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The Nexus Blog and Newsletter is published by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® to connect and expand the global green chemistry and engineering community. Learn more about us: www.acs.org/gci.
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Featured GC&E Organizers: Ed Brush, Ph.D., Bridgewater State University & Grace Lasker, Ph.D., University of Washington

Leading up to the GC&E Conference we will be posting interviews with our 2017 GC&E Conference organizers to learn a little more about them and the excellent sessions you can look forward to at this year’s conference!

Ed Brush, Ph.D., Bridgewater State Univ

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Featured GC&E Organizers: Stephen DeVito, U.S. EPA & Stanley Kolis, Eli Lilly and Company

Leading up to the GC&E Conference we will be posting interviews with our 2017 GC&E Conference organizers to learn a little more about them and the excellent sessions you can look forward to at this year’s conference!

Stephen C. DeVito, Chief, Data Quality

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Featured GC&E Organizer: Jim Lalonde, Ph.D., Codexis

Leading up to the GC&E Conference we will be posting interviews with our 2017 GC&E Conference organizers to learn a little more about them and the excellent sessions you can look forward to at this year’s conference!

Jim Lalonde, Ph.D., Codexis
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Featured GC&E Organizer: Richard Blackburn, Ph.D., University of Leeds

Leading up to the GC&E Conference we will be posting interviews with our 2017 GC&E Conference organizers to learn a little more about them and the excellent sessions you can look forward to at this year’s conference!

Richard Blackburn, Ph.D., Head of Susta

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Green Chemistry News Roundup: May 5 – 12, 2017

Researchers Create Anticancer Nanomaterials by Simulating Underwater Volcanic Conditions

May 12, 2017 | Phys.org

Researchers at Aalto University have developed a sustainable synthesis process for Zinc peroxide using biomimicry, which uses minimal amounts of

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Green Chemistry News Roundup: April 29 – May 4, 2017

Sustainable Polymer Technologies for Controlling Mercury Pollution

May 3, 2017 | InDaily

Work at Flinders University to test and commercialize a new method to remove mercury pollution from land and water, using polymers that were recovered and repurposed to

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Green Chemistry News Roundup April 21 – April 28, 2017

A Circular Economy Approach to Business Growth

April 28, 2017 | Business Live

Circular economy actors need to collaborate with governments, customers and industry chains to create joint value and to innovate using new business models and technologies.

Resear

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Green Chemistry News Roundup: April 7 - 20, 2017

CVS to Remove Parabens, Phthalates & Formaldehyde from over 600 Products

April 20, 2017 | Drugstore News

CVS Pharmacy announced it will remove parabens, phthalates and the most prevalent formaldehyde donors across nearly 600 beauty and personal care product

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Capturing Plastics with a Purpose

Contributed by Jenna Jambeck, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, and Director, Center of Focus for Circular Materials Management, New Materials Institute, University of Georgia; Mackenzie Carter, Graduate Rese

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Greener Catalysts for Greener Processes: Application of supercritical antisolvent precipitation for catalyst preparation

​Contributed by Simon A. Kondrat, Postdoctoral Research Associate; Stuart H. Taylor, Professor of Physical Chemistry and Deputy Director of the Cardiff Catalysis Institute; and Graham J. Hutchings, Regius Professor of Physical Chemistry and Director of th

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Critical Elements Series: Iridium – An Amazingly Useful Element, but at What Cost??

According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, iridium in the Earth’s crust is thought to have come from the same asteroid or comet believed to have caused the extinction of dinosaurs. While crustal abundance of iridium is estimated at 0.001ppm[1], the

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University of Toronto and Trinity College, Dublin Students Win 2017 Breen Memorial Fellowship

The 2017 Dr. Joseph Breen Memorial Fellowship winners are Samantha Smith, from the University of Toronto, and Caitilín McManus of Trinity College, Dublin. Each year, the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® (ACS GCI) awards one or more Breen Memorial Fellowship

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A Probabilistic Diagram to Safer Chemical Design against Cytotoxicity

Contributed by Longzhu Shen, Postdoctoral Associate, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

If one single factor has contributed most to the modernization of human lives, it would be chemicals because they are the building blocks of

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Featured GC&E Organizer: Ingrid Mergelsberg, Ph.D., Merck

Leading up to the GC&E Conference we will be posting interviews with our 2017 GC&E Conference organizers to learn a little more about them and the excellent sessions you can look forward to at this year’s conference!

Ingrid Mergelsberg, Ph.D., Merck
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Featured GC&E Organizer: Paul Thornton, GreenCentre Canada

Leading up to the GC&E Conference we will be posting interviews with our 2017 GC&E Conference organizers to learn a little more about them and the excellent sessions you can look forward to at this year’s conference!

Paul Thornton, Ph.D., GreenCentre Canad

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