ENVIRONMENTAL
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Science & Technology Volume 4, Number 2 February 1970
Editor: James J. Morgan Managing Editor: D. H. Michael Bowen Assistant Editors: Stanton S. Miller, Peter J. Piecuch Editorial Assistant: Carol A. Goode Manager, Manuscript Reviewing: Katherine I. Biggs Assistant Editor: Norma Yess Director of Design: Joseph Jacobs Production Manager: Bacil Guiley Layout and Production: Norman W. Favin, Leroy L. Corcoran, Clarence L. Rakow, Géraldine D. Lucas Associate Production Manager: Charlotte C. Sayre Editorial Assistant: Arlene Ebner Advisory Board: R. D. Cadle, D. J. O'Connor, Ulrich Merten, J. C. Morris, C. E. Moser, P. K. Mueller, E. D. Palmes, J. N. Pitts, Jr., W. J. Weber, Jr. American Chemical Society Publications 1155 Sixteenth St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Director of Publications: Richard L. Kenyon Director of Business Operations: Joseph H. Kuney Publication Manager, Journals: David E. Gushee Executive Assistant to the Director of Publications: Rodney N. Hader Circulation Director: Herbert C. Spencer Assistant to the Director of Publications: William Q. Hull Advertising Management: Reinhold Publishing Corporation For offices and advertisers see page 170
Editorial
Outlook
Muck, brass, and the smell of money
Technology for oil spill control deemed inadequate
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Ban on detergent phosphates pending in Congress
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91st Congress has fruitful first session
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Viewpoint NAPCA's Middleton asks for escalation on S0 2 control
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Currents Nixon asks $10 billion for treatment plants
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Project Stormf ury results look encouraging
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Dominick announces major realignment at FWPCA
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Solvent recovery tames 10 year pollution problem
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FPC seeks to reconcile power needs, environmental protection 91 Muskie sees need for federal watchdog agency
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Universities pool efforts on advising state agencies
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New Jersey bears down on aircraft emissions
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Water projects on the rise in New York, Pennsylvania
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Environmental warning system operational in New England
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Control equipment market likely pacesetter in 1970 economy
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Firms announce new control facilities
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Limestone injection study to include collector efficiency
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Interest grows in low emission autos, mass transit vehicles
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Hickel sounds warning on deep well injection
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Features Wet scrubber design and selection should be guided by pollutant classification, says Ε. Β. Hanf of Ceilcote Co. Electrical conductivity measurements are becoming common in waste monitoring systems. TVA's P. A. Corrigan, V. E. Lyons, G. D. Barnes and F. G. Hall discuss fundamentals and a typical plant installation 116 Bookshelf
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New products digest
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New literature digest
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Meeting guide
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Professional consulting services directory 169
Current research contents
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