Chemistry International
Vol. 22, No.3, May 2000
2000, Vol. 22
No. 3 (May)
..Chemistry in Slovenia
..News from IUPAC
..Reports from Symposia
..New Projects
..New Books
..Letter to the Editor
..Reports from Commissions
..Provisional Recommendations
..Conference Announcements
..Conferences
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Chemistry International
Vol. 22, No. 3
May 2000
New
Projects
Chemists in the developing world
are faced with globalization of the economy, and regulatory chemists
and lab managers need to be aware of the latest official methods of
analysis. Because Africa is engaged in many heavy mining projects,
it is anticipated that at least five African countries will be involved
in reviewing environmental chemistry activities related to mining.
Ten officials of five different chemical societies in Africa have
all stated that their largest pollution problems with air, water,
food, and soil stem from mining.
IUPAC has approved a project to
improve and validate a method based on thin-layer chromatography with
prior immunoaffinity cleanup for the determination of aflatoxins in
corn, peanuts, figs, pistachios, and paprika. This method is intended
to be used as an alternative to high-performance liquid chromatography,
especially in developing countries. For that reason, mainly laboratories
from developing countries are to be involved in validating the method
The chemistry of reactions and functionalization
of polymers has received great attention during the last two decades.
Many preparation processes of basically and industrially important
reactive and functional polymers are carried out through the reactions
of linear or cross-linked polymeric reactants and the introduction
of reactive, catalytic, or some functional groups into polymer chains.
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