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News conference schedule: 227th National Meeting, American Chemical Society

Anaheim, Calif.

EMBARGO INFORMATION: PRESENTATIONS AND REMARKS OF PARTICIPANTS EMBARGOED UNTIL NEWS CONFERENCE START TIME AND DATE

MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2004

Noon: Acrylamide in Food: Unraveling exposure and risk — A Swedish study two years ago raised questions about the risk of high levels of acrylamide, a probable human carcinogen, in carbohydrate-rich foods such as potato chips, French fries and some breads. Scientists representing a range of views will discuss their latest findings.
PARTICIPANTS: Lorelei Mucci, ScD, Harvard University's School of Public Health, Boston; Hubert Vesper, Ph.D., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; and Margareta Törnqvist, Department of Environmental Chemistry, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.

TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2004

11 a.m.: Comparing herbal supplements — Chemists will take a close look at various methods used to evaluate the quality of the wide variety of herbal supplements used by millions of Americans. The problem: there is no uniform test at present.
PARTICIPANTS: Joseph M. Betz, Ph.D., Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health; Navindra P. Seeram, Ph.D., Center for Human Nutrition, School of Medicine, UCLA; Mingfu Wang, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University; and Rong-Tsun Wu, Ph.D., Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.

NOON: Versatility of bacterial cellulose — Experts will describe new and unique products created from bacterial cellulose, from electronic paper to treatment for wounds. They also will discuss the first link between cellulose production by certain pathogenic bacteria and their spread.
PARTICIPANTS: Dieter O. Klemm, Ph.D., Jena University, Jena, Germany; Ute Römling, Ph.D., Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Jay Shah, University of Texas at Austin; and Gonzalo C. Serafica, Ph.D., Xylos Corp., Langhorne, Pa.

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