Tests 242 newborns exposed prenatally to low levels of polychlorinated biphenyls from maternal consumption of contaminated lake fish. The Brazelton Neonate Scale was used to assess behavioral outcomes. Contaminated fish consumption predicted motoric immaturity, poorer labeling of states, a greater amount of startle, and abnormally weak…

Environmental problems do not stop at state boundaries; they reach beyond local or national jurisdictions and require international control. Problems concerning air quality, water pollution, and indirect pollution are discussed. Environmental legislation can have a significant impact. (RM)

In this third special educational supplement, the swamp is discussed. Included is information on where land and water meet to form the great incubator of wildlife, and on endangered species of wildlife, such as the red wolf, brown pelican, manatee, great white heron and woodstork. (BT)

Discusses applications of techniques developed for the remote sensing of infrared radiation. In addition to military applications, remote sensing has become important in collecting environmental data and detecting ecological problems. (JR)

Discusses the importance of teaching environmental chemistry in secondary school science classes, and outlines five examples of environmental chemistry problems that focus on major concepts of chemistry and have critical implications for human survival and well-being. (JR)

A discussion of man's role in controlling the environment is presented. An optimistic picture of the future is given with regard to this control. (JP)

Describes the chief aims of the Council for Science and Society in London and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna. Indicates that both groups are planning to function as a multinational interdisciplinary organization. (CC)

Discusses the sources and effects of nutrients in wastewater, and the methods of their removal in wastewater treatment. In order to conserve water resources and eliminate the cost of nutrient removal, treated effluent should be used wherever possible for irrigation, since it contains all the ingredients for proper plant growth. (JR)

Experiments give students a practical awareness of pollution in its different forms. (RK)

Those planning educational facilities should recognize the vital importance of energy conservation and its future effects on both the ecology of the nation and the economics of the school. (Author)

Charges that militants are exaggerating the threat of ecological disaster and offers evidence in support. (Author)

Argues that even if militants are exaggerating the threat of ecological disaster the world will be better off for their warnings. (Author/JF)

The triumph of science has brought with it a quasi-religious scientism. Science, which focuses on the rational ordering of events, has disregarded the process or passage between them. By concentrating on the pattern and ignoring the transition, science has in part caused and in part abetted a corruption of time. (Author)