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BOOKS The Hazardous Waste Consultant. Periodical, bimonthly. McCoy & Associates, 13131 W. Cedar Dr., Lakewood, Colo. 80228. $350/year. This periodical covers economic, engineering, and regulatory aspects of hazardous waste management. The first issue (July) examines dioxins, permits, industry liability, breakdown of clay liners, and other topics. A bibliographic listing of articles of interest is presented. Ionizing Radiation: Tumorigenic and Tumoricidal Effects. Charles L. Sanders, Ronald L. Kathren. 352 pages. Battelle Press, 505 King Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43201. 1983. $49.95, hardcover. Radiation is often blamed for causing cancer, but it is used as a cure in some cases. This book examines radiation's role in the formation and breakdown of tumors and discusses basic concepts, bone marrow, the skeleton, body organs, and carcinogenic mechanisms. Acid Rain: A Review of the Phenomenon in the EEC and Europe. Graham & Trotman Ltd., Sterling House, 66 Wilton Rd., London SW1V IDE, U.K. 1983. £12.50 (about $27.50). This book examines the possible effects of acid rain on trees, crops, other terrestrial flora and fauna, aquatic flora and fauna, buildings, and human health. Sources and mechanisms of adverse effects are also discussed. Pesticides and Neurological Diseases. Donald J. Ecobichon. 296 pages. CRC Press, Inc., 2000 Corporate Blvd., N.W., Boca Raton, Fla. 33431. 1983. $78 ($89 outside U.S.), hardcover. The toxicology of various pesticide classes is discussed, as is their ability to damage the central and peripheral nervous systems. Topics covered include toxicokinetics; chlorinated, phosphorous, and carbamic ester insecticides; and mercurial fungicides. Fugitive Dust Issues in the Coal Use Cycle. 272 pages. Publications Department, Air Pollution Control As550A
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sociation, P.O. Box 2861, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15230. 1983. $25 ($20 for APCA members), hardcover. Topics include measurements and characterizations of fugitive emissions, methods of control and their effectiveness, and redefinition of and perspectives on ambient particulates. The book draws its material from a recent meeting on the subject. Handbook of Hazardous Materials. 2nd ed. 248 pages. Alliance of American Insurers, Suite 400 West, 1501 Woodfield Rd., Schaumburg, 111. 60195-4980. 1983. $8 (add $1.40 for UPS shipment or $2.24 for first-class mail). This publication lists and discusses physical properties, flammability characteristics, toxicity specifics, and threshold limit values of more than 300 substances. It includes an outline of the principles of recognition, evaluation, and control of workplace contaminants as they are related to occupational disease. Dictionary of Water and Wastewater Disposal (Wôrterbuch fur das Wasser und Abwasserfach). Revised ed. F. Meinck, H. Môhle. R. Oldenburg Verlag GmbH, Rosenheimerstrasse 145, D-8000 Mûnchen 80, West Germany. 1983. About $80. This dictionary is published in English, French, German, and Italian. The revised edition contains 12 018 entries, up from 8844 in the previous edition. Implementing Tradable Permits for Sulfur Oxides Emissions. Glen R. Cass et al. Vols. I, II, III. 26, 215, and 412 pages. Publications Secretary, EQL 314-40, Caltech, Pasadena, Calif. 91125. 1983. $25 for the set (California residents add $1.63 sales tax). This work deals with a system of transferable permits to emit air pollutants as an alternative to setting pollution limits on a source-by-source basis. It examines the viability of such an approach and the possible technical and economic advantages and shortcomings of permit trading.
Agricultural Management and Water Quality. Frank W. Schaller, George W. Bailey, Eds. 472 pages. Iowa State University Press, 2121 S. State Ave., Ames, Iowa 50010.1983. $39.95 (add $1 for airmail), hardcover. This book reviews the latest research and experience in agricultural nonpoint-source water pollution and its management. It contains material from a conference on the subject and discusses topics such as fate and transport of agricultural chemicals, water quality impact, nonpoint source control, and economic and social aspects. The Acid Rain Resources Directory. Periodical, semiannual. The Acid Rain Foundation, Inc., 1630 Blackhawk Hills, St. Paul, Minn. 55122. 1983. $6. This directory lists public, private, and educational resources currently available on the subject of acid rain. Sections include legislation, conferences, basic references on acid rain, current books, and many other important sources of information. EARS Energy Catalog No. 15. 31 pages. Environmental Action Resource Service, Box 8, Farisita, Colo. 81037. 1983. $1, paper. This catalog lists publications, hardware, systems, and do-it-yourself kits among the many items devoted to renewable resources and environmental protection. The Great Extinction. Michael Allaby, James Lovelock, ix + 182 pages. Doubleday & Co., Inc., 245 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. 10167. 1983. $13.95, hardcover. One of the greatest mysteries of natural history involves the complete disappearance of dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era, the subsequent proliferation of mammalian species in the Cenozoic Era, and no apparent link between the two events. What environmental change (or cataclysm) brought about this seemingly unconnected change and essentially erased records of what went on as the Mesozoic Era became the Cenozoic? The authors offer an explanation.
