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SAN FRANCISCO -- More than 25 scientific papers featured at the 219th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, will focus on the agricultural and food chemistry behind genetically modified plants and foods. Selected studies are described below.
A nonprofit organization with a membership of 161,000 chemists and chemical engineers, the American Chemical Society www.acs.org 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.