ONLINE IN PRINT WEB SITES Bioremediation Resources on the Internet, compiled by Deena Errampalli at the University of Guelph (http://gwrp.cciw.ca/internet/ bioremediation), has recently been updated to include bioremediation references and bioremediation business links. The site provides a good start for bioremediation information with a database of bioremediation Internet sites that is searchable by content. This database seems capable of locating researchers working on virtually every asDcct of bioremediation. The site also provides circhives to the Bioremediation electronic mailing list The National Environmental Monitoring Initiative (http://www.epa. gov/cludygxb) aims to link largescale survey information and remote sensing with ecological process research to enhance the utility of existing programs. Programs are classified according to three scales: comprehensive surveys of large regions (> 10,000 km), surveys that sample sub regions intended to be indicative of large areas, and detailed studies. The site provides 3. sum.mt3.rv and contact for each pro errs m EPA has introduced a home page for information on the Environmental Justice through Pollution Prevention grant program (http://www. epa.gov/opptintr/ejp2). Through this program, EPA provides financial assistance to help minority and lowincome communities set up pollution prevention programs. The site offers program guidance documents, application forms, and listings of prior grant awards and frequently asked questions. The Environmental Biotechnology Network (http://www.dechema.de/ bioteche.htm), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology, is an impressive example of how gov-
ernment can use its resources to foster environmental technologies. The site offers environmental businesses advice on technical matters, business issues, and practical problems. Practical help includes pilot plants for technical problem solving and funding for qualified graduate students to work on an environmental biotechnical project. Information about bioremediation research funded by the Department of Energy can be found on the Natural and Accelerated Bioremediation Research site (www.lbl.gov/NABIR). The NABIR program seeks to develop methods to accelerate natural processes for the bioremediation of contaminated soils, sediments, and groundwater at DOE facilities. Proceedings from the "Bioremediation and Its Societal Implications and Concerns" workshop held last July at*f* now available on the site. Invited participants discussed the ethical legal and social issues associated with bioremediation projects
BOOKS Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XI, Sven-Erik Gryning, Francis A. Schiermeier, Eds. (Plenum Press, 1996, 710 pp., $159.50). This book is a collection of papers on the role of atmospheric models in policy, integrated regional modeling, global and long-range transport, accidental releases, and model verification from the November 1995 NATOsponsored International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling in Baltimore Md. 100 Chemical Weapons Destruction and Explosive Waste/Unexploded Ordnance Remediation, Robert Noyes (Noyes Publications, 1996, 236 pp., $64.00). Current and potential treatment technologies for the cleanup needs of the Department of Defense are reviewed. Technologies include incineration and alternatives, biologi-
cal treatment and thermal/oxidation processes, recycling, and reuse. 101 Environmental Biomonitoring: Exposure Assessment and Specimen Banking, K. S. Subramanian, G. V Iyengar, Eds. (American Chemical Society, 1997, 298 pp., $99.95). This book compiles 24 review papers, original research, and reports of new work based on a symposium held at the International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies in Hawaii in December 1995. 102 Immunochemical Technology for Environmental Applications, Diana S. Aga, E. M. Thurman, Eds. (American Chemical Society, 1997, 396 pp., $119.95). The product of a symposium held at the American Chemical Society's national meeting in March 1996, the 30 papers in this volume cover antibody production and assay development; new formats of immunochemical techniques; immunoassays in environmental studies and monitoring; and sample preparation chemometrics, and quality control. 103 Particles in Our Air: Exposures and Health Effects, John D. Spengler, Richard Wilson, Eds. (Harvard University Press, 1996, 300 pp., $25.00 softcover). This book reviews recent epidemiological, toxicological, and modeling studies on the health effects of particulate matter and includes an analysis of policy implications. 104 Understanding Risk: Informing Decisions in a Democratic Society, Paul C. Stern, HarveyV.Fineberg, Eds. (National Academy Press, 1996, 264 pp., $39.95). Risk characterization, uncertainty, and issues related to translating the outputs of risk analysis into nontechnical language are examined in a report by a National Research Council panel. 105
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