Discusses the harmful effects of exposure to asbestos in the classroom, and provides addresses of ten regional Environmental Protection Agency Officers. (CM)

Results of a study in Boone County, Indiana--a high radon potential geographic area--show that residents' knowledge about radon is at a relatively superficial level. A significant correlation between radon knowledge and home radon tests is observed. Respondents chose the newspaper as the favorite medium through which to launch radon health…

Contributes to scholarship on assessing environmental policy with economic analysis, and to journalism scholarship by analyzing six large newspapers' economic coverage of motor vehicle emissions standards. Finds that all but one paper explicitly referred to cost-benefit analysis as a method to evaluate the standards, but that five papers reported…

Examines U.S. environmental policy since 1970 as a learning process and as an effort to develop three kinds of capacities for policy learning: technical learning, conceptual learning, and social learning. (Contains 70 references.) (Author/JOW)

Identifies social science concepts that are prerequisite for understanding or analyzing environmental issues through a review of social science textbooks and educational materials, and interviews with social scientists. (Author/ASK)

The potential benefits of a continuous monitoring program are presented in the form of questions that can be asked in connection with the information gained from the program. (BT)

Preliminary assessment of Environmental Impact Statements in California indicate that their effectiveness is directly related to the local political structure. Environmental planning is expected to improve as environmental impact reports gain more credence as an information base for city planners. The need for uniform impact guidelines are…

Promulgation of standards of performance under Section 111 and national emission standards for hazardous pollutants under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act is the responsibility of the Emission Standards and Engineering Division of the Environmental Protection Agency. The problems encountered and the bases used are examined. (Author/BT)

This manual emphasizes the health relationships in the physical school environment and provides environmental criteria by which existing or planned facilities can be evaluated. Individual chapters deal with school health programs; planning for new schools; school site selection, building plan, and plan review; water supply; plumbing; sewage…

One hundred and twenty-nine citations comprise this general bibliography on the environment. The listings provide the most current information on environmental studies, research, and programs (see also SO 008 762). Most date from 1974 through 1975. Commercially published books and government and state reports make up the bulk of the bibliographic…

Included is a literature review which comprehensively discusses knowledge of the sulfur oxides commonly found in the atmosphere. The subject content is represented by the 10 chapter titles: Physical and Chemical Properties and the Atmospheric Reactions of the Oxides of Sulfur; Sources and Methods of Measurements of Sulfur Oxides in the Atmosphere;…

Previously the OECD Council recommended assessment of all chemicals before their production or sale. In this article five guidelines for this process are put forth. Guidelines include procedures for chemical analysis and surveillance, and review. This scheme is proposed as a cooperative measure among all countries to reduce chemical pollutants.…

College teachers, students, and noncollege adults participated in a study in which they were asked to predict the behavior of college students given an absurdly easy quiz in a sociology class. The study examines the perceptions of student roles in the classroom. (Author/JR)

Federal, state, and local statutory law is created by legislative bodies, administrative law by government agencies. Describes the nature of these laws and recommends that both statutory and administrative law be included in courses on legal aspects of geology. (JN)