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For two decades, the Ethyl Corporation had controlled the worldwide market for the tetraethyl lead additive discovered by Thomas Midgley, Jr. (Chapter 6). Ethyl s 2 million annual advertising budget identified tetraethyl lead with baseball, football, and the American Way of Life. The company funded almost all the research about tetraethyl lead s effect on human health. As a result, research on tetraethyl lead had focused on safety in the factory workplace rather than on the health of the general population. 

The issue of buried objects has attracted a great deal of attention, especially the worldwide proliferation of landmines hence, there have been funds for research. This research will have application beyond landmines. Much UXO is buried, some because it was buried for disposal, some because it became buried in the course of the conflict. However, understanding the way the molecules are released and how they migrate after release will also assist in applications where the munitions are not buried but are hidden in various ways. There are also other environments worthy of consideration. 

The events of 1997 had a major impact on research funding for HABS and spurred the adoption of molecular techniques for detection and monitoring of HAB species. Pfiesteria spp. can now be detected and identified in natural water and sediment samples and also at hsh kill events. The current data from these studies indicates a low abundance in nature for these species and no indication of involvement in any hsh kill event since 1998. While a toxic free radical generating activity has been described, the uniqueness to Pfiesteria spp. for this activity and the in situ detection of the activity have not been established. In contrast, K. veneficum has a worldwide distribution, and has been implicated in numerous hsh kill events around the world since 1950, a toxin has been isolated, its structure determined, and rigorously quantihed at specihc hsh kill events. Therefore, we present a scenario for the co-occurrence of K. veneficum and Pfiesteria spp., which explains the hsh kill events of 1997, and subsequent similar events attributed to Pfiesteria spp. The cause(s) for the proposed human health detrimental effects of these events are still unclear. 

The importance of the industrial academic interaction has been catalyzed by many factors. The attention recently focused on our national and worldwide research postures, the evolution of highly visible industry university contracts, the decrease in Federal funds for university research, and industry s growing need for fundamental research in the face of increasing costs of research resources—all have contributed to the courtship. 

Ricin is not an infectious agent but rather is a potent protein toxin produced from castor beans (Figure 3.5). Castor beans are common worldwide and the toxin is easy to produce. It makes a good bioweapon (better for assassination than for mass exposure) because it is stable and can be administered by several routes (inhalation, oral, or injection). Although ricin is not as deadly as some toxins, the ease of its production makes it attractive as a weapon. It has been especially attractive for small terrorist organizations that lack funds for obtaining more deadly weapons. Aerosol would be the most effective delivery method, but it is difficult to produce ricin particles in the 5-micron range so it is less useful for mass exposures. 

A database devoted to nursing can provide varied and most useful applications. The worldwide lack of nurses is associated with insufficient funds for adequate education and... 

The biggest problem facing polymer science in 1953 was the sustainability of the funding for future work. With the demise of the Rubber Reserve Corporation, one major source disappeared. The National Science Foundation established a small effort in polymer science. But, industry itself discovered that investment in polymer research could be profitable. Major expansions in research throughout the worldwide polymer industry led to one new discovery after another. And the military establishments decided they could not do without unique polymers, both in the United States and in the Soviet Union. WhUe individual workers needed to be entrepreneurial, there was money to be found somewhere. 

As of this writing (1996), 354 MWe of privately funded, paraboHc-trough electric generating capacity was operating in California. These trough systems operate in a hybrid mode, using natural gas. Collectively they accounted for more than 90% of worldwide solar electric capacity. The cost of these systems fell steadily from 0.24/kWh for the first 14-MW system to an estimated 0.08/kWh for the 80-MW plant installed in 1989 (5). 

The proceeding chapters give wimess of an overwhelming scientific development. Antiviral intervention has become a standard, and the worldwide availability of this innovation is perceived as a humanitarian matter of course with a value of its own. However, such an important therapy progress has to be seen in competition with other allocations of scarce funds. Health care resources are Umited - in one country more than in another, but in principle funds invested to antiretroviral intervention will not be available for prevention of HIV/AIDS or for the cure of other diseases. This fundamental scarcity calls for a rational utilization of existing resources and a scientific calculation of the socio-economic impact of antiretroviral intervention. 

The UK Government has, for more than six years, funded the Valid Analytical Measurement (VAM) Programme, which is aimed at improving the quality and comparability of analytical measurements. The work undertaken within VAM is key to the underpinning of a modern physico-chemical and biochemical National Measurement System, By disseminating the activities of VAM across international boundaries and linking with other national measurement system VAM also aims to ensure the comparability of data worldwide. Thus VAM provides an infrastructure under which reliable measurements can be made for trade, regulation and health and safety provision. 

While the numbers of animals involved in research is tracked closely and is well known, such is not the case for human subjects involved in clinical trials. We simply do not know how many are involved in such trials in the United States, much less worldwide. Though the NIH does track closely how many dollars and individuals are involved in research it funds ( 12.7 billion and seven million subjects in 1997), the same is not true for privately funded research (where the numbers are greater). And while there is now a Web site where one can examine the numbers and types of efficacy trials open, the same is not true for Phase I tolerance and pharmacokinetic trials, where most potential drugs cease development. 

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