Re: environmental damage

[maury@webtexas.com (Maurice Siskel)]

Dan Oldham - Elec. Systems wrote:
> 
> Hi fellow Radsafers,
>       Does anyone have any facts on the overall condition of our
> environment (The U.S. and the rest of the world) as compared
> to 10 and 20 years ago?
>       A discussion here at work has centered on the damage we have
> caused to the environment..
>       I say that we as a nation have a cleaner environment than 10 or
> 20 years ago since we began to cleanup and protect the environment.
> My co-worker claims the environment is worse off now and getting even
> worse.
>       Any comments?
> Dan Oldham
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Many might appreciate the perspective afforded by:
     1. The State of Humanity, edited by the late Julian Simon, 1995, 
Blackwell Publishers in hardback and paper. ISBN 1-55786-585-X
     2. The True State of the Planet, edited by R. Bailey, 1996?, Free
Press, ISBN 0-02-874010-6

A little respite from Doomsday. Cheers, Maury Siskel  maury@webtexas.com

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