The regulation of potentially hazardous substances has become a controversial issue. This volume evaluates past efforts to develop and use risk assessment guidelines, reviews the experience of regulatory agencies with…

Deals with the practical problems associated with translating the explosion in basic biotechnological research into the next Green Revolution. This book is aimed at those interested in application of molecular…

Useful as a companion to Guide For the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals , this book identifies principles for building a program, and discusses the accountability of institutional leaders…

Despite the many benefits of energy, most of which are reflected in energy market prices, the production, distribution, and use of energy causes negative effects. Many of these negative effects…

Reaffirms recommendations made by the Board on Agriculture (BA) for the US Department of Agriculture supported competitive grants program in its 1989 report. This book features a discussion of competitively…

Animal health benefits have been attributed to chromium supplementation, including increased longevity; enhanced reproduction; decreased incidence of metabolic disorders, stress effects, and disease; reduced need for antibiotic usage; improved immune…

In considering how to implement provisions of the Clean Water Act to strengthen nutrient reduction objectives across the Mississippi River basin, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested advice from…

Acknowledging the weaknesses in the college mathematics curriculum and the ways in which it is taught, this book cites programs that point the way toward achieving the world-wide preeminence for…