NEWS OF THE WEEK
			SECOND-QUARTER EARNINGS Mixed bag of results for chemical firms, but some did see increased profitability.
			CHEMICAL PLANT SECURITY Senate committee approves bill that mandates vulnerability assessments, remedies.
			ANEMIA DRUG PROBLEMS Johnson & Johnson product faces FDA scrutiny, reports of adverse side effects, and new competition.
			MOLECULAR IMPRINTING Dendrimers built around template molecule offer shape selectivity.
			NEEDED: NEW DIRECTOR Pacific Northwest Lab's Lura Powell announces her resignation.
			CALIFORNIA TARGETS CO2 New law requires reduced gas emissions from autos.
			BACTERIA KILLER Macrocycle-based compounds kill bacterial cells, apparently by forming channels.
			SINGLE-BUBBLE SONOCHEMISTRY First direct measurement of chemical reactions is reported, but "bubble fusion" seems unlikely.
			DUPONT BUYS CHEMFIRST Company fills gaps in its electronic chemicals strategy for $408 million.

COVER STORY
			DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER Interdisciplinary research guides this midwestern facility in addressing agricultural problems in industrialized and developing countries.

BUSINESS
			BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
			GLOBAL TOP 50 U.S. companies take top positions in 2001, a year marked by glum sales and profit figures throughout the chemical industry.
			TAIWAN POLLUTION REGULATIONS Government restricts use of some plastic products in effort to clean up environment.
			WOMEN IN CHEMISTRY Cherie Kagan uses chemistry to design systems for electronic devices.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY
			GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
			MERCURY DEBATE Questions mount about what to do with the growing U.S. surplus of an industrially important metal.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
			SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
			PHOTO EXHIBITION Scientific images are shown alongside famous European artwork at Oxford.
			ADVANCED REACTOR DESIGN Refined rotor-stator system could boost chemistry process intensification efforts.
			INSIGHTS DNA, even when used to synthesize infectious poliovirus, is no more alive than other molecules.

ACS COMMENT
			TIME FOR FISCAL RESTRAINT

ACS NEWS
			OFFICIAL REPORTS FROM THE JUNE BOARD MEETING
			FINAL GROUP OF 2002 PRF GRANTS

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