: Neal Lane meets the press
October 12, 1998
Government Concentrates
Mixed Response To Policy Study
Report by Rep. Vernon Ehlers reaffirms federal role in supporting R&D, but falls short of establishing new paradigm for funding.
Varmus gets advice on creating public panel
October 5, 1998
Government Concentrates
Rita Colwell Takes NSF Helm
New, energetic director of the National Science Foundation plans activist tenure.
Legislation for DOE labs may be in offing
September 28, 1998
Government Concentrates
Pesticide Law Off To Rough Start
Food Quality & Protection Act was passed two years ago, but so far EPA has little to show for its efforts.
U.S. inaction could harm chemical arms accord
RCRA reform won't happen this year
September 21, 1998
Government Concentrates
Good But Never Good Enough
Council on Competitiveness fears erosion of U.S. technological innovation puts global leadership at risk.
Air toxics plan targets smaller, mobile sources
Insights: The downside of environmental rules: Opportunities for crime
September 14, 1998
Government Concentrates
Biosafety Negotiations
Protocol on exports of genetically engineered organisms could impede the biotechnology industry.
More waste leaking from Hanford tanks
September 7, 1998
Government Concentrates
Patents As Corporate Assets
Professor and patent consultant team up to assess how quality of firm's patents affects Wall Street performance.
EPA Issues Guidance On Ozone, Particulates Rules
House action positive for EPA and NSF, mixed for DOE, flat or down for everyone else.
August 31, 1998
Government Concentrates
Fiscal '99 R&D Budgets
House action positive for EPA and NSF, mixed for DOE, flat or down for everyone else.
Funds dwindle for chemical safety and hazard board
August 24, 1998
Government Concentrates
U.S. Forces' Achilles Heel
Pentagon's inspector general finds troops ill-prepared to carry out missions on chemical/biological-tainted battlefields.
EPA gears up to simultaneously study, regulate ultrafine particles
August 17, 1998
Government Concentrates
Opposites Attract At Dow Chemical
Production managers and Dow critics hammer out capital spending plan to reach 35% waste reduction goal.
Industry's privacy rights: Is science shortchanged?
August 10, 1998
Government Concentrates
NIST Director Foresees Growth
With controversy fading from technology programs, Raymond Kammer is optimistic about the agency and sees chemistry as key.
