REVIEW OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS

vide a rational technique for assess- ing regeneration requirements based on total cancer potential of the vari- ous components as they break through the GAC. The authors rec- ommend that users of the model should carry out bench-scale or pilot- scale studies to obtain appropriate calibration factors for specific com- pounds under consideration and in- corporate the impact of water vapor on the breakthrough curves to allow proper economic evaluation of vari- ous design alternatives.

BOOKS

Petroleum Contaminated Soils, Volume 3, edited by Paul Kostecki and Edward Calabrese. CbeLsea, MI: Lewis Publishers, Inc., 1990, 423 pages.

Hydrocarbon contamination of soils has been a major focus of regu- latory agencies and the research com- munity for the past decade. In re- sponse to the growing awareness of potential environmental and human health threats posed by this problem, rapid advances have been made in the areas of chemical analysis, fate modeling, public health risk assess- ment and remediation.

Petroleum Contaminated Soils, the proceedings of the fourth na- tional conference on hydrocarbon contaminated soils (September 1989, Amherst, Massachusetts), is designed to “provide a benchmark for the 1990s, since it captures and assesses the progress of the 1980s while help- ing to shape the directions of regula- tory and research initiatives of the 1990s.” Chapters 1 through 6 present an assessment of the field with re- spect to the identification of critical current issues and emerging con-

cerns. Examples include the Depart- ment of Defense’s research program for cleanup of contaminated soil, and Environment Canada’s research on land treatment of petroleum wastes. Chapters 7 through 12 deal with the issues of analytical meth- ods, such as the misapplication of the EP-Tox, TCLP, and CAM-WET tests to derive data on migration potential of metals in soil systems. Biological, chemical, and physical remedial techniques are described in Chapters 13 through 19. Evaluations of risk assessment (mostly human health) are presented in Chapters 20 through 25, followed by a discussion of regulatory considerations with several examples from states, in Chap- ters 26 through 28.

The book represents a synthesis of this maturing field, offering not only a historical perspective, but a perspective on future developments as well. The audience for the book includes federal and state regulators, public health officials, affected in- dustries, and environmental consult- ants. The authors also believe it can be used to provide students with a broader perspective on the problem by integrating the various dimen- sions of this field into an intelligible whole.

NEWSLElTER!3

The Bioremediation Report This monthly newsletter focuses

on new developments in the ever expanding field of bioremediation. The October 1992 issue describes a new method involving the use of in- situ microbial filters to enhance the effectiveness of pump-and-treat tech- nology. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory recently completed a study in which selected nonindigenous

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