Corporate Author American Chemical Society.

Title Global challenges / chemistry solutions / American Chemical Society.

Imprint Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 2009
Location Call Number Status
 Monograph Collection  TD193 .A64 2009  AVAILABLE
Description 80 pages: illustrations; 28 cm
Content text
Media unmediated
Carrier volume
Contents The Crisis in Clean Water: Water Purification -- Water Desalination: Freshwater from the Sea -- Confronting Climate Change: Part 1. Stopgap Measures to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Confronting Climate Change Part 2. The Quest for Permanent Solutions -- Our Sustainable Future -- Promoting Personal Safety & National Security -- Combating Disease -- New Fuels Part 1. Biofuels -- New Fuels Part 2. Fuels from Ice, Water, and Sunshine -- Providing Safe Foods -- Providing Nutritous Foods -- Promoting Public Health.
Note Digital version available from the American Chemical Society http://www.cendigital.org/acsgccs/2009#pg1
Final report, 2008.
Subject(s) Environmental chemistry.
Chemistry -- Environmental aspects.
Water -- Purification.
Saline water conversion.
Climatic changes.
Sustainability.
Biochemistry.
Renewable energy sources.
Biomass energy.
Food -- Safety measures.
Public health.