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framework for the collection of information from developers, with four appendices demonstrating the method. The intention of the study is to prevent unnecessary delays in developments without endangering the environment.
Smoke, Dust and Haze. Fundamentals of Aerosol Behavior. By S. K. Friedlander. John Wiley, New York, London, Sydney, Toronto. 1977. Pp. xvii + 317. Price: £11.35, $19-50.
This is an advanced classroom text dealing concisely and clearly with all sides of aerosol behaviour. An understanding of the points raised here would be of value to anyone concerned with air pollution.
Physiological Responses of Marine Biota to Pollutants. Edited by F. J. Vernberg, A. Calarese, F. P. Thurnberg and W. B. Vernberg. Academic Press, New York, San Francisco, London. 1977. Pp. xiii + 462. Price: £15.25, $21.50.
This book includes twenty-seven papers given at a symposium, in November 1975, at the Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology, University of South Carolina. Subjects studied were pesticides and PCBs, heavy metals, petroleum hydrocarbons and interactions of pollutants. Where possible the functional mechanism of the reaction was described.
The Environmental Control Industry. By K. Leung and J. A. Klein. Ann Arbor Science, Michigan. 1976. Pp. 138. Price: £9.75, $16.45.
This is an analysis of the economics of the pollution control industry. In the United States in 1974 $645,000,000 was spent on equipment to control air pollution and $1,785,000,000 to control water pollution. This report also investigates the costbenefit ratios of these processes.
Quality of the Environment and the Iron and Steel Industry. Proceedings of a Conference organised by the Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General for Social Affairs, Luxembourg, 24-26 September 1974. Pergamon Press, Oxford. 1977. Pp. vii + 847. Price: £30, $60.
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BOOK REVIEWS
As we have come to expect when the Commission of the European Communities is involved in publishing the proceedings of a conference, this only happens after a very long delay, in this case nearly three years. Although this volume contains some informative articles on the way in which pollution from the industry may be combatted, there is little that could not be better obtained from existing textbooks.
Treatment of Industrial Effluents. Edited by A. G. Callely, C. F. Forster and D. A. Stafford, Hodder and Stoughton, London. 1977. Pp. xiii + 378. Price: £7.95. This is a joint effort by twenty-two writers, all concerned with some aspect of effluent treatment. The principles of modern treatment are discussed and there are accounts of practices in various industries, i.e. papermaking, petrochemicals, textiles, cokeovens, pharmaceuticals and chemicals, farming and the dairy industry. A valuable manual for those in any way involved with effluent treatment.
Energy, Environment, Populations and Food: Our Four Interdependent Crises. By G . L . Tuve. John Wiley, New York, London, Sydney, Toronto. 1977. Pp. xiii + 264. Price: £11.00, $19.00. This book contains a concise and well-balanced account of the major problems which face mankind on'space ship earth'. As is right, the subject of pollution receives the least space, as most of its problems are among those most likely to be solved.
Atmospheric Aerosols; Developments in Atmospheric Science: Volume 7. By S. Twomey. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Oxford, New York. 1977. Pp. xiv + 302. Price: $49. This volume contains a text dealing clearly and succinctly with all aspects of aerosol physics. It should be useful to advanced students of atmospheric physics, meteorology, air pollution and environmental studies.
River Pollution Studies. By G. A. Best and S. L. Ross. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool. 1977. Pp. vii + 92. Price: £3.50. This is a handbook for teachers, students and senior pupils in schools who wish to study river pollution. It explains in clear and simple language the chemistry of pollution and of sewage treatment. Methods of chemical analysis for the main pollutants are described. The biology of polluted rivers--with notes on the animals
31 5
framework for the collection of information from developers, with four appendices demonstrating the method. The intention of the study is to prevent unnecessary delays in developments without endangering the environment.
Smoke, Dust and Haze. Fundamentals of Aerosol Behavior. By S. K. Friedlander. John Wiley, New York, London, Sydney, Toronto. 1977. Pp. xvii + 317. Price: £11.35, $19-50.
This is an advanced classroom text dealing concisely and clearly with all sides of aerosol behaviour. An understanding of the points raised here would be of value to anyone concerned with air pollution.
Physiological Responses of Marine Biota to Pollutants. Edited by F. J. Vernberg, A. Calarese, F. P. Thurnberg and W. B. Vernberg. Academic Press, New York, San Francisco, London. 1977. Pp. xiii + 462. Price: £15.25, $21.50.
This book includes twenty-seven papers given at a symposium, in November 1975, at the Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology, University of South Carolina. Subjects studied were pesticides and PCBs, heavy metals, petroleum hydrocarbons and interactions of pollutants. Where possible the functional mechanism of the reaction was described.
The Environmental Control Industry. By K. Leung and J. A. Klein. Ann Arbor Science, Michigan. 1976. Pp. 138. Price: £9.75, $16.45.
This is an analysis of the economics of the pollution control industry. In the United States in 1974 $645,000,000 was spent on equipment to control air pollution and $1,785,000,000 to control water pollution. This report also investigates the costbenefit ratios of these processes.
Quality of the Environment and the Iron and Steel Industry. Proceedings of a Conference organised by the Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General for Social Affairs, Luxembourg, 24-26 September 1974. Pergamon Press, Oxford. 1977. Pp. vii + 847. Price: £30, $60.
316
BOOK REVIEWS
As we have come to expect when the Commission of the European Communities is involved in publishing the proceedings of a conference, this only happens after a very long delay, in this case nearly three years. Although this volume contains some informative articles on the way in which pollution from the industry may be combatted, there is little that could not be better obtained from existing textbooks.
Treatment of Industrial Effluents. Edited by A. G. Callely, C. F. Forster and D. A. Stafford, Hodder and Stoughton, London. 1977. Pp. xiii + 378. Price: £7.95. This is a joint effort by twenty-two writers, all concerned with some aspect of effluent treatment. The principles of modern treatment are discussed and there are accounts of practices in various industries, i.e. papermaking, petrochemicals, textiles, cokeovens, pharmaceuticals and chemicals, farming and the dairy industry. A valuable manual for those in any way involved with effluent treatment.
Energy, Environment, Populations and Food: Our Four Interdependent Crises. By G . L . Tuve. John Wiley, New York, London, Sydney, Toronto. 1977. Pp. xiii + 264. Price: £11.00, $19.00. This book contains a concise and well-balanced account of the major problems which face mankind on'space ship earth'. As is right, the subject of pollution receives the least space, as most of its problems are among those most likely to be solved.
Atmospheric Aerosols; Developments in Atmospheric Science: Volume 7. By S. Twomey. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Oxford, New York. 1977. Pp. xiv + 302. Price: $49. This volume contains a text dealing clearly and succinctly with all aspects of aerosol physics. It should be useful to advanced students of atmospheric physics, meteorology, air pollution and environmental studies.
River Pollution Studies. By G. A. Best and S. L. Ross. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool. 1977. Pp. vii + 92. Price: £3.50. This is a handbook for teachers, students and senior pupils in schools who wish to study river pollution. It explains in clear and simple language the chemistry of pollution and of sewage treatment. Methods of chemical analysis for the main pollutants are described. The biology of polluted rivers--with notes on the animals