Green chemistry award competition heats up

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The 1998 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge awards has attracted a 50% increase in entries, showing the enthusiasm for research in environmental chemistry. The Green Chemistry Challenge awards honors breakthrough research in chemistry that promotes environmental protection and clean manufacturing methods. Among the program's past awardees include the biocatalyst process of Michigan State University researchers Karen Draths and John Frost which uses genetically altered microorganisms to produce two commercially important chemicals, adipic acid and cathecol.

Achievements and awards, Environmental chemistry

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UN commission calls for review of voluntary environmental initiatives

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The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) has urged representatives of industry, trade unions and environmental groups to thoroughly study voluntary environmental initiatives and agreements. The UNCSD, which was established to determine progress in the adoption of sustainable development practices, has proposed that the Environmental Protection Agency's Project XL and the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 14000 be subjected to a thorough appraisal.

International Affairs, Environmental Programs, Agencies, Standards, International Organization for Standardization, United Nations. Commission on Sustainable Development

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Chemical industry pressured to test high-production volume chemicals

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Chemical manufacturers are increasingly being pressured by both the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency to test the most heavily used industrial chemicals for potential harmful effects on humans and the environment. There are almost 70,000 chemicals in use in the US and most have yet be to screened for potential human health and environmental risks. Officials of the Chemical Manufacturers Association have pledged to increase the number chemicals being screened yearly.

Chemicals & Allied Products, Chemical Manufacturing, CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, Testing, Chemicals, Chemical industry

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