Frank Press on health and the environment

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RETURN TO ISSUEPREVEditorialNEXTFrank Press on health and the environmentEarlier this month the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee held a confirmation hearing on Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Dr. Frank Press, nominated by President Carter to be the next Presidential science adviser and the next head of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy. (For more on Press see page 15.) As part of the confirmation proceeding, Press submitted written answers to 75 questions posed by the committee. Here is what he had to say on health and the environment.Cite this: Chem. Eng. News 1977, 55, 16, 5Publication Date (Print):April 18, 1977Publication History Published online7 November 2010Published inissue 18 April 1977https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-v055n016.p005Copyright © 1977 AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETYArticle Views62Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit PDF (65 KB) SUBJECTS:Safety Get e-Alerts