Assessing Contractor Use in Superfund: a background paper of OTA's assessment on Superfund implementation (open access)

Assessing Contractor Use in Superfund: a background paper of OTA's assessment on Superfund implementation

This report addresses five key questions; to what extent is superfund dependent on contractors? Why depend on contracting to such a great extent? Is the extent of superfund’s dependence on contracting appropriate? Does the extent of superfund’s dependence on contracting reduce environmental effectiveness? Is superfund’s heavy dependence on contracting cost effective?
Date: January 1989
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Composting technologies, costs, programs, and markets (open access)

Composting technologies, costs, programs, and markets

This report provides an overview of the technology of composting which involves three major steps: 1) the preparation of the raw material, 2) the compost process itself, and 3) the grading of the final product.
Date: January 1989
Creator: CAL Recovery Systems, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
New developments in neuroscience: neural transplants and nerve regeneration technologies: ethical issues: final draft (open access)

New developments in neuroscience: neural transplants and nerve regeneration technologies: ethical issues: final draft

The focal point of this report is elaboration of the metaphysical and ethical issues raised by neural transplants.
Date: January 13, 1989
Creator: Gervais, Karen G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Preventive Services by the Elderly (open access)

The Use of Preventive Services by the Elderly

This paper reviews both new and previously published data on the proportions of elderly currently receiving a variety of preventive health services; we examine factors associated with whether the elderly receive these services; and we analyze the likely implications for Medicare if preventive health services were offered as covered benefits.
Date: January 1989
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library