Author proposes a community study project of their own environment in order for students to better understand the interdependence of living things. (GB)

The present study is concerned with some aspects of the process of interpersonal learning, specifically, to make inductive inferences - to use a set of probabilistic cues to infer the state of criterion variable. (Author/RK)

Suggests that any environmental problem can be traced at biosphere, technosphere, sociosphere, and noosphere level. Scientists have generally ignored the latter two spheres in making scientific discoveries. New social ethics need to be recognized that are based on progress, and scientists must consider how these ethics are influenced by their…

Reviews progress made in the past decade to reduce levels of air pollutants in New York. Described are current monitoring and control efforts conducted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. (WB)

Describes the University of Michigan Hospital organizational system which is an attempt to comprehensively address environmental health issues, including the management of regulatory liaison functions. Topics discussed include the impact of regulatory and accreditation standards on hospital management, and organization and management of…

Strives to create a scale by which to assess environmental values in adults and eventually in children. A 31-item questionnaire based in part on subscales from the Children's Environmental Response Inventory (CERI) assesses values related to conservation, pollution, and urban/natural environments. This scale appears to display the reliability and…

In a developmental center for individuals with mental retardation, blood lead level was determined for individuals who were admitted or discharged over two decades. Analysis indicated a marked decline in blood lead levels, attributed to local lead abatement measures, effective pica management, and reduced environmental lead contamination.…

Describes a framework for developing local environmental health programs, the structure of individual objectives, and how local environmental health programs can adapt these for their own use. Based on a model for health services in Alberta, Canada, the framework involves the sequential development of health status, risk-reduction, process and…

Finds that a press kit sent by an environmental group to midwestern newspapers influenced them to delegate local staff to cover the story. Indicates that the press's function to report or raise issues concerning industrial toxic releases and related health risks is tempered by community structure and particularly by community reliance on…

To determine how infectious waste is being defined, treated, and disposed, the Seattle/King County Department of Public Health conducted a waste survey and facility inspection at 26 hospitals and 22 medical offices. The results and conclusions are discussed in connection with a contemporary literature review. (65 references) (Author/JJK)