Media Alert: Ralph Nader Speech

Ralph Nader, recognized as the founder of the consumer movement in America, will speak about acquisitions, and mergers in the chemical industry and the impact these developments are having on chemists and their research as well as the nation's consumers. Nader will speak at the American Chemical Society's industry relations breakfast, Monday, March 22. The ACS, the world's largest scientific society, is holding its 217th national meeting in Anaheim.

WHO: Ralph Nader -- "Mergers & Acquisitions: The Fate of the Industry and Its Impact on You"

WHAT: Industry Relations Forum Breakfast at American Chemical Society national meeting

WHEN: Monday, March 22, 7:30-9 a.m. (Speech starts at 8 a.m.)

WHERE: Anaheim Convention Center, Room A-1

(Reporters seeking admittance to the speech should obtain press credentials from the ACS press office, Palisades Room, fourth floor, Anaheim Hilton)

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A nonprofit organization with a membership of nearly 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers, the American Chemical Society publishes scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences, and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.

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