EDITORIAL
	How Much Chemical Research Do We Need ?
	by Vincenzo Balzani	1
PERSONALIA
	Kurt Schaffner at 60.
	by David I. Schuster	7
PHOTOCHEMISTRY IN EUROPE
	Some Activities of Photochemistry in Egypt.
	by S.E. Morsi and M.S.A. Abdel-Mottaleb	11
EDUCATION
	Laboratory Course in Photochemistry at the Technical University of Merseburg.
	by Rainer Schütz and Gunter Israel	17
CONFERENCE REPORTS
	IVth International Symposium on Quantitative Luminescence Spectrometry in Biomedical Sciences, Gent, Belgium, May 27-31, 1991.
	by D. de Keukeleire	23
	9th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, Fribourg, Switzerland, July 14-19, 1991.
	by F. Wasgestian	33
	XVth International Conference on Photochemistry, Paris, France, July 28-August 2, 1991.
	by David J. McGarvey and David R. Worral	36
	Congresso dei Gruppi Interdivisionali delli Societa' Chimica Italiana, Chianciano, Oct 6-11, 1991.
	by F. Barigelletti and P. Bortolus	39
	Organic Photochemistry and its Synthetic Applications, Reading, Sept. 13, 1991.
	by Howard Carless	44
TOPICAL ARTICLE
	Photodegradation of Pollutants in Wastewaters.
	by James R. Bolton	48
EPA NEWS
	Havinga Medal 1991 Awarded to Marye Anne Fox.	54
	Grupo de Fotoquimica of the Real Sociedad Espanola de Quimica.	54
	Call for Advertisements.	55
PUBLICATIONS
	New Books in Photochemistry.
	by Dorothea Seidel	56
	Abstracts of Theses in Photochemistry.	58
	Photochemical Reviews, 8.	62
BOOK REVIEWS
	Photochemist's Yearly Compendium. Photochemistry Vol.22
	by Johannes Leitich	66
	Enlightenment for Industrialists. Braun/Maurette/Oliveros: Photochemical Technology
	by H. J. Kuhn	67
	More Applied Photochemistry. Böttcher et al.: Technical Applications of Photochemistry
	by D. Faßler	68
UPCOMING MEETINGS
	Calendar.	70
	Announcements.	74
NEW MEMBERS		76