Enhancing Scientific Understanding of Chemical Safety
Enhancing Scientific Understanding of Chemical Safety
ACC sponsors the Long-Range Research Initiative (LRI) to promote innovations in chemical safety assessments. It invests in science essential for understanding the impact of chemicals on human health and the environment.

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Enabling Cutting-Edge Advancements
Enabling Cutting-Edge Advancements
The business of chemistry excels at continuously bringing new, imaginative and innovative ideas to market—applied technology in medical devices, aerospace, computing, cars, fuels and more.

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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions for a Cleaner Environment
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions for a Cleaner Environment
The chemistry industry develops the products that reduce greenhouse gas emissions for consumers and manufacturing facilities alike. For every ton of CO2 emitted in manufacturing the products of chemistry, two tons of CO2 emissions are saved.

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Creating Ground-Breaking Medical Innovations
Creating Ground-Breaking Medical Innovations
The chemistry industry produces 80 percent of the materials used to formulate medicines and has helped develop innovations that have increased life expectancy by more than 30 years over the past century.

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Driving Innovations that Create a Healthier, Safer and More Sustainable Future

Every year America’s chemistry industry spends approximately $50 billion to support new innovation. In fact, one-in-five U.S. patents are chemistry or chemistry-related.

Learn more about policies that can help American chemistry continue innovating, creating jobs and enhancing safety:

Energy

ACC launches energy advocacy and awareness campaign. Learn More »

Shale Gas

Access to vast new supplies of American natural gas from shale deposits is one of the most exciting domestic energy developments in decades. Learn More »

2012 Global Chemical Regulations Conference

As an industry, we need to work together through events like GlobalChem to ensure that regulatory systems here in the United States and overseas complement rather than contradict each other so that the global business of chemistry can continue to innovate. Learn More »
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FROM CHEMISTRY TO ENERGY

ACC launches energy advocacy and awareness campaign.

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WHAT IS A GREEN BUILDING?

Take a 3-D virtual tour that demonstrates the role modern plastic materials can play in energy-efficient homes!