The average American eats about 1‚996.3 pounds of food per year (Credit Loan). Just what exactly is it that they are eating? Between additives‚ pesticides that are sprayed onto fruits and vegetables‚ hormones that are given to cows‚ and the amount of pollution in water‚ the foods that people eat everyday may not be as safe as some would think. Even simple drinking water has been contaminated by illicit drugs‚ medicinal drugs‚ and hormones (National Geographic). Additives also cause a concern when
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MBA 6503 Organizational Studies Case Report: DOW CHEMICAL: INNOVATING FOR SUSTAINABILITY By Vi Nguyen Student # 3503832 Instructor: Prof. Doug Flint October‚ 2014 Background on Dow Chemical Company (Dow) Dow‚ a multinational corporation based in Midland of Michigan in the United State‚ was R&D-intensive and diversified-industry leader in chemistries‚ advanced materials‚ and agro-sciences with technology-based products and solutions. Dow’s annual sale in 2010 was $53.7 billion with approximately
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Corporation – A separate legal entity that has an existence at law that is separable from those who form it. It is a separate legal entity in the sense that it has an existence at law‚ but no material existence. * It is separate and distinct from its shareholders * A properly authorized agent may bind the corporation in contract with third parties. * Shareholders possess limited liability for the debts of the corporation‚ and creditors may look only to the assets of the corporation to
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liability of the shareholders. However‚ under certain circumstances the corporate entity may be disregarded. This is also known as piercing the corporate veil and is the most frequent method for holding the shareholders liable for the acts of a corporation. Corporate officers‚ directors and controlling shareholders have a general fiduciary duty of loyalty and care which should govern all their corporate conduct. Unless they breach that duty by gross negligence or acts in bad faith‚ they usually will
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Chemicals in medicines Rakesh Mohan Hallen The words medicine’ and ’drug’ are often used in our country to mean the same substances: any substance‚ manufactured artificially‚ which can help recovery from sickness‚ relieve symptoms or modify a natural process in the body. A medicine is often a mixture of several chemical compounds. Even if it has only one active component compound often other substances are used as fillers or binders to give it bulk. Chemistry‚ the science related to chemical substances
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Write UP On AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION: Company Overview Background Information: American Home Products Corporation (AHP)‚ is a pharmaceutical company. The company was based in Madison‚ New Jersey‚ USA. They were known for manufacturing the over-the-counter (OTC) drugs Robitussin and the analgesic Advil (ibuprofen)‚ as well as the prescription drugs Premarin and Effexor‚ which both boast over US$3 billion in sales annually. American Home Product Corporation (AHP)‚ a highly growing
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ABC Chemical Company Goes Global* Driven by competitive pressures‚ and the attractiveness of the industry’s fastest growing market in the world‚ a U.S.-based chemical manufacturer‚ ABC Chemical Company (name changed to maintain confidentiality) considered expansion into Asia‚ specifically‚ China. William Smith is the International Marketing manager for ABC Chemical Company. William has been tasked with expanding ABC’s manufacturing and distribution to the Asia Pacific region. Many changes in
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EXPERIMENT NO. 9 CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM Audrey De Castro FCD3‚ Group 9‚ Ms. Sarah Sibug Kristine Tavares March 27‚ 2014 I. ABSTRACT Chemical equilibrium is mostly involved in industrial processes such as synthesis of ammonia
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World’s Chemical Industry 1.1 Scope of the chemical industry. 1.2 Category wise breakdown of the chemical industry. 1.3 Research and development in the chemical industry. 1.4 Classification of the chemical industry development of Pakistan – Vision 2030. CHAPTER 2 Potential for the development of secondary chemical industries based on feedstocks derived from primary industries. 2.1 Feedstocks derived from primary industries for the potential development of secondary chemical industries
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Chapter 1 Chemical Reactions and Equations Q.1. Why should magnesium ribbon be cleaned before burning in air ? Ans: Magnesium ribbon is a very reactive metal. When stored it reacts with oxygen to form a layer of magnesium oxide on its surface. This layer of magnesium oxide being a stable compound prevents further reaction of magnesium with oxygen. The magnesium is cleaned before burning in air to remove this layer so that the metal can be exposed to air properly. Q.2. Write the balanced
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