Excerpt from Environmental Speciation and Monitoring Needs for Trace Metal-Containing Substances From Energy-Related Processes: Proceedings of the Doe/Nbs Workshop Held at the National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD, May 18-20, 1981
Assessing or monitoring environmental hazards or impacts of such processes and their aqueous effluents, whether in the public health sense or in occupational exposure, is inhibited by two major unsolved problems: (1) what are the specific (molecular) forms of the toxic elements and their dosage effects on specific organisms? (2) what are (or will be) the best means for detecting and quantitating these toxicants in the process environ ment as a timely monitoring control? Ultimately, this framework for data bases and decision-making must mesh with the existing body of environmental and health regulatory legislation: This is highlighted with recent passage of the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act (public Law 96-479), which places identifica tion of materials problems on parity with energy and environmental concerns.
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