TREATING ADDICTION:   8
Epilepsy drug Vigabatrin counters biochemical effects of several addictive drugs in animals.

SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS:   9
Tweaking just one gene produces plant that thrives on concentrated salt solutions.

RISK MANAGEMENT:   9
EPA has received fewer than half of the expected plans for dealing with chemical accidents.

GASES CONDENSATION:   10
German industrial gases firm Linde bids $3.7 billion for Swedish rival AGA.

CLEAN WATER:   10
EPA now focusing on individual water bodies rather than pollutant releases.

TRACKING FREE RADICALS:   11
NMR spin-trapping technique detects reaction pathways in living systems.

BUSINESS CONCENTRATES:  14

AVECIA:   16
The former unit of AstraZeneca makes its mark in the specialty chemicals market.

FRAYED FIBER MAKERS:   18
Profits, utilization rates, and demand are down.

COVER STORY

JAPAN'S CHEMICAL INDUSTRY:   21
Companies are finally doing more than talking about restructuring, but change is slow.

GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES:  30

RANKING POLLUTION:   31
EPA CD-ROM of Toxics Release Inventory data allows air pollution risk to be ranked on most PCs.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES:  42

DNA CONDUCTANCE:   43
New mechanisms may resolve debate over how charge migrates through DNA.

COUPLING REACTIONS:   48
Building carbon skeletons of small organics becomes more industrial user-friendly.

CHEMCENTER REDESIGN:   50
New ACS web site has best of for- mer ACSWeb and ChemCenter sites.

2000 WINNERS:   53
Recipients announced.

5 EDITOR'S PAGE

6 LETTERS

41  NEW PRODUCTS

49 ACS COMMENT

55  MEETINGS

72 NEWSCRIPTS

Chemical & Engineering News
Copyright © 1999 American Chemical Society