ISOTOPICS
The Cleveland Section of the American Chemical Society
Volume 87
Issue 7
October 2011
October Meeting Notice
On Deck:
November 16, 2011
William J. Landis, Ph.D.
Tissue Engineering “Making
Body Parts”
Cleveland ACS Officers
Chair:
John Protasiewicz
Department of Chemistry
Case Western Reserve Univ.
Phone: 216-368-5060
protasiewicz@case.edu
Chair-Elect:
Kat Wollyung
PerkinElmer, Inc., Akron
330-686-0056
ACS.NCW.Kat@gmail.com
Treasurer:
John Moran
Department of Science and
Mathematics
Phone: 216-373-6380
jmoran@ndc.edu
Secretary:
Alice McFarland
mcfarlands1@earthlink.net
Cleveland Section Web Site:
http://www.csuohio.edu/sciences
/dept/cleveland_acs/
Joint Meeting Akron ACS
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Clarion Inn and Conference Center, Hudson
4:30 pm
5:30 pm
630 pm
7:30 pm
Executive Committee Meeting – Crown Rm
Social/Networking Hour - Lounge
Dinner – Ballroom 4
ACS Program – Ballroom 4
What You Always Wanted to Know about Chemicals in
Foods but Were Afraid To Eat
Dr. Robert Bates, University of Florida
Foods are complex mixtures of chemicals, but with difference. There is a
very important legal distinction between naturally occurring food
constituents and other chemicals that end up in food by design or default.
Conversely, the much more important matter, chemical compatibility,
dictated by human physiology and nutritional biochemistry and vital to
well-being, health, performance, and survival -- is often ignored or
misinterpreted by vocal yet chemically illiterate groups. Despite
considerable progress in understanding the science and technology of
foods, culture and perception have a far greater influence upon food
acceptance and regulation than the reality of nutrition and toxicology.
Paradoxically, as science uncovers more about the complex interactions of
foods with the human body, the less confident and more confused the
public becomes regarding the safety, value, and nutritional efficacy of the
U.S. (increasingly global) food supply. Food additives and now
phytochemicals are examples of food consumption concerns that should
also stress total diet, lifestyle, and common sense. This presentation will
deal with both essential and trivial food constituents and emphasize some
of the positive and negative aspects of each. Despite our imperfect and
changing knowledge, a better appreciation of the chemistry and metabolism
of foods has dramatic potential for improving health and well-being, while
ignorance is sure to have the opposite effect.
DINNER RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: Please RSVP by contacting Kat
(Kathleen) Wollyung by email at acs.ncw.kat@gmail.com or 330-686-0056 by 5
pm on Friday, October 7. (Please include your last name, number of attendees,
and leave a return phone number). Cost of the dinner is $20 for members &
guests, $5 for students, and $10 for retirees/unemployed. Checks made out to
“Cleveland ACS” are greatly appreciated. MENU: Roast turkey, vegetable
lasagna, starters, two sides, and desserts.
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Directions to Clarion Inn
Clarion Inn and Conference Center
240 East Hines Hill Rd.
Hudson, OH 44236
330-653-9191
GPS: +41d 15’ 38”N ; -81d 30’ 14” W
American Chemical Society Cleveland Section
light staying on Dean Memorial Pkwy. Hotel on
right about 0.3 miles.
From the South: 71 or 77 North to 271 North.
Take 271 North to Rt 8 South. Follow Rt 8 South
about 3 miles to Exit 15. Proceed through the
traffic light (staying on Dean Memorial). Hotel on
left.
From the North: Ohio Turnpike East to Exit 180
(Rt 8). Follow signs for Route 8 South/Boston
Mills Road/Hines Hill Rd. Make first right toward
Boston Mills, Hines Hill. Go straight through light
staying on Dean Memorial Pkwy. Hotel on right
about 0.3 miles.
Speaker Bio
From Cleveland: 71 or 77 north to 480 East, to
271 South, to Rt 8 South (right turn). Rt 8 South
about 3 miles to Exit 15. Proceed through the
traffic light (staying on Dean Memorial). Hotel on
left.
From Akron: Rt 8 North to Exit 14A. Right on
Boston Mills Road. Right on Dean Memorial
Pkwy. Hotel on right about 0.6 miles
From Cleveland Hopkins Int. Airport: 71
South to Route 80 (Ohio Turnpike). Take Exit
180 for Rt.8 and proceed through toll booth.
Follow signs for Route 8 South/Boston Mills
Road/Hines Hill Rd. Make first right toward
Boston Mills, Hines Hill. Go straight through
Bob Bates received his B.S. degree in food
technology from MIT. After several years in the
food industry, he obtained an M.S. degree in food
science from the University of Hawaii and a Ph.D.
in food science from MIT. After a year at the
Institute of Nutrition of Central America and
Panama in Guatemala, he joined the University of
Florida. He is presently professor emeritus of Food
Science in the Food Science and Human Nutrition
Department. Bates’ areas of interest are food
processing and utilization, small-scale process and
equipment development, fermentation technology
and
byproduct
recovery,
food
product
development,
and
international
technical
assistance. His major responsibilities involve
teaching graduate and undergraduate food science
processing and product development courses; and
conducting research/extension activities in home,
community, and small-scale industrial food
processing operations. He has completed short and
long-term international assignments in many
countries in the Caribbean (most recently Haiti),
Central and South America, and Asia. He fields
frequent inquiries on food science and technology
and related subjects from national, international,
and industrial sources. Bates has developed and
presented many short courses in the U.S. and
overseas and has been an ACS tour speaker on
various food science and technology topics for
over 30 years.
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American Chemical Society Cleveland Section
October Historical Events in Chemistry
By Leopold May
The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Oct. 3, 1811
Two hundred years ago on this date, a long article on spontaneous combustion by A. S.
(Adam Seyfert) appeared in the Philadelphia newspaper, Aurora: It was the second article
submitted by the Columbian Chemical Society.
Oct. 10, 1930
Ernest O. Lawrence invented the cyclotron on this date.
Oct. 23
Any Year! Mole Day, 6.02 a.m. through 6.02 p.m. (Mole time); Mole Moment: 50.453 s
after 6.42 p.m.
Oct. 24, 1817
Hippolyte Mège Mouriés discovered margarine, an oral formulation of the drug Copahin
used against syphilis, and various patents relating to tanning and sugar extraction. He
developed a health chocolate with his calcium phosphate protein and was born on this
date.
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