Biological scientist in an air pollution control program

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1960 · Proc., Annu. Meet., Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6312886

James, H A

The biological scientist in an air pollution control agency is becoming of greater service as the larger districts are being formed which embrace agricultural areas. While it is not an altogether new role in history, it has often been neglected. His presence on the staff provides the air pollution control agency staff with a liaison to agriculture and public health, as well as an information source immediately at hand. His training in the life science fields not only allows him to help understand the biological problems, but also allows him to communicate these to the engineer. In the Bay Area Air Pollution Control District, this position is filled by a biostatistician. Here the statistical duties are often not too sharply differentiated from the biological ones. However, these range from attempting to diagnose air pollution damage on orchids to the development of a mechanized punch-card information retrieval system. From this one can soon correctly surmise that monotony is not a problem.

• Research Organization: Bay Area Air Pollution Control District, San Francisco, CA
• OSTI ID: 6312886
• Report Number(s): CONF-600503-
• Journal Information: Proc., Annu. Meet., Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Conference: 53. annual APCA meeting, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 23 May 1960
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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