Report of American Chemical Society symposium on ozone depletion. Presented are four industry arguments and rebutals, for not banning chlorofluorocarbon production. (SL)

Summarizes discussions of a symposium on pesticide environmental dynamics with emphases upon pesticide transport processes, environmental reactions, and partitioning in air, soil, water and living organisms. Indicates that the goal is to attain knowledge enough to predict pesticide behavior and describe pesticide distribution with models and…

Address of Joel H. Hildebrand to the American Chemical Society general meeting on August 30, 1976, Berkeley, California. Topics include personal accounts, historical developments in chemistry, and philosophical considerations of the role of science in modern society. (SL)

Address of Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg to the American Chemical Society banquet on August 31, 1976, San Francisco, California. Discussed are the contributions chemistry has made to human progress in the past and looks at some that it may add in the future. (Author/SL)

Reports the results of a three-day workshop sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Social and physical scientists discussed some of the broad questions regarding the role of science and technology in national goals. (Author/TS)

Chemical profession is undergoing major changes. Brief report provides opinions about desired changes for preparing future chemists and technicians. (PS)

Surveys the state of commerical development of analytical instrumentation as reflected by the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. Includes optical spectroscopy, liquid chromatography, magnetic spectrometers, and x-ray. (Author/MA)

Summarizes discussions made at the first National Conference on Standards for Environmental Improvement. Indicates the presence of contradictions between industry and governmental agencies in terms of current environmental standards and their congressionally mandated deadlines as well as interpretation of environmental research data. (CC)

Discusses the international symposium on chemical education held in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, August, 1977. Included are the symposium's recommendations for future international action relating to the problems and needs of chemical education. (SL)

Presents views of the first International Coal Research Conference, involving problems facing reconversion to a coal-based energy economy, organization and funding of coal research units, development of new techniques for mining and using coal; and transportation of coal products to users. (CC)

Reports on a conference of the American Chemical Society in which ways to increase children's interest and exposure to science were discussed. (CP)