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AOCS Surfactants and Detergents Division
Newsletter December 2007

Journal of Surfactants and Detergents (10:4) Contents

CHANGES AT JSD
This issue marks JSD's final issue with a news section before it becomes a peer-reviewed only journal.

INDUSTRY NEWS
News this quarter includes information on the increased efforts in the US, Canada, and Mexico to ensure the safe manufacture and use of industrial chemicals; highlights from an ACS meeting presentation by a cosmetic ingredients chemist; and research from University of Warwick that involves clay armor.

MEETINGS
A report from George Smith on the AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo in Québec and updates on the upcoming SODEOPEC 2008 and the 7th World Surfactants Congress.

SDA UPDATE
Brian Sansoni reports on SDA research that shows negligible threats from liquid detergent and fabric care products, and also a new podcast promoting the SNAP program. An obituary is also included on former SDA President Ted Brenner.

BOOK REVIEW
Surfactant Science and Technology by Drew Myers; Liquid Detergents, Second Edition, edited by Kuo-Yann Lai.

PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS
An overview is given on reports on the global demand for enzymes, and soap and other detergent manufacturing industry and its foreign trade.

Also in this newsletter:

News from the Chair, by George Smith

New Horizons Conference

S&D Meeting Calendar

Junior Faculty Travel Grant

Hosts for the Mixer

Rosen and Travel Awards

98th AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo, by George A. Smith

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