ABSTRACT
Introduction ............................................................................................................408 National Chemical Societies ..................................................................................408 The Royal Society of Chemistry ............................................................................409 The American Chemical Society ........................................................................... 410 Other National Chemical Societies ........................................................................ 411 The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry ...................................... 411
IUPAC and Terminology ............................................................................... 412 Chemical Standards ...................................................................................... 413 Environment .................................................................................................. 413 Chemistry and Human Health: IUPAC Division VII .................................... 413
Subcommittee on Nomenclature, Properties, and Units ................... 413 Subcommittee on Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Development ..... 414
Subcommittee on Toxicology and Risk Assessment .............................................. 414 The UN International Year of Chemistry 2011, Chemistry: Our Life, Our Future ..................................................................................... 414
The International Union of Toxicology ................................................................. 415 IUTOX Congresses ....................................................................................... 416 IUTOX Growth Areas ................................................................................... 416
The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry .................................... 416 Action in International Chemical Management ............................................ 417
Conclusion ............................................................................................................. 418 References .............................................................................................................. 418
Historically, the žrst organizations to be concerned with chemicals management were national scientižc organizations and related chemical societies. This chapter will consider the evolution of such societies, and especially of the two national chemical societies which are currently the most in§uential, the oldest, the U.K. Royal Society of Chemistry, and the largest, The American Chemical Society (ACS).
