Professional biologists

Richard Dawkins (1981) The Extended Phenotype, Oxford University Press, Oxford. [Although this is directed more toward professional biologists than Dawkins s other books, it is readily accessible to the general reader.]... 

Ethical Issues The most important ethical issues raised in this case involve the conduct of several engineers and scientists involved in preparing the Westway project s NEPA-required Environmental Impact Statements. I shall examine specihc deeds of four technical professionals biologist Braxton Dew and engineers Brian Ketcham, Walter Smith, and Retcher Griffis. 

While the principal value of the book is for the professional chemist or student of chemistry, it should also be of value to many people not especially educated as chemists. Workers in the natural sciences—physicists, mineralogists, biologists, pharmacists, engineers, patent attorneys, and librarians—are often called upon to solve problems dealing with the properties of chemical products or materials of construction. Eor such needs this compilation supplies helpful information and will serve not only as an economical substitute for the costly accumulation of a large library of monographs on specialized subjects, but also as a means of conserving the time required to search for... 

It has been little more than ten years since the first international meeting [1] bringing together molecular biologists and biochemists whose professional lives had been transformed by the discovery of the archaea. Many of the results of the last decade of intensive research are summarized in the chapters of this volume. In a very few words, 1 would like to position these results in the larger context of changing views on cellular evolution, and present some questions, cautions and prescriptions for the future. 

Because professional judgment is so important, specialized knowledge and experience in the various phases of ecological risk assessment is required. Thus, an interactive multidisciplinary team that includes biologists and ecologists is a prerequisite for a successful ecological risk assessment. 

Today, what we understand as health protection is the health promotion and defense actions concerning the environment (environmental health and food hygiene) and it is carried out by public health professionals (veterinarians, pharmacists, biologists, health engineers, etc.) on the basis of scientific principles furnished not only by medicine but also by other sciences (health engineering, architecture, food hygiene and technology, etc.). ... 

This book can be used as an advanced reference book on biophysico-chemical processes of metals and metalloids in soils and related envnonments for senior undergraduate and graduate students in soil and environmental sciences. It is an essential reference for chemists and biologists studying envnonmental systems. It will serve as a useful resource book for instructors, research scientists, professional consultants, and others working on environmental and ecological systems. 

The EPA relies on a risk assessment approach to make better regulatory decisions. However, risk assessment is a multi-disciplinary process potentially involving the efforts of analytical and environmental chemists, biologists, environmental engineers, statisticians, toxicologists, and others as appropriate (5). It is rarely possible to obtain extensive involvement from professionals in all of the relevant disciplines for any site-specific risk assessment. Staffing limitations mean that the risk assessor in the field must often make do with limited help from professionals in some relevant disciplines. 

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