ACS celebrates National Chemistry Week

Abstract

This week all over the U.S., hundreds of chemistry-related groups are participating in projects for National Chemistry Week, a huge public relations effort organized by the American Chemical Society. The program pitches a message to the public that chemistry plays an essential role in almost every aspect of modern life, and that informed choices about chemistry and chemicals must involve balancing benefits and risks. ACS sponsored a similar public relations effort in 1987 (the first National Chemistry Day), and in 1989 expanded it to a week-long event, the first National Chemistry Week (NCW). As with the two previous national events, most of this year's NCW projects have been organized through ACS's 185 local sections. However, a number of chemical companies have arranged corporatewide projects. And some individual ACS members who live in areas far from local section centers have put together projects in their towns and regions. Based on preliminary ...