Date
6-26-1978
Series
Ecosystems Lectures
Length
1 hour 28 minutes
Original Description
Presented and recorded with Arbib, M. A., "Environmental Simulation and Long-Term Planning."
Notes
Bill Cooper, an ecologist from Michigan State University, discusses the issues of making, using, managing, and testing toxic synthetic chemical compounds, using the Kepone disaster in Virginia and the PBB disaster in Michigan as case studies.
This lecture was sponsored by Sigma Xi - Earth Resources Ltd. [Additional speaker Michael A. Arbib does not appear on this recording.]
Transferred and preserved by Portland State University Library’s Special Collections with the generous support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library.
Subjects
Pollution, Pollutants, Ecosystems
Original Format
Reel to reel, 3.75 ips, mono
Rights
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11433
Recommended Citation
Cooper, William E., ""Toxic Chemicals in the Environment"" (1978). Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers. 179.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11433
Included in
Environmental Health and Protection Commons, Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment Commons, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health Commons
Description
Transcript added on December 2, 2020.
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