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RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EPA/NBS WORKSHOP ON THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIMEN BANK
Citation:
Rook, H. AND G. Goldsein. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EPA/NBS WORKSHOP ON THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIMEN BANK. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/1-77/020 (NTIS PB267983), 1977.
Description:
On August 19 and 20, 1976, a Workshop was held to review technical developments and to make recommendations on implementation of the National Environmental Specimen Bank. The Workshop consisted of a review session where past considerations were discussed; a technical session where recent analytical research relevant to the sample bank was abstracted and discussed; and a planning session where planning and design of a prototype banking system was outlined. The workshop concluded that with the ever increasing influx of new man-made substances into the ecosystem, that a formalized, systematic approach is needed to assess the environmental impact of these substances on a national as well as an international level. The technology to initiate a pilot banking program is presently available and was formulated into a five-year pilot bank program. This program will be evaluated at each stage of development.