Abstract
RESPONDING TO A CALL-TO-arms from the leadership of the National Academies spawned by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the National Research Council's Board on Chemical Sciences & Technology (BCST) is proposing or initiating several projects that will help the U.S. respond to terrorism threats. BCST has an established track record of studies relating to such threats. In a Sept. 20 letter to President George W. Bush, the presidents of the academies suggested the involvement of the U.S. scientific and technology community in assessing threats, developing countermeasures, and designing responses to terrorist incidents. And at its Oct. 5 meeting, BCST explored ways the chemical sciences community could offer its expertise to meet the immediate and longer term needs of a government challenged by the expanding dimensions of terrorism. At that meeting, BCST decided to expand the scope of its study Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century by adding a sixth workshop on national ...
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