Summarizes important environmentally related discoveries and events that occurred between 1996 and 1999; examines significant unsolved environmental problems of the era and the prospects for scientific solutions; addresses social issues that sometimes dominate the environmental movement; and explores the work of environmental professionals.
Describes biological hazards for general readers, covering human pathogens in water, food, and air; crop and livestock pathogens; venoms and toxins; and predators; and provides statistics, primary sources, and a bibliography.
