Water and Waste Treatment Data Book. 14th ed. 160 pages. The Permutit Company, Inc., Ε 49 Midland Ave., Paramus, N.J. 07652. 1981. $3.95, paper. This book contains 91 sections of data with charts, tables, and formulas for practicing engineers. Data on water, pipes and fittings, chemical properties, waste treatment, and other topics are given. The Federal Yellow Book Directory. Semiannual update. The Washington Monitor, Inc., 499 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045. $ 130 a year, loose-leaf binder. When one deals with the federal government, it is good to know who does what job. This directory lists about 27 000 federal employees by organization, name, title, address, room, and phone number, as well as regional offices nationwide. It covers much of the executive branch. The aim is to have the user "reach the right of fice and the right person right away." The Human Impact: Man's Role in Environmental Change. Andrew Goudie. 328 pages. The MIT Press, 28
Carleton St., Cambridge, Mass. 02142. 1982. $22.50, cloth; $10, paper. This book traces current ideas con cerning the interaction between human beings and nature. It also surveys human interference with environ mental systems at various stages of development. Impacts on water, cli mate, soil, flora, and fauna, as well as the human being as a geomorphological agent are discussed. Case histories in Africa, the Middle East, Great Britain, and the western U.S. are cov ered. Radiofrequency and Microwaves. 134 pages. WHO Publications Centre U.S.A., 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, N.Y. 12210. 1981. About $6, paper. This World Health Organization book is Environmental Health Criteria 16. It discusses sources and conditions of exposure, monitoring instruments, biological effects, health effects in human beings, and many other related topics. Exposure Commitment Assessments of Environmental Pollutants. Vol. 1, No. 2. MARC Report Number 25. 40
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