NEWS OF THE WEEK
			INDUSTRY VULNERABILITY Report says chemical facilities are terrorist targets that have not been secured.
			MICROBIAL THREATS U.S. is unprepared for emerging infectious diseases, says an Institute of Medicine report.
			SNPE REFUTES CHARGES French chemical manufacturer denies selling rocket fuel to Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq.
			MERGER DEAL FTC approves merger of Pfizer and Pharmacia.
			CHEMISTRY MENTORS Presidential awardees are recognized for reaching out to underrepresented groups.
			TOXICITY TESTING Industry sues to force EPA to consider human experiments data.
			ARSENIC AND OLD PLAYSETS Watchdog group pushes for more than a phaseout of chromated copper arsenate lumber treatment.
			EMERGING TECHNOLOGY Photonic ink may herald the development of new kinds of digital displays.
			NEW JOURNAL Gordon Amidon will edit ACS's Molecular Pharmaceutics.

COVER STORY
			PRIESTLEY MEDALIST Industrial chemist Edwin Vandenberg is honored for his contributions to polymer science and to the chemistry community.

BUSINESS
			BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
			MULTINATIONALS IN CHINA Shanghai is the city of choice for many foreign firms setting up R&D operations.
			INFORMEX At annual conference, fine chemicals makers look to expanding technologies and debate the importance of biologics.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY
			GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
			RESEARCH IN SPACE Columbia tragedy and grounding of the shuttle fleet threaten NASA's research program.
			NATURAL GAS Prices have almost tripled, and many in industry want legislation to support a supply-based energy policy.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
			SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
			AAAS SPOTLIGHT Toxicogenomics, supertasters, and the protective diets of indigenous cultures highlighted at Denver meeting.
			JACS AT 125 Pauling's predictions on the metallic radii of most elements provide further detail on the complexities of bonding.

BOOKS
			"IN WAR AND PEACE" Presidential science adviser Guy Stever's autobiography is panoramic in scope.

ACS COMMENT
			FORGING A 'SILVER CIRCLE' OF SENIOR MEMBERS

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