March/April 1996
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Correction: Bookshelf should have identified the Center of the Biology of Natural Systems as publisher and primary source for ordering the report entitled, Quantitative Estimation of the Entry of Dioxins, Furans and Hexachlorobenzene into the Great Lakes from Airborne and Waterborne Sources. Copies are available for $10 (US) to the general public, nonprofit organizations and government, and for $25 (US) to for-profit organizations. Contact Center of the Biology of Natural Systems, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY 11367. (718)670-4180; fax (718)670-4189.
Transcripts of the 1995 Biennial Meeting on Great Lakes Water Quality plenary sessions and male reproductive health session may be requested from the International Joint Commission's Washington, Ottawa or Great Lakes Regional Office.
Evaluating Successful Implementation Strategies for Remedial Action Plans is available under the International Joint Commission homepage at http://www.ijc.org or in limited supply from its Great Lakes Regional Office.
In Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence and Survival?, Theo Colborn, John Peterson Myers and Dianne Dumanoski sound the most important warning in 30 years about commonly used chemicals that new research shows may be undermining the health of millions of children, born and unborn.
Following a trail of scientific evidence through increasingly disturbing reports of animal reproductive and developmental abnormalities from all over the world, Colborn, Myers and Dumanoski reveal that the likely culprit is a variety of widely used man-made chemicals that mimic or disrupt natural reproductive hormones.
Most ominous, since human and animal reproductive hormone systems are virtually identical in their chemistry, new research is uncovering evidence that hormone-disrupting chemicals may already be having serious reproductive, health and behavioral impacts on humans, particularly through the exposure of unborn children during pregnancy.
The authors provide a readable account that is both on the cutting edge of science and easily accesible to the lay reader. Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence and Survival? is published by Dutton and available in bookstores for $24.95 (US).
Understanding Radioactive Waste -- Fourth Edition is an newly updated textbook used by high school and college students as well as concerned citizens. It explains what radioactivity is and explores various disposal methods, licensing and regulations. Soft cover copies are available at $12.50 (US) plus shipping and handling by contacting Battelle Press, 505 King Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201-2693. (800)451-3543 or (614)424-6393; fax (614)424-3819; Email SHELDRIC@BATTELLE.ORG.
Reporting on Risk, A Journalist's Handbook on Environmental Risk Assessment, produced by Michigan Sea Grant, explains basic risk assessment concepts and provides examples to apply risk assessment and to communicate findings. Single copies are priced at $8 (US) including shipping and handling. To order contact Michigan Sea Grant College Program, University of Michigan, 2200 Bonisteel Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. (313)764-1138.
The St. Lawrence River Beluga Recovery Plan was prepared by a team of experts as part of an agreement between the Department of Fishery and Oceans and World Wildlife Fund. The full scale plan to save the endangered beluga contains 56 recommendations aimed at reducing toxic discharges and other human disturbances of waters inhabited by the belugas. To obtain a copy, contact Fisheries and Oceans, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, 850 route de la mer, PO Box 1000, Mont-Joli, PQ G5H 3Z4. (418)775-0526.
The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority has compiled an educational resource kit entitled Beach and Dune Ecosystems along Lake Huron intended for upper elementary students. While the kit focuses on Lake Huron, it is widely applicable to most sand beaches and dunes along the Great Lakes. Copies are available for $19.50 (Cdn) including taxes from the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority, R.R.#1, Hanover, ON N4N 3B8. (519)364-1255; fax (519)364-6990.
A new environmental hotline is available to the public. American Public Information on the Environment (American Pie) will research your issue if you call Monday through Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm eastern time at (800)320-2743.
The Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN) announces the debut of The International Journal of Watershed Education. This peer-reviewed journal will appear in November 1996 and include research papers and case studies dealing with the many areas of watershed education, networking, technology application and water quality monitoring. Deadline for submissions is June 1, 1996. For information, contact GREEN, at the address below.
The Field Manual for Global Low-Cost Water Quality Monitoring is a comprehensive and practical guide to river and catchment monitoring options that are inexpensive and require little or no technology. Cost is $19.95 (US) each postpaid, and may be ordered from GREEN, 721 E. Huron Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Email green@green.org.
