BOOKS Management and Engineering Guide to Economic Pollution Control: A General Approach to Industrial Waste Problems With Case Histories. David Krofchak. 124 pages. Clinton Industries, Inc., Publishing Div., P.O. Box 1208, 32880 Dequindre Ave., Warren, Mich. 48092. 1972. $10, paper. Attempts to describe the fundamentals of an economic approach to the solution of difficult industrial waste treatment problems. Illustrates how management can turn seemingly money-losing pollution abatement programs into cost-saving improvements to production processes. Also reference source for engineers. Vibration and Noise in Motor Vehicles. viii i- 207 pages. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1 Birdcage Walk, London SW1 9JJ, England. 1972. f 6.50, hard cover. Written for engineers, researchers, and academicians seeking causes and cures of vibration and noise in motor vehicles. Covers noise in internal combustion engines and their exhaust systems, engine mountings, crankshafts, rear axles, drivelines, brakes and brake discs, tires and roads, engine hum, and gear noise. Sewage Sludge Treatment. Ronald W. James. vii 276 pages. Noyes Data Corp., Park Ridge, N.J. 07656. 1972. $36, paper. Information in the book is based on U.S. patents since 1960 relating to sewage sludge treatment. Covers activated sludge, wet oxidation, sludge dewatering processes (centrifugal, evaporative, filtration, flotation), incineration (fluidized bed and other processes), fertilizer (composting and compaction), flocculants, nitrate and phosphate removal, and general processes.
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Salvage Markets for Materials in Solid Wastes. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. xxi f 187 pages. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 1972. $2.75, paper. Evaluates the markets for secondary materials. Provides industry by industry data on raw materials consumption and the mix between virgin and secondary materials use. Emphasis placed on paper, ferrous metals, nonferrous metals, glass, textiles, rubber, and plastics, but other materials discussed also. 364
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Reverse Osmosis Membrane Research. H. K. Lonsdale, H. E. Podall, Eds. xi 503 pages. Plenum Press, 227 W. 17 St., New York, N.Y. 1001 1. 1972. $27.50, hard cover. Survey of current research covers the problems connected with membrane transport and indicates direction of future research. Topics include: theory of water transport and salt rejection by different membranes, analysis of concentration polarization problems, brackish and seawater desalting, new membrane systems, and cellulosic and noncellulosic polymeric and hollow-fiber mem branes.
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Population, Resources, and the Future: Non-Malthusian Perspectiv'es. Howard M . Bahr et al., Eds. vii 352 pages. Brigham Young University Press, Provo, Utah 84601. 1972. $3.95, paper. Compilation of articles and papers written by renowned authorities in several sciences on the topic of population. Papers chosen with the intent of highlighting and documenting the point that the neo-Malthusian perspective on population growth and the attribution of social and environmental problems to overpopulation are only some of several hypothetical approaches to the total environmental problem.
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Environmental Chemistry: Air and Water Pollution. H. Stephen Stoker, Spencer L. Seager. iv 186 pages. Scott, Foresman and Co., Oakland, N.J. 07436. 1972. $2.95, paper. Authors attempt to take an objective look at the problems of air and water pollution. Main focus is on the chemicals and chemical compounds involved, but there is some overlap into other scientific disciplines. Authors feel that most of the acute environmental problems can be solved with technology now available. However, the attitude of the public must be changed to accept the fact that they must pay the bills.
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The Relationship of Land Use and Transportation Planning to Air Quality Management. George Hagevik, Ed. 287 pages. Center for Urban Policy Research & Conferences Dept., University Extension Div., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. 08903. 1972. $1 0. paper. Papers cover the role of information in planning, planning air pollution control through the 6Q's, the per-
spective that must be taken for the 70's and beyond, the transportation component, and point and area sources in a planning context. Ths Environmental Mercury Problem. Frank M . D'ltri. 124 pages. Chemical Rubber Co. Press, 18901 Cranwood Parkway, Cleveland, Ohio 441 28. 1972. $27.50, hard cover. Report from project initiated and passed during the 75th legislative session in Michigan in 1970. Covers the history, background concentrations, uses and sources, analysis, translocation, methylation, decontamination, epidemiology, and toxicology of mercury. Also covers a chronology of the world's mercury poisoning problem. The Fate of the Lakes: A Portrait of the Great Lakes. James P. Barry. 192 pages. Baker Book House, 1019 Wealthy St., S.E., Grand Rapids, Mich. 49506. 1972. $14.95, hard cover. Presents a portrait of the Great Lakes and explores the future possibilities for the Lakes and their impact upon the lives of Canadian and U.S. citizens. The author emphasizes ecological concerns but also covers navigation, shipping and ship building, commercial and sports fishing, power production, and recreation. Response of Plants to Environmental Stresses. J. Levitt. xii f 697 pages. Academic Press Inc., 111 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10003. 1972. $32.50, hard cover. Provides an analysis of the injuries produced in plants by physicochemical stresses (e.g., high and low temperature, water, radiation, salt, pollution), as well as the kinds of resistance plants develop against such stresses. Text and reference source for all phases of plant science as well as researches in industrial firms and environmental problems. Air Pollution Control: Processes, Equipment, Instrumentation. Lexington Data, Inc., Box 311, Lexington, Mass. 02173. 1972. $250. Report indexes and abstracts of 1400 U S. patents issued from 1967 through 1971 on this subject. Of the 1400 patents issued, only 180 dealt with internal combustion engine emissions. For another example, only 52 of the patents were aimed at NOx control.
