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Analytical Chemistry in Environmental Science IX. Committee on Environmental Methodology

The Division of Analytical Chemistry of the ACS has estab- lished a Committee on Environmental Analytical Methodology (CEAM). Under the chairmanship of Professor Henry Freiser of the University of Arizona, a steering committee of fourteen analytical chemists from industry, government agencies, and universities has been set up to organize the objectives and activi- ties of the CEAM.

Among the first of the activities has been the establishment of a roster of 248 scientists actively interested in environmental analytical problems. Several aims and objectives have been delineated, including the identification of future problem areas; the development of channels of communication with the scien- tific community; the identification of resources, personnel, and facilities; and the provision of advice upon request to govern- mental agencies. It is the stated policy of CEAM to minimize unnecessary duplication of effort and to focus its activities on areas not being adequately covered by other groups.

A noteworthy project under way is to provide material for the forthcoming second edition of the ACS publication “Cleaning Our Environment-The Chemical Basis for Action.” The first edition made many references to needs for improvements in environmental monitoring, and it is to be hoped that by focusing upon analytical methodology specifically needed, research will be stimulated while unnecessary duplication will be avoided. Longer range plans include the development of improved methodology, the development of standards and calibration procedures, the establishment of testing program protocols, and the encouragement of adequate descriptions of analytical details in published papers in the environmental field.

It appears that the CEAM can best serve as a long term re- source for expertise and communication in recognition of the fact that environmental science is not a quick solution to a crisis but a continuing effort to making an industrial society compati- ble with a clean environment.

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