ENVIRONMENTAL ODYSSEY (cl)University of Washington Press, 1990 - 264 pages |
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... develop until the late 1960s when the environment sud- denly emerged as a major focus of public and political concern . This book had its origin in a lecture I delivered in 1985 at the Institute of Environmental Medicine of the New York ...
... develop until the late 1960s when the environment sud- denly emerged as a major focus of public and political concern . This book had its origin in a lecture I delivered in 1985 at the Institute of Environmental Medicine of the New York ...
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... developed cancer or have fathered defective children . How can one decide if the problems of the veterans who participated in the weapons tests are due to their radiation exposure or to the normal vicissi- tudes of life ? Children with ...
... developed cancer or have fathered defective children . How can one decide if the problems of the veterans who participated in the weapons tests are due to their radiation exposure or to the normal vicissi- tudes of life ? Children with ...
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... developed an early interest in science . I built my first radios when I was only eleven years old . I had already become expert at dissecting fish heads , chicken hearts , and various other kitchen offal . The mid - 1920s was a period ...
... developed an early interest in science . I built my first radios when I was only eleven years old . I had already become expert at dissecting fish heads , chicken hearts , and various other kitchen offal . The mid - 1920s was a period ...
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... developed great admiration for the indepen- dence demonstrated by my father , and the ways in which he had success- fully bypassed many formalities of the educational process . This may have been one reason why I did not give graduate ...
... developed great admiration for the indepen- dence demonstrated by my father , and the ways in which he had success- fully bypassed many formalities of the educational process . This may have been one reason why I did not give graduate ...
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... developed a successful patent law practice , and with whom I enjoyed a close relationship , thought I would be well suited to join his firm if I could combine law with my interest in science and engineering . Like many patent attorneys ...
... developed a successful patent law practice , and with whom I enjoyed a close relationship , thought I would be well suited to join his firm if I could combine law with my interest in science and engineering . Like many patent attorneys ...
Contents
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Industrial Hygiene in the War Industries | 25 |
Atomic Energy Commission Development of the Health and Safety Laboratory | 42 |
Atomic Energy Commission Studies of Radioactive Fallout | 63 |
Atomic Energy Commission From Science to Administration | 104 |
New York University Medical Center | 134 |
Environmental Protection Administrator City of New York | 176 |
Meeting Writing and Advising | 207 |
From the Past to the Present A FiftyFour Year Perspective | 219 |
NOTES | 244 |
INDEX | 252 |
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