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ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS: TECHNIQUES, APPLICATIONS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE, Techniques and Instrumentation in Analytical Chemistry Volume 13 edited by D. Barcelo (Department of Environmental Chemistry, C.I.D. E-08034 Barcelona, Spain) 646 pages (including 249 figures, 103 tables, newest references added to the chapters, and a good subject index of 12 pages), Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam London New York Tokyo, (1993). ISBN 0-444-89648-1. Dfl. 465.

BIOSENSORS WITH FIBEROPTICS, edited by D. L. Wise, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) and L. B. Wingard, Jr. (+) (University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 370 pages (including 113 figures, 19 tables, newer references added to the chapters, and an index of 4 pages) The Humana Press Inc., Crescent Manor, Clifton, New Jersey 07015, U.S.A. (1991). ISBN 0-89603-190-X. US$ 79.50/89.50.

GLOBAL CHANGES IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PAST, Dahiem Workshop Report (Environmental Sciences Research Nr. 12), edited by J. A. Eddy. (University Center. Michigan 48710. U.S.A.) and H. Oeschger, (University of CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland) 383 pages (including 82 figures, 10 tables, references added to the chapters, and an index of 13 pages), John Wiley & Sons. Chichester New York Brisbane Toronto Singapore (1993). ISBN 0-471-93603-0, £ 80.

RISK BASED STANDARDS FOR ARSENIC, LEAD AND CADMIUM IN URBAN SOILS, by R. L. Chaney (U.S. Dept. Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705) and J. A. Ryan (U.S. EPA, Cincinaati, Ohio 45224) 130 pages (including 12 figures, 33 very valuable tables, and 30 pages of references, but no index) DECHEMA Fachgespriche Urmweltschutz. D-60061 Frankfurt am Main (1994). ISBN 3-92-6959-63-0. DM 24.

HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE SOIL REMEDIATION, edited by D. J. Wilson (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee) and A. N. Clarke (Eckenfelder Inc., Remedial Technologies Development, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.) 567 pages (including 166 figures, 80 tables, references added to the chapters, descriptions of the contributors, and an index of 9 pages) Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York Basle Hong Kong (1994), ISBN 0-8247-9107–X. US$ 165.

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AND ANALYSIS AT HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES, edited by S. Lesage (National Water Research Institute, Burlington. Ontario, Canada) and R. E. Jackson (Intera Inc., Austin, Texas, U.S.A.) 545 pages (including 127 figures, 87 tables, references added to the chapters, contributor biographies, and an index of 9 pages), Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, N. Y. 10016, U.S.A. (1992). ISBN 0-8247-8720-X. US$ 175.

INDOOR AIR: IARC Environmental Carcinogens: Methods of Analysis and Exposure Measurement, Volume 12, edited by B. Seifert (Institute for Water, Soil and Air Hygine, D-14195 Berlin) H. J. van de Wiel, B. Dodet, and I. K. O'Neill (International Agency For Research on Cancer. F-69372 Lyon) 384 pages (including 40 figures, 64 tables, references added to the chapters and methods, but unforcunately no index) World Health Organization, Geneva, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, and Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York (1993). ISBN 92-832-2109-5. £ 45.

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AND DESIGN FOR INDUSTRY, edited by P. N. Cheremisinoff, (New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, U.S.A.) 589 pages (including 166 figures, 73 tables, some rather old references added only to a few chapters, and an index of 13 pages) Marcel Dekkcr, Inc. New York, Basle, Hong Kong (1993). ISBN 0-8247-9057-X. US$ 150.