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10:01 AM EST | February 2, 2010 | By GIRISH MALHOTRA Global spread of HIV/AIDS has been and is a cause of alarm. Approximately 33.4 million people are estimated to be infected with HIV/AIDS and about 30% of this population can use the antiretroviral therapy (ART). Of this number about 42% are getting the treatment. This could be due to pricing and/or their availability or a combination of both. There are methods and means to lower the cost and increase... 11:13 AM EST | January 28, 2010 | By ALEX SCOTT Jeff Strobel, Site Director, Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals (SAFC; Carlsbad, CA) outlines... 5:10 AM EST | January 25, 2010 | By ALEX SCOTT Ford promotes its development and use of soy-based foam for seating in cars. The foam can be 30% lighter than petrochemical-derived alternaitives... 1:58 PM EST | January 21, 2010 | By VINCENT VALK The big political news in the U.S. this week is the victory of Republican Scott Brown in a special election for a Senate seat in Massachusetts. In a particularly bad twist for Democrats, Brown not only won the seat formerly occupied by liberal icon Ted Kennedy, but he may block the passage of health care reform. Why? He's the 41st senator. To those of you outside the States, that may sound trivial, but due... 12:57 PM EST | January 20, 2010 | By GIRISH MALHOTRA Average wholesale price (AWP) of blockbuster drugs (sales greater than one billion dollar/year) and dosage determine the quantity of API needed. This calculation can be made easily based on information in the public domain. For a 200 milligram dose blockbuster, a decent process for a certain molecule at $10.00 AWP, would require about 25,000 kilos of API. API need would change with different AWP and... 12:20 PM EST | January 19, 2010 | By LINDSEY BEWLEY Olin has declared force majeure for chlorine, diaphragm grade caustic soda, hydrogen, hydrochloric acid, sodium hypochlorite, and sodium chloride produced at its McIntosh, AL facility. The force majeure was declared due... 6:04 AM EST | January 18, 2010 | By HARPAL SINGH By Harpal Singh, CEO of Supply Chain Consultants The cost required to distribute bulk products such as petroleum, chemicals, and gases is a substantial part of the total cost of manufacturing and distributing these products to customers. Our experience is that in most supply chains, optimizing the transport and delivery alone can reduce the total distribution costs by as much as 10%. However, by far... 5:22 PM EST | January 14, 2010 | By VINCENT VALK As Congress dithers on regulating U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving ahead with a new set of rules that could regulate them, anyway. While industry has been not-unsupportive of Congress' attempts to set up a cap-and-trade... 6:48 PM EST | January 13, 2010 | By ROB WESTERVELT Traffic was down sharply--U.S. chemical carloads were at their lowest level since 1993--but patterns weren't all that unusual last year.
... 5:29 PM EST | January 11, 2010 | By STEVE ROBERTS As Congress debates the future of Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS)--not only to make it permanent but also to require more stringent protection measures--the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has already assigned more than 2,000 chemical facilities to one of four final risk-tiers....
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 Environment
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Steve Roberts is an attorney who practices in the rapidly developing area of homeland security law and regulation. Steve writes and speaks frequently on the legal aspects of homeland security and counterterrorism affecting the nation’s critical infrastructure. www.chemicalsecurity.com
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