Cleaning Our Environment The Chemical Basis For Action Cleaning Our Environment The Chemical Basis For Action
Λ Report
by the Subcommittee on Environ
mental Improvement, Committee on Chemistry and Public Affair.,
American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, D.C.
1969
Cleaning Our Environment—The Chemical Basis for Action is the highly acclaimed 249-page report based on a three-year study by the Subcommittee on Environmental Improvement of the ACS Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs. Leading experts from the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, biology, entomology, and other disciplines comprised the Task Force on Environmental Improvement which conducted the study, one of the most comprehensive of its kind. The report divides the problem of environmental improvement into four parts: air environment, water environment, solid wastes, and pesticides. It clearly shows where extensive fundamental research is required to provide a better working understanding of the environmental system. Focusing strongly on chemistry, chemical engineering, and related disciplines, the report concludes that the U.S. possesses enough technical know-how to take enormous strides now toward a cleaner environment. Included in the report are 73 recommendations for action on such topics as: • flow, dispersion, and degradation of water and air pollutants • short- and long-range effects of water and air pollutants • municipal and industrial waste water treatment • advanced treatment processes • eutrophication • air quality criteria • air monitoring systems • emission control on motor vehicles • abatement of pollutants from power plants • municipal and industrial solid wastes • mining and processing wastes • pesticides and human health • pesticides and wildlife • methods of pest control Although the ACS report is directed primarily at technical and nontechnical administrators in the environmental field, research managers, legislators and others working in this area, the nature of the subject makes it required reading for all scientists interested in environmental problems and their solutions. The report is available from the ACS Special Issues Sales. Price: $2.75.
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