Societal demand

Product manufacturers have invested heavily in reformulation of products to meet societal demands in order to differentiate their products from those of their competitors. In the cleaning product and personal care product arenas, leaders include Bissell, which substantially reformulated its product line to meet DfE standards. Clorox developed the GreenWorks line to meet DfE standards and demonstrate leadership in cleaning product sustainability. Other products that meet DfE standards - more than 2700 - can be found at http //www.epa.gov/dfe/pubs/ projects/formulat/formpart.htm. Chemical suppliers, not just product manufacturers,... 

The world has evolved significantly, and with it, the need for RTC Ops to meet societal demands. Our traditional views, concepts, terminology, and data on shift work and occupational requirements no longer fully reflect the dramatic changes that are now commonplace in our society. Examining the role and effects of sleep loss in occupational settings requires an evolved definition that more accurately reflects the RTC Ops that pervade the modem workforce. 

Notwithstanding unequivocal benefits associated with the acceleration of the global N cycle in terms of satisfying societal demands for food and fuel, the negative environmental consequences to estuaries and coastal seas caused by over-enrichment of nitrogen are significant (Howarth and Marino, 2006 Rabalais, 2002). For example, two-thirds of the coastal rivers and bays in the United States are moderately to severely... 

In addition to learning across scientific disciplines, we should encourage collaboration across technical, business, and social sciences. Innovation requires individuals able to recognize how new knowledge could meet societal demands and translate potential into practice. That creates real and lasting value. 

There are many other benefits of pluralism, some of which have already been discussed in detail by Hasok Chang (2012, chap. 5.2) or mentioned before. First of all, if we acknowledge that biology, physics, chemistry, geology and so on (as well as correspondingly their various research fields) have different subject matter and different research aims that require different methods, it is obvious that monism can pick only a single aspect and disregard the rest. Pluralism instead allows a non-hierarchical division of labor, which in most fields of society is the most effective and successful approach. Moreover, as new kinds of issues arise, either out of the research process or by societal demand, science can flexibly adjust by... 

It is clear, then, that some knowledge of the chemistry of the elements is a prerequisite for being able to use them. Societal demands for alternative resources, dematerialization, and durability are also compelling reasons for achieving a thorough knowledge of the chemical behavior of matter ... 

The concepts of process miniaturization and process intensification have developed considerably in chemical engineering since the 1990s, in relation to the principle of sustainable development. These concepts often appear as potential solutions not only to meet the societal demand concerning a smaller, cheaper and safer chemical industry, but also to satisfy an ever more dynamic market in search of portable, distributed and responsive process solutions. 

And more generally how the fundamental understanding is acquired upstream, can it supply the ecotechnologies, and respond to societal demand and meet the challenges of sustainable development ... 

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