ENVIRONMENTAL ODYSSEY (cl)University of Washington Press, 1990 - 264 pages |
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... received have been gratifying . In the fall of 1987 I appeared as an expert witness for the U.S. govern- ment in its defense against a class action suit brought by veterans who participated in atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons prior ...
... received have been gratifying . In the fall of 1987 I appeared as an expert witness for the U.S. govern- ment in its defense against a class action suit brought by veterans who participated in atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons prior ...
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... received by the vet- erans was estimated . I chaired a committee of the National Academy of Sciences which investigated this question several years ago , and that was the reason for my involvement.2 In 1987 I was one of forty scholars ...
... received by the vet- erans was estimated . I chaired a committee of the National Academy of Sciences which investigated this question several years ago , and that was the reason for my involvement.2 In 1987 I was one of forty scholars ...
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... received or asked for , but more than half a century later I can look back and say I have never re- gretted that decision . As it turned out , I never earned a graduate degree . Although this was due initially to uncertainty about my ...
... received or asked for , but more than half a century later I can look back and say I have never re- gretted that decision . As it turned out , I never earned a graduate degree . Although this was due initially to uncertainty about my ...
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... received twenty - five cents an hour , was on the 4:00 P.m. to midnight shift in a lower Manhattan loft where electrolytic condensers were manufactured . My title was " chief tester " ( I was in fact the only one ) , and my assignment ...
... received twenty - five cents an hour , was on the 4:00 P.m. to midnight shift in a lower Manhattan loft where electrolytic condensers were manufactured . My title was " chief tester " ( I was in fact the only one ) , and my assignment ...
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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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