31.  At Dow AgroSciences, Bryan Stuart, government relations manager, said chemical companies can improve labeling to help urban users protect the environment.

32.  At the start of his career, engineer Jason Stone worked for a large chemical company in Alabama, where any hint of homosexuality could have sabotaged his career.

33.  Atlanta-based LaRoche is a closely held chemical company that makes nitrogen-based products such as ammonium nitrate for mine blasting.

34.  BASF Mexicana is a wholly owned subsidiary of German-based chemical company BASF AG.

35.  Bay Area counties are claiming a big legal victory in their war on chemical companies they accuse of poisoning people and polluting the environment with lead paint.

36.  BAYER PLANS TO SPIN OFF IMAGING UNIT The German chemical company Bayer is expected to announce Thursday that it is spinning off Agfa-Gevaert, its imaging unit.

37.  Beijing is also keen to introduce new technology to an industry now characterized by small- to medium-sized chemical companies often using relatively backward techniques.

38.  Before Eurotherm, Hultman was European managing director for Fisher Controls Inc., a subsidiary of U.S.-based chemical company Monsanto Co.

39.  Big chemical companies like DuPont and Dow Chemical gained.

40.  Big U.S. chemical companies still oppose binding limits on emissions of carbon-based gases, regardless of which ones are specified, industry officials said.