ENVIRONMENTAL Science & Technology
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Volume 1, Number 2 February 1967
Editor: James J. Morgan Managing Editor: Melvin J. Josephs Manager, Manuscript Reviewing: Katherine I. Biggs Manager, Manuscript Editing: Ruth Reynard Art Director: Joseph Jacobs Layout and Production: Denis Gruschin, Herbert Kuttner Production—Easton, Pa. Associate Editor: Charlotte C. Sayre Advisory Board: A. P. Altshuller, W. L. Faith, S. K. Friedlander, A. F. Gaudy, Jr., E. D. Goldberg, H. P. Gregor, T. E. Larson, G. F. Lee, J. N. Pitts, Jr., W. Stumm 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 Assistant to the Director of Publications: William Q. Hull Advertising Management: Reinhold Publishing Corporation For list of offices, see page 180 For list of advertisers, see page 180
Environmental Currents
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Aluminum offers desalination economies
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New lake evaporation studies under way
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Solid wastes laboratory planned for Cincinnati by PHS 109 TVA builds plant to compost municipal waste
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Discarded silt used to make inexpensive brick
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Polymers prove effective in sewage and waste water treatment 111
TVA prepares seven-state water quality management program
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Project seeks to halt clean air guesswork
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Lead in gasoline increases hydrocarbons in exhaust
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Outlook Foam separation technology promises to become an integral part of any total waste water pollution abatement system 116
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Environmental Science and Technology
Bookshelf Often unaware of the far-reaching consequences of new technologies and discoveries, man is constantly tested by new challenges 175 Contamination control is a manysided subject requiring those concerned with such problems to redirect their skills and efforts 175
Smog chamber for organic solvent vapors being built 113
Eddies . . . Indian summer. . . Car fumes . . . Ducks . . . Soot. . . Tag days 115
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Reverse osmosis units with 40,000g.p.d. capacities for purifying water are on the job and units with 1,000,000-g.p.d. capacities are being designed 124
Congress, reflecting public opinion, strikes a nationwide get tough posture on air pollution controls 119
New Products Digest
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New Literature Digest
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Meeting Guide
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Professional Consulting Services Directory
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