Assorted Reports by Prof Noller

发布时间：2016年05月05日 来源：中国化学会

Prof Noller presented a variety of reports

• Chemistry and the Internet: Conference in USA, September 1998 ( Prof Xiaoxia Li)
• Asia Pacific Food Analysis Network (APFAN): reports on Meetings at Chiang Mai, Thailand (November 1998), Brisbane, Australia ( May 1999); report on the practical kits for cyanide and thiocyanate testing related to cassava and a brief report to ACGC XV (Prof Howard Bradbury). Dr. Alarcon noted the need to acknowledge UNESCO support for two participants to an APFAN activity.
• Commonwealth Research on Environmental Needs (CREN): The 10th anniversary of the project was celebrated in 1999 at its birthplace, Brisbane, Australia with the Workshop "Environmental Impact of Air Pollution". Prof Noller noted that the Commonwealth Science Council was developing 'Knowledge Networks" based on email, using two themes: first, air pollution and second, mining and the environment, both providing a broad base of participation.
• List of FACS Projects and Directors
• Report by email from Prof K. Sane on project SITA: Studies in Information Technology Applications: Training in computer skills for low-income women, funded by the World Bank.
• Brochure on World Chemistry Congress, Brisbane, July 2001including IUPAC 2000 and the 9th Asian Chemical Congress; List of theme coordinators for IUPAC 2001 and Web pages from 8th Asian Chemical Congress, Taipei 1999.
• Notice of the 11th Royal Australian Chemical Institute Convention, Canberra, Australia February 2000
• Brochure on International Workshop: Plants Toxicity for Animals and Humans, Havana, Cuba May 2000.

Prof Noller presented apologies from COSTED, whose delegate Prof Thyagarajan had recently been posted to the ICSU Office in Cairo.

Prof Noller also noted the demise of APINMAP as an informatics project of UNESCO.

A broad discussion ensued concerning the problem of arsenic contamination in Asia and it was considered a promising theme for a Knowledge Network of the CSC.