ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- January 3, 2007

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Here is the latest American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service Weekly press package (PressPac) with reports selected from 35 major peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News.

ACS NEWS SERVICE Weekly PressPac - January 3, 2007 ALL CONTENT IS FOR IMMEDIATE USE EXCEPT ARTICLE #5 (EMBARGOED FOR 9 A.M., EASTERN TIME, JAN. 8, 2007)

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The American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service PressPac is your access point for discoveries in fields ranging from astronomy to zoology, which are reported in the 35 peer-reviewed journals of the American Chemical Society. With more than 158,000 members, ACS is the world's largest scientific society. Chemistry is the science that transforms lives, and these news alerts are from the leading edge of that science at ACS headquarters.

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In This Edition:

• The first molecular keypad lock
• Toward a new oral delivery system for insulin using nanoshell shields
• Inhalation of golf course pesticides in northeast poses "minimal" health risk
• A New Family of Lead-Free Optical Glasses
• TSCA vs. REACH: The emerging debate over regulation of commercial chemicals
• Journalists' Resources: ACS Chemical Biology
• Mark Your Calendars: Chemistry's expanding role in cancer research