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Pollution Monitoring: An Engineering ChallengeOne purpose in presenting this material is to bring to the attention of engineers background material which they would not normally encounter in the course of routine development work. An excellent and timely reference is as follows: Seminar on Methods of Detection, Measurement and Monitoring of Pollutants in the Marine Environment. The international seminar was organized by FAO with the support of UNESCO, IAEA, SCOR and WMO, and was held in Rome, Italy, 4-10 December 1970. The final report, the title of which was given, is a very thoroughgoing document and certainly a must reference for anyone seriously considering the development of sensors for pollution measurement. Perhaps it would be appropriate to present some exact quotations selected from the referenced document. The quotations follow: 1) "The pressures to develop sensitive and reliable methods come about when those responsible for the management of our environment need an objective evaluation of existing or potential perils." 2) "Nearly all of the Panels concerned with the contaminants identified specific examples of man's waste products which may be leaking to the environment in substantial quantities and for which as yet there are no analytical techniques available ". 3) "Very few analyses for organochlorine pesticides appear to have been carried out on sea water and the panel considered that the present methodology was not capable of detecting, on a routine basis, the quantities of these compounds in open sea waters." and 4) "This corresponds essentially to the ratio of useful data produced to the labour expended, since instrumentation costs in the long run become negligible."
Document ID
19990109981
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Snodgrass, J. M.
(Scripps Institution of Oceanography La Jolla, CA United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1971
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Report/Patent Number
AIAA Paper 71-1050
Meeting Information
Meeting: Sensing of Environmental Pollutants
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: November 8, 1971
End Date: November 10, 1971
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Environmental Protection Agency, American Chemical Society, NASA Headquarters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Instrument Society of America, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Public
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