For the first time, U. S. and Japanese researchers, health officials and forensic specialists will reveal events leading up to the March 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on Japanese subway commuters in Tokyo. This panel of experts, who were on the scene, are assembled for the first time to review the attacks and the government's reaction. The briefing is part of the fall national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, taking place in Boston, August 23-27. Session organizer Dr. Anthony Tu, a noted expert in chemical weapons, served as a scientific advisor to police after the Sarin attack.

Who

Dr. Anthony Tu - Colorado State University
Dr. Tetsu Okumura - Department of Acute Medicine, Okayama, Japan
Dr. Yasuo Seto - National Research Institute of Police Science, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Hitoshi Tsuchihashi - Osaka Police Forensic Science Laboratory, Osaka, Japan
Dr. Yasutaka Ogawa - Department of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan

What

Sarin Terrorist Attack Briefing

When

Tuesday, August 25, 1998
11:00 a.m.

Where

Sheraton Boston
Beacon Suite A

For further information, contact:

Nancy Blount, 202/872-4451
August 20-27: Press Room , Conv. Ctr., Room 308
Phone: 617/351-6808; FAX: 617/351-6820

A nonprofit organization with a membership of more than 155,000 chemists and chemical engineers as its members, the American Chemical Society publishes scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences, and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.