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Letters to the editor Drinks made with wastewater I read with interest the March 24 Business Concentrate by Craig Bettenhausen about Sonoma Distilling making whiskey with (treated) wastewater. Epic Cleantec seems to have a great product! Bettenhausen begins by pointing out that others are making beer with wastewater. I hate to complain about the whiskey news, but beer is typically 90–95% water, whereas whiskey might be only 50–60% water. Thus, it seems that making beer with wastewater is the more impressive achievement. Andrew W. Maverick Colorado Springs ACS Comment on supporting science The March 24, 2025, edition of C&EN had a report by Wayne E. Jones Jr. , chair of the American Chemical Society Board of Directors (page 41). Dr. Jones, you are complicit in your silence: the elephant in the room is Donald J. Trump. The president has single-handedly destroyed one of the greatest science enterprises the world has