36 COURSES Proc. Analyt. Div. Chem. SOC. Courses Industrial Effluent Pollution January 30-February 3, 1978, Loughborough This course will cover the following topics : sources and types of industrial effluents; pollution effects of these effluents if untreated; parameters of water pollution ; basic methods of measurement ; water pollution legislation ; the role of Water Authorities ; consent conditions for industrial discharges ; sewage works opera- tion; effects of industrial effluents; visits to sewage works ; industrial water management ; physical and chemical effluent treatment ; biological treatment processes ; instrumental methods of analysis ; industrial visit ; recovery and re-use of “wastes”; toxic and hazardous waste disposal ; and industrial case studies.The course is organised by The Centre for Extension Studies a t Loughborough University of Technology and the tutor will be Dr.G. E. Chivers. This is one of a series of Environ- mental Short Courses to be held in 1978, of which further details can be obtained from the Centre for Extension Studies and the Lever- hulme Project, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LEll3TU.Gas Chromatography February 6-10, 1978, LoughForough A course is to be held a t the University of Technology which will present an up-to-date account of gas chromatography and which is designed to provide a rapid introduction to the theory and practice of the technique. For further information please contact Mrs. P. A. Bartram, Chemistry Department, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE 11 3TU.Call for Papers Original Papers in Pharmaceutical Analy- sis Meeting May 18, 1978, London Anyone who wishes to present a paper at the above meeting, to be organised by the AD Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group, is asked to inform the Honorary Secretary of the Group as soon as possible. Notification should be sent to The Honorary Secretary, Joint Pharma- ceutical Analysis Group, Room 407, Pharma- ceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London, SE1 7JN, before March 8th, 1978.I ? “A minor bible” -Ue w Scientist Hazards in the Chemical laboratory: 2nd Edition Edited by G. D. Muir In the five years since the first edition was published, Hazards in the Chemical Laboratory has become established as a vital handbook in all types of laboratory environment.However, over this period many develop- ments have taken place which justify changes in scope and emphasis. This second edition contains completely new chapters on the Health and Safety a t Work etc. Act 1974, Reactive Chemical Hazards, and Chemical Hazards and Toxicology. The section dealing with hazardous chemicals has been greatly expanded so as to provide detailed information on the properties, warning phrases, injunctions, toxic effects, hazardous reactions, first aid treatments, fire hazards and spillage disposal procedures for all common laboratory chemicals, together with short notes on the hazardous properties and reactions of several hundred other less common chemicals. Clothbound 480pp 8%“ x 6” f7.00 (CS Members f5.25) I Orders to: The Chemical Society, Distribution Centre, Blackhorse Road, Letchworth, Herts., SG6 1 HN.