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Rep. Richard W. Pombo (R.-Calif.) plans to ask EPA to withdraw the Jan. 19 settlement of a 1999 lawsuit between the Natural Resources Defense Council and the agency. EPA had agreed to review all 39 organophosphate insecticides by August 2002. But to meet the deadline, Pombo says, the agency would have to rely on "unfinished" science policies.

Blair receives science valentine in anticipation of British general election

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tions representing sci­ ence and engineering sent British Prime Minister Tony Blair a strong message on Valen­ tine's Day: "We love science and engineering." The words were iced in white on a cake presented to Blair before the start of an event at the House of Commons called Sci­ ence and the General Election. The event brought scientists and engineers together with members of parliament (MPs) from differ­ ent British political parties for the

launch of a charter for science and engineering. The charter aims to draw the attention of MPs to the need to consider science and engineering issues in their mani­ festos for the next election. "This is a unique event," said Steve Ley, president of the Royal Society of Chemistry "This is the first time that science and engi­ neering communities in the coun­ try have acted together to high­ light science and engineering. The charter is designed to place science and engineering where it belongs, on center stage— along

SWEET SUGGESTION Blair cuts a cake as part of the launch of a charter drawn up by British science and engineering bodies. From left: RSC Secretary General David Giachardi, Blair, Science Minister Lord Sainsbury, RSC President Ley, and MP Donald Anderson.

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New Members At National Academy Of Engineering uring its mid-February annual meeting in Washington, D.C., the National Academy of Engi­ neering (ΝΑΕ) announced the election of Ik new members and eight foreign associates. This brings the academy's total U.S. membership to 2,061 and the number of foreign associates to 154. ΝΑΕ membership honors those individuals who have made "important contributions to engineering theory and practice" or demonstrated "unusual accomplishment in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology." New members and foreign associates who are chemists or chemical engineers or who work in chemically related areas include the following:

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NEW MEMBERS Robert F. Davis, North Carolina State University, Raleigh David A. Edwards, Advanced inhalation Research Inc., Cambridge, Mass. Lawrence B. Evans, Aspen Technologies Inc., Cambridge, Mass. Liang-Shi Fan, Ohio State University Alice P. Gast, Stanford University Shirley A. Jackson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.

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Sangtae Kim, Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis Stephanie L. Kwolek, DuPont Max G. Lagally, University of Wisconsin, Madison Douglas A. Lauffenburger, MIT Christopher W. Macosko, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Larry V. Mclntire, Rice University, Houston Norman R. Morrow, University of Wyoming, Laramie Lloyd M. Robeson, Air Products & Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pa. Mordecai Shelef, Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich.

Gerald B. Stringfellow, University of Utah, Salt Lake City NEW FOREIGN ASSOCIATE P. Ole Fanger, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby

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with the economy, health, and education. "The importance of a strong sci­ ence and engineering base is crit­ ical to the future prosperity of the U.K. and to the health of its peo­ ple," he added. The charter's 10 articles focus on people, economy and wealth creation, investment, culture, education, health and quality of life, energy and environment, globalization, Parliament, and government. Blair, who did not attend the actual meeting, sent a message to the more than 200 participants saying that the event "will help to identify those areas where the gov­ ernment and the science and engineering community can work together in the future as we have done during the past four years." The date of the next general elec­ tion has not been announced, although it must take place before May 2002. Most pundits believe it will be held in the next two or three months. But it's up to Blair to name the day-MICHAEL FREEMANTLE HTTP://PUBS.ACS.ORG/CEN