Soil Geography. J. C. Cruockshank. 256 pages. Halsted Press, 605 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. 1972. $1 2, hard cover. Besides emphasizing the dynamic nature of soil and the factors that influenced its formation, the author describes the history of man's relationship with the soil. Includes examples of soil pollution and the use and effects of fertilizers. Intended as a basic text, and also provides essential materials for the discussion of wider ecological questions. Environmental Information Sources: A Selected Bibliography. Carole Schildhauer, Compiler. 45 pages. Special Libraries Association, 235 Park Ave. South, New York, N.Y. 10003. 1972. $3.80, paper. Covers abstracts, bibliographies, catalogs, directories, handbooks, journals, newsletters, and other sources. Prepared for the Environmental and Ecological LiteratureWhere Does It All Come From? seminar held during the 63rd annual conference of the Special Libraries Association. World Energy Supply/Demand During a Period of Crisis. 153 pages. Interdevelopment, Inc., Suite 814, Millard Fillmore Bldg., 2341 s. Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, Va. 22202. 1972. $270. Deals with the growing problems of energy demand and supply. Higher energy costs and increased competition for fuels, both among nations and among industrial segments within a given country, are to be expected. Covers North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and other nations. Sowing the Wind. Harrison Wellford. 384 pages. Grossman Pubxxiii lishers, Inc., 44 W. 56 St., New York, N.Y. 10019. 1972. $7.95, hard cover. A report for Ralph Nader's Center of Responsive Law on Food Safety and the Chemical Harvest. Describes the use of various chemicals in food supplies.
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Indicators ot Environmental Quality. William A. Thomas, Ed. x 275 pages. Plenum Press, 277 W. 17 St., New York, N.Y. 10011. 1972. $18.50, hard cover. Examines indicators and indices which measure variables and provide overall composite values with which to assess the environment. Interdisciplinary reference work quantitatively evaluates the effects of ecological and technological processes. Leading authorities investigate underlying principles, design, and testing of indicators that describe environmental quality from social, physical, chemical, and biological perspectives.
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Humic Substances in the Environment. M. Schnitzer, s. U. Khan. vii f 327 pages. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 95 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. 1972. $19.50, hard cover. Discusses the principal organic components of soils and waters that participate in and control many reactions that occur in these environments. Presents an up-to-date account of the chemistry and reactions of humic substances. Of value for environmental students and scientists in areas of soil and water, biologicals, chemicals, geochemicals, and others. Nutrients in Natural Waters. Herbert James R. Kramer, Eds. x 457 pages. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. 1972. $12.50, hard cover. Broad coverage of all aspects of the chemistry, biochemistry, and geochemistry of nutrients. Information source for all researchers and policymakers involved in nutrient matters-water and water pollution, ecology, aquatic chemistry, biology, water resources, and water treatment. Can also be used as supplementary reading in graduate level courses in limnology and aquatic chemistry, oceanography, and ecoloY$l.
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River Ecology and Man. Ray T. Oglesby, Clarence A. Carlson, James A. McCann, Eds. xvii 465 pages. Academic Press Inc., 111 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10003. 1972. $1 1.50, hard cover. Series of reports by scientists, engineers, and social scientists. Presents information on rivers and man's interactions with them. Intended for fishery biologists, aquatic ecologists, limnologists, sanitary engineers, hydrologists, systems analysts, aquatic chemists, administrators of water quality management programs, and other scientists and engineers concerned with the study and management of freshwater systems.
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An Introduction to Air Chemistry. Samuel S. Butcher, Robert J. Charlson. xiii f 241 pages. Academic Press, Inc., 111 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10003. 1972. $10.95, hard cover. Designed for those with no previous experience in the field, say the publishers, this book synthesizes the areas of chemistry and meteorology required to bring into focus some of th'e complex problems associated with the atmospheric environment. Authors also cover the topic of aerosols, an important topic in atmospheric chemistry.
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