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JOEL S. HIRSCHHORN, PhD, is a world authority on clean technology and powder metallurgy. Following a distinguished academic career at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, he joined the Office of Technology Assessment of the United States Congress, where he effectively championed environment and pollution issues. He is now President of EnviroSearch-East, an environmental consulting firm in Washington, D.C. KIRSTEN U. OLDENBURG, MA, an expert on materials policy, the environment, and pollution prevention, has been the coauthor of seven key Office of Technology Assessment of the United States Congress reports since 1983. She is also the author of numerous articles on pollution prevention and other related topics and has been selected to manage a pollution prevention project for an international environmental organization. (The author’s views do not necessarily reflect those of the Office of Technology Assessment.)

Pollution Prevention Pays for Everyone.

What Pollution Prevention Is; What Waste Recycling and Other Strategies are Not.

Achieving Success by Overcoming Obstacles.

Data Tells the Story: Too Much Waste.

The Ozone Groan: Do We Still Have Time?

Harm at the Farm and Home From Chemical Pesticides.

Changing Consumption: Reducing Garbage.

Household Toxic Products: Thinking More and Buying Less.

No Time to Waste.

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