"Two Millennia of Lead Toxicity: Have We Learned Our Lesson at Last?" is the topic of a speech to the American Chemical Society Monday, August 23, by Dr. Jeremy Knowles, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Amory Houghton Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Harvard University. The ACS, the world's largest scientific society, is holding its 218th national meeting in New Orleans.
In his presentation, Dr. Knowles will trace the history of lead toxicity and point out how - despite recognition of its dangers over the last 2000 years - it is only in the past few decades has remedial action been taken.
Dr. Knowles is the winner of the ACS 1999 Nakanishi Prize given in honor of outstanding scientific achievement, particularly for contributions on the international level. Dean Knowles has been particularly interested in the rate and specificity of enzyme catalysis and the evolution of protein function. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences. He is also trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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WHO: Dr.Jeremy Knowles, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences,
Harvard University
WHAT: "Two Millennia of Lead Toxicity: Have We Learned Our Lesson at Last?"
WHEN: Monday, August 23, 11 a.m.
WHERE: La Nouvelle Ballroom, Sections A/B, Convention Center
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. (http://www.acs.org)