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Peer reviewedHarriss, Robert C.; Hohenemser, Christoph – Environment, 1978
The environmental toxicology of mercury is discussed. Sources, effects, levels, and standards of mercury in the air are given. (BB)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Environment, Health, Industry
Peer reviewedNewland, Kathleen – Environment, 1979
A woman's social and physical surroundings are important determinants of her health. Women's health is subject to different stresses than mens, but these stresses are by no means the same from culture to culture. Mortality rates among women reflects these varying stresses.
Descriptors: Birth, Birth Rate, Diseases, Environment
Peer reviewedBoyle, Robert H.; Highland, Joseph H. – Environment, 1979
PCB's are one of the most persistent chemicals ever introduced into the environment by man. From very early in their history of manufacture PCB's were suspected of being hazardous to health, but public awareness of the hazard was slow in coming. (RE)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Chemical Industry, Ecology, Environment
Peer reviewedBrown, Phil – Environment, 1993
Compares the ways of knowing exhibited by community residents when documenting environmental hazards and diseases to the ways of knowing exhibited by professional scientists. Argues that popular epidemiology mirrors clinical medicine and should err on the safe side of false positives. (Contains 62 references.) (MDH)
Descriptors: Activism, Community Action, Community Education, Environmental Education
Peer reviewedKennedy, Donald; Sant, Roger W. – Environment, 2000
The new presidential administration faces an array of urgent challenges. Complex public policy choices are necessary to address the near-term challenges of climate change and resource degradation which will help the United States deal with the chronic problems of global inequity and human deprivation. Outlines the environmental problems…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Conservation (Environment), Depleted Resources, Environmental Education
Peer reviewedPeterson, Russell W. – Environment, 1980
This article identifies the cumulative effects of some environmental problems facing mankind and presents possible alternative futures. The author discusses the pervasive infiltration and detrimental effects in the biosphere of polychlorinated biphenyls, the recent increase in acid rain, the loss of tropical rain forest lands, and future energy…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Energy
Peer reviewedHayes, Denis – Environment, 1980
A review of the environmental problems identified on Earth Day 1970 is presented. Problems on conspicuous consumption, combustion of fossil fuels, and toxic substances are discussed. (SMB)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Ecology, Economics, Energy
