Project Details:

Identification of Projects of Interest to the Chemical Industry

To initiate and coordinate relevant activity that will encourage IUPAC to address issues of global industrial importance, as directed in the Terms of Reference for COCI.

Earlier projects include the preparation of the WhiteBook on Chlorine; this publication give an unbiased, scientifically-baseddocumentation of issues important to the chemical industry. A SecondBook on EnvironmentalOestrogens was published in 1998 as a special issue in Pure Appl.Chem. A project to assess and disseminate this special publicationis on-going [See project 022/18/98]

During 1999, COCI initiated or collaborated in the following potential activities (further definition required):

• Address discrepancies in the analyses of trace elements of interestto industry in water, such as lead. Major deviations have been reportedby COCI Member, Prof.DeBievre, advisor to the Institutefor Reference Materials and Measurements in Belgium; cf., articlein May 31, 1999 C&EN, page 29 [online].
  
  An article entitled: 'Quality of chemical measurements in water' hasbeen published in Chem. Int. >Readintroduction
• Working Party membership in "ReactionPathways and Processes in Green/Sustainable Chemistry"; a specialtopic issue of PureAppl. Chem.was published as the July 2000 issue. COCI's role is to assure thatindusty's concerns about this publication, including the use of "Green"in this context, are addressed.
• "Molecular Basis of Biodiversity", another potential Special Publication.COCI's membership on the Working Party will facilitate industrial input,including requested comment on early drafts.
• "Genetically Modified Organisms in Foods", another potential publication in early stage of development. It could involve as many as seven scientific Unions, and lead to a PAC publication. COCI will make at least a financial contribution.
• Working Party on IUPAC/IndustryRelations - the Chair and another COCI Member are actively involvedin this ad hoc group established in late 1999 by the incomingPresident of IUPAC. The goal is to increase more effective interactionwith industry.