Chemistry Roundup

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03/26/2010

Mar. 26, 2010

Chemistry Roundup

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If you've heard that eating less beef is a good way to cut greenhouse gas emissions, join us in this segment to hear why one cow emissions expert says "Not so much." The numbers in the papers that reached that conclusion, he says, weren't a good comparison.

We'll also hear about how oil on your skin can affect air quality in the office. And we'll get an update on cold fusion -- is it not such a rogue science anymore? In this hour, we'll go behind the scenes at this week's American Chemical Society meeting.

Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer

Guests

Frank Mitloehner
Associate Professor

Air Quality Specialist

Department of Animal Science

University of California, Davis

Davis, California
Navindra Seeram
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy

Head, Bioactive Botanical Research Laboratory

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
Michael McKubre
Electrochemist

Director, Energy Research Center

SRI International

Menlo Park, California
Charles Weschler
Adjunct Professor, Environmental and Occupational Medicine

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey / Rutgers University

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Ongoing Visiting Professor, International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy

Technical University of Denmark

Copenhagen, Denmark
Janet Raloff
The Senior Editor

Science News

Washington, DC

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