RE: Science Literacy
- Archived: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:25:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 12:21:04 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Fred Stoss <fstoss@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Subject: RE: Science Literacy
- X-topic: Assistance
The American Chemical Society (ACS), the professional association of chemists, prepared a series of environmental "Information Pamphlets," by the ACS Department of Government Relations and Science Policy in the mid-1980s. The ones I still have (in hand!) are "Acid Rain," "Biotechnology," "Chemical Risk: A Primer," "Chemical Risk: Personal Decisions," "Ground Water," "Hazardous Waste Management," and "Pesiticides." These resources were 8- to 16-page pamphlets written at the reading and understanding level of about the 10th grade (when many students take high school chemistry). The Acid Rain pamphlet was a FREQUENT handout at MANY acid rain conferences in the 1980s. It was perhaps one of the best "neutral" sources on the science of the issue of acid rain.
I QUICKLY took another look at the ACS Web site and found the Chemical Risk and Groundwater materials and several other new titles (Endocrine Disruptors, Global Climate Change, Less is Better: Laboratory Chemical Management Waste Reduction, and Recycling) in online foramts at http://www.acs.org/government/issues/evpubs.html
ACS also supports MANY other science education resources.
Maybe these are the types of collaborative efforts EPA should help fund.
Fred Stoss
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