The professional helping person faces multiple dilemmas today that challenge his own value system. Article presented some of the particular problems and pitfalls confronted by the professional helper. (Author/RK)

Problems facing the nuclear power industry include skyrocketing construction costs, technical failures, fuel scarcity, power plant safety, and the disposal of nuclear wastes. Possible solutions include: reductions in nuclear power plant construction, a complete moratorium on new plant construction, the construction of fast breeder reactors and the…

These articles deal with the proceedings of a 1974 symposium on the use of wet scrubbers for the control of fine particle air pollutants. Various wet scrubbers, their engineering, performance, efficiency, and future are discussed. Tables, formulas, and models are included. (TK)

Describes a study to develop an attitudinal scale to measure the attitudes of respondents toward water resources. Found that "income" and "education of the head of the household" were possible determinants of attitudes. (SH)

Gas chromatography can be used to quantitate various gases, complex organic molecules, metals, anions, and pesticides in the lab or in the field. Important advances in gas chromatography and how they directly apply to environmental analyses plus suggestions where they will be of importance to environmental chemists are discussed. (BT)

This bibliography was prepared for a series of courses offered by the Department of Man-Environment Studies at the University of Waterloo. It contains references both to forecasting techniques and to some of the issues likely to be important over the next few decades. Each reference has been put under a broad general category. An asterisk…

The monograph presents a brief summary of the problems associated with airborne asbestos. It discusses the evidence regarding the pathogenicity of asbestos in man and animals, considers the evidence of human non-occupational exposure to asbestos, evaluates the evidence regarding health risks associated with various degrees and types of exposure,…

This project was a community environmental education effort undertaken in an urban neighborhood, aimed at enhancing the understanding residents have concerning the social and spatial structure of their neighborhood, and thereby improving their ability to act effectively for environmental change. Nearly 100 residents participated in a four-month…

The project summarized by this report involved a preliminary design of a model for estimating and predicting the quantity and composition of solid waste and a determination of its feasibility. The novelty of the prediction model is that it estimates and predicts on the basis of knowledge of materials and quantities before they become a part of the…