Fifty More Timely Problems of the Environment

• Main Author: Libby,L. M.
• Other Authors: RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: Air Pollution and Control; Water Pollution and Control; *ENVIRONMENTS; *AIR POLLUTION; *WATER POLLUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; CORRECTIONS; ECOLOGY; ARSENIC; SONIC BOOM; AIRPORTS; FOG; ENZYMES; SEA ICE; MERCURY; FOOD; USSR; PUBLIC HEALTH; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; VERMONT; ARCTIC REGIONS; INDIANA; HARBORS; NEW YORK; REFINERIES; GEORGIA; WATER RECLAMATION; WEATHER MODIFICATION; NOISE POLLUTION; HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL; SURFACE WATER RUNOFF; DETERGENTS; Arctic; Stol; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0732679; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0732679

The article includes very brief reports on various environmental topics Some of the topics include: Earthquake-resistant building construction, Noise pollution; Ecological changes caused by the Aswan Dam; Monitoring startup of new mines and shutdown of old furnaces; Arsenic in detergents and in run-off waters; Damaged food value of vegetable crops; Enzymes in detergents; Environmental safety in Houston Ship Channel; Limits of human tolerance for mercury content of foods; Scaled costing of water as incentive for industrial reuse; Thermal pollution of lakes and rivers; Survey of pollution control by industry; Oil discoveries in the Arctic--ownership; New City on Staten Island; Pneumatic collection of trash citywide; Deep well waste disposal for water; STOL Airports for large cities; Sinking land combatted by solid waste disposal; Water pollution by feed lots; Radiation treatment for sewage; Tax incentives for coal burners. See also Rept. no. P-4415 dated Sep 70.