This manual is designed to complement the Field Manual for Water Quality Monitoring: An Environmental Education Program for Schools, used by schools throughout the world. The tenth edition of this manual is eligible for quantity discounts, while single copies sell at $9.95 (US) each postpaid, $10.95 outside USA. Order from William B. Stapp, 2050 Delaware, Ann Arbor, MI 48103.
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is a new addition to the prize-winning Project WILD and Project Learning Tree Curricula. The core of the program is the Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide, a collection of water-related, hands-on and easy-to-use activities for grades K-12. The guide is available to everyone who attends a project WET workshop. For further information contact Libby McCann or Ilene Grossman at University of Wisconsin-Extension, Department of Natural Resources, Stevens Point, WI 54481. (715)346-3366.
The Endometriosis Sourcebook, compiled by Mary Lou Ballweg and the Endometriosis Association, is the comprehensive resource for those seeking up-to-date information on this chronic, sometimes debilitating and confusing disease. It draws on the experience of thousands of women as well as top medical professionals. The 496-page book is available for $14.95 plus shipping and handling. Contact Contemporary Books, Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60601-6790. (312)540-4500; fax (312)540-4657.
The Water Foundation offers community action kits that provide conservation information and community activity ideas to develop community action programs. Water Awareness, Energy Conservation, and Waste Reduction kits are also available at $10 (US) each including postage and handling by contacting The Water Foundation, PO Box H20, Brainerd, MN 56401-2000. (800)944-3764.
Interactive Lake Ecology is the title of an educational video program targeted at upper elementary school students. Seven videos, five to seven minutes in length, each explain one concept about water, and asks questions that lead into an activities workbook. For more information, contact Jody Connor or Natalie Landry, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, 6 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301. (603)271-3503.
Educating Young People about Water is a new series of books that include ideas, checklists, references, partner lists and community action resources to help educators in developing or improving a youth water education program. Three helpful guides and a 60-minute video are available separately or as a package from ERIC/CSMEE, 1929 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1080. (800)276-0462; (614)292-6717 outside the USA; Email ericse@osu.edu; Website www.ericse.org/ .
Two Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative videos and guidebooks illustrate the important role citizens play in improving and protecting water quality in the Saginaw Bay watershed. Rappin' on the Shed is aimed at elementary and middle school students, while Be Part of the Solution is geared toward the general audience. Both are available free of charge by contacting Partnership for the Saginaw Bay Watershed at (517)791-7367 or the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of the Great Lakes, PO Box 30473, Lansing, MI 48909. (517)335-6928.
The Wastewater Technology Centre's Site Remediation Division has compiled a comprehensive database describing technologies for treatment of contaminated sediment, soil and groundwater. REMTEC is a user friendly, MS-Windows relational database to assist consultants, administrators, developers and vendors. REMTEC has monthly updates available via the Internet. For information contact David Brendon, Wastewater Technology Centre, RockCliffe Research Management Inc., 867 Lakeshore Road, PO Box 5068, Burlington, ON L7R 4L7. (905)336-6460; fax (905)336-8913; Email David.Brendon@cciw.ca .
Northwestern Ontario, Journeys and Vistas is a coffee-table-sized book including over 60 full-colour photographs that illustrate the area and its beauty, as well as over 100 pages of text. Different eras are described by the journeys and routines of a variety of characters from a young Ojibwa to a modern-day citizen. The book is available for $39.95 (Cdn), plus $2.80 GST and $6.50 shipping and handling, from Dale F. Burmaster, PO Box 28015, Thunder Bay, ON P7E 5L3. (800)623-3858.
The Lake Michigan Federation (LMF) announces A Place at the Fire, an original story of two children who gather around a campfire to share stories about their homes with other living creatures. The book, and musical tape containing 12 original songs about the Great Lakes ecosystem and on how each of us can protect its health, is available for $12 (US) to cover postage and handling. Also available for $3 (US) is Protecting Special Places: Preserving the Great Lakes Basin, a 29-page booklet describing the unique habitats and species of the Great Lakes. To order these publications, contact Toni L. Schoen, Outreach Coordinator, Lake Michigan Federation, 647 West Virginia Street, Suite 307, Milwaukee, WI 53204. (414)271-5059.
Revised: 28 February 1997
Maintained by Kevin McGunagle,
mcgunaglek@ijc.wincom.net