Describes the establishment by the United Nations Environment Program of a center to collect, store, and disseminate information relating to all environmentally hazardous chemicals. (SL)

Discusses the increased environmental activities of the National Bureau of Standards which include the development of standard reference materials (each containing a known concentration of a pollutant or pollutants), accurate methods of measurement, and pollution monitoring instruments. (JR)

Summarizes discussions made at the first National Conference on Standards for Environmental Improvement. Indicates the presence of contradictions between industry and governmental agencies in terms of current environmental standards and their congressionally mandated deadlines as well as interpretation of environmental research data. (CC)

Criticizes the rapidly escalating expenditures in space exploration and suggests the establishment of a moderate unmanned space program in place of the space shuttle in an effort to allocate enough budget for energy research and pollution control. (CC)

Discusses the Environmental Protection Agency report on the economic impacts of clean water on industries and municipal sewage treatment works. Concludes that the long-term growth of the industry may be slightly impaired, but market trends, technological advances, and productivity will far overshadow these impacts. (CC)

Discusses a $500 million Arab fund to promote regional research on topics such as arid land development, water resource development, and solar energy. (MLH)

Announces the availability of the resource packet entitled "Noise Pollution," the third in the series prepared by the University of Maryland, and the main topics which will be covered in the remaining three packets. (CC)

Funds (1983) for National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) research programs include $1,092,200,000 (NSF), $5.5 billion (NASA), and $119 million (EPA). NSF's science education activities were raised to $30 million in spite of the Administration's plan to phase…

Discussed is the senate's 1981 research and development appropriations. The senate has approved research funding levels higher than both the amount requested by the House and the Administration except in the case of the Environmental Protection Agency. Research agencies discussed are NASA, Energy, NSF, Commerce, and ERA. (Author/DS)