Abstract
Research on design of environmentally benign pathways for chemical syntheses will be spurred under an agreement between the National Science Foundation's chemistry division and the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics (OPPT). The agreement, signed Jan. 28, but disclosed only last week, is intended to improve coordination between the two agencies' programs of basic research related to pollution prevention. Both have ongoing research grant programs aimed at limiting production of unwanted by-products and pollution by U.S. industries that use and produce chemicals, thereby reducing potential pollutants at the source. The agreement outlines ways the two agencies can help foster a new environmental consciousness in the community of synthetic chemists, including joint review of research projects, exchange of scientific information and personnel, and joint outreach and education efforts in pollution prevention. The collaboration will stress research in several areas of orga...
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