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4 Conclusions and Key Opportunities
Pages 50-54

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... Specific areas of accomplishment include · major increases in analytical capabilities detection, monitoring, and measurement; meets) ; · increased understanding of biogeochemical processes and cycles; · advances in industrial ecology new attitudes about pollution prevention; · development of environmentally benign materials (e.g., CFC replace· new methods for waste treatment and pollution prevention; · green chemistry and new chemical processes; · discovery of environmental problems and identification of their underlying causes and mechanisms; and · development of improved modeling and simulation techniques.
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From page 51...
... Conclusion: Manifold challenges and opportunities in chemistry and chemical engineering exist at the interface with the environmental sciences. By responding to these opportunities and challenges, the chemical sciences community will be able to make substantial contributions to · fundamental understanding of the environment, · remediation of environmental problems that currently exist, · prevention of environmental problems in the future, and · protection of the environment.
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... Systems approaches will necessitate extensive collaborations among a wide range of scientific, engineering, and social disciplines. Workshop participants identified a broad array of research challenges, both in areas of fundamental understanding and for specific environmental problems.
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... Conclusion: Chemists and chemical engineers will need to develop new analytical instruments and tools. These tools and instruments will have to function effectively in an increasingly complex research arena that involves measurements of vanishingly small quantities of substances in the presence of contamination from other chemicals, under circumstances that make sample acquisition difficult.
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... This impact of support will be enhanced if it facilitates interdisciplinary research and encourages industrial partnerships. The scientific progress resulting from such support will inform and enable the policy-making and decision process that is essential to future environmental improvement.
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