After reading the editorial on the changes at C&EN, I provided the feedback
below.

You note in your editorial that change is never easy. Sometimes it is not
smart, either. As a 37 year member of ACS and active in the chemical safety
community, I am devastated that you would fire Jyllian Kemsley, the one
consistent voice in C&EN for chemical safety and in case you need reminding,
SAFETY IS A CORE VALUE OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. For the
environmental scientists, industrial hygienists, toxicologists, forensic
scientists and environmental health & safety professionals, and others who
want to make their workplaces safe and inviting, Jyllian personalized those
impacted by chemical accidents better than anyone who has ever written for
C&EN. Shame on you for this change. To suggest that C&EN will now "focus on
covering the things that are important to you as ACS members and
professionals in the chemistry enterprise" ignores what many of us care
about. and those active in local sections and divisions already get better
information on ACS activities than C&EN provides.


Russ
Russ Phifer
WC Environmental, LLC
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West Chester, PA 19380
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FYI, information and comment on this news can be found at

C&EN Editorial: Change
https://cen.acs.org/acs-news/Editorial-Change/100/i44

Loss of editorial independence at C&ENews is tragic by Holden Thorpe,
Science Editor in Chief
https://holdenthorp.substack.com/p/loss-of-editorial-independence-at?utm_sou
rce=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share&r=nm6fe

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Membership Chair
American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Health and Safety
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