By David N. Hume (auth.), Sut Ahuja, Edward M. Cohen, Theo. J. Kneip, Jack L. Lambert, Gunter Zweig (eds.)

With the increase mostly wisdom of the results of hint chemical substances within the surroundings on man's health and wellbeing, it's been discovered that conventional equipment of research are usually insufficient. trustworthy analyses are wanted within the fractional parts-per­ million variety of contaminants in condensed levels, and of the order of micrograms in keeping with cubic meter in air. attempting to get significant solutions relating to such minute quantities increases cogent difficulties in all levels of an research. it really is just right, accordingly, that the 1971 japanese Analytical Symposium must have 4 half-day classes dedicated to this normal box. of those, entitled "Trace Metals within the Envi­ ronment," have been assembled by way of Dr. Kneip, one on "Pesticides within the setting: lately found Analytical Problems," via Dr. Zweig, and one on "The decision of Anions in Water," by way of Dr. Lambert. jointly, those stories provide a reasonably whole photograph of the current nation of environmental anal­ ysis. the rest of this quantity is dedicated to pharmaceutical research, a various box during which approximately all analytical tools discover a position. partially due to this multiplicity of thoughts, and partially as a result huge variety of samples which needs to be tested in reference to the manu­ facture, organic checking out, and medical applica­ tion of pharmaceutical arrangements, this quarter is very acceptable for the advent of automation. the target, greatly, is to hurry up a number of analyses with no the sacrifice of accuracy.