Opening of the International Year of Chemistry in Germany

摘要

WHEN opening the International Year of Chemistry in Germany, leading delegates from science, industry and trade union highlighted major contributions from chemistry to a good quality of life. Clean water and air, safe foods and effective medicines: many global challenges to humankind cannot be solved without chemistry. Professor Dr Michael Droscher, spokesman of the Forum Chemistry, emphasized at the start-up event in Berlin: "Today we need more than ever before the creative potential of chemistry.