Abstract
AN IMPROVED antipsychotic medicine; a cost-effective, environmentally friendly polyester production process; a new treatment for patients with iron overload from transfusions; a new method using corn instead of petrochemicals to create numerous products; and a process that improves packaging for food are the inventions of the 2007 Heroes of Chemistry. Twenty-two of the research chemists responsible for these accomplishments were honored at the recent ACS national meeting in Boston. Individuals were nominated by their companies, and the winners were chosen by an ACS panel. Our Heroes of Chemistry this year represent the very best in scientific innovation, said ACS President Catherine T. Hunt at the awards event. We at ACS applaud them and their corporate management for improving our lives through chemistry in so many ways. The Heroes of Chemistry program, started in 1996 by ACS, honors industrial chemists and chemical engineers who create commercially successful products that improve the ...
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