Educators for Social Responsibility*
Educators for Social Responsibil-
ity (ESR) is a US nationwide organi-
zation of educators and parents,
founded in May 1981 to educate
teachers, administrators and parents
about the issues related to nuclear
war and the arms race. ESR is com-
mitted to helping adults respond pos-
itively through education to children's
concerns about nuclear war. ESR be-
lieves it is important for students to
hear different sides of the issues, and
is developing age-appropriate curri-
culum materials that stress the values
of critical thinking and citizens' in-
volvement in decision-making.
ESR activities include workshops,
conferences, forums, resource mate-
rials, a national newsletter, and other
projects that educate both adults and
children about the nuclear arms race.
ESR has published a Day of Dialogue
Planning Manual with organizing de-
tails, suggested classroom activities
for all grade levels, and resources. It
is available for US $12. ESR Mem-
bership is $20. (A National Day of
Dialogue was conducted in October
1982 to help schools begin to address
the nuclear issue.) For more informa-
tion contact Shelley Berman, Day of
Dialogue Coordinator, ESR, 639 Mas-
sachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA
02139, USA.
*Courtesy Wayland Massachusetts Nu-
clear Freeze Group, Wayland, MA, USA.
Wildlife Protection: Ensuring Observance*
The illegal introduction of the
American rabbit, Sylvilagus florida-
nus, to Europe for hunting purposes
threatens to destroy the delicate bal-
ance of wildlife on our continent,
according to Ambassador Alfred
Wacker, Chairman of the new Stand-
ing Committee of the Wildlife Con-
vention and Permanent Representa-
tive of Switzerland to the Council of
Europe. The Committee, set up under
the Wildlife Convention to monitor
its application, to ensure its adapta-
tion to ecological evolution and in-
tervene with member States in the
event of the Convention being con-
travened, held its first meeting at
the end of September 1982 at the
Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
Other topical problems raised by the
Committee were the precarious situa-
tion of migratory birds in periods of
sudden cold (observed in particular
during last winter), the introduction
of hunting in certain protected areas
and the setting-up of tourist facilities
in areas of great ecological value.
The Convention on the Conserva-
tion of European Wildlife and Natural
Habitats, has been signed by 20 Coun-
cil of Europe countries and the EEC
and entered into force on 1 June
1982. It aims at the protection of
wildlife in Europe as a whole and
threatened species in particular. It is
clear that the Convention can be in-
strumental in protecting wildlife if its
application is assured by an indepen-
dent authority. This is the purpose of
the new Committee.
*Courtesy Council of Europe.
Chemical Destruction of PCBs
Sunohio's PCBX process for the
chemical destruction of PCBs (poly-
chlorinated biphenyls) in electrical
insulating fluid has won the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) approval for use nationwide.
It is the first process to be given na-
tional approval.
EPA Region III, headquartered in
Philadelphia, granted the approval
exactly one year and a day after the
initial approval was granted by EPA
Region IV.
Peter N. Bibko, EPA Region III
administrator, said the approval
marked "a major milestone in our
fight to solve a long-standing national
environmental problem--the safe
destruction of polychlorinated bi-
phenyls".
The PCBX process is performed in
a totally enclosed system at the site
of the contamination, eliminating the
transportation of toxic substances
over the road.
"Sunohio's objective at the outset
was to decontaminate the oil, leaving
it completely reuseable in its original
application, and to ensure that no
hazardous emissions were given off
during processing"., said Norman E.
Jackson, chairman of the board of
Sunohio. "These objectives were fully
met."
Nationwide approval is particularly
significant in that it precedes approval
of any other method, even those
which destroy the oil.
"We have already successfully
completed commercial processing of
well over half a million gallons of
PCB-contaminated oil for such com-
panies as Boston Edison, Georgia
Power, the Tennessee Valley Author-
ity as well as Union Carbide at the
Oak Ridge Atomic Energy Facility",
Jackson said.
"Most important", he added, "is
the fact that independent sources
have found the PCBX processed oil
totally reuseable in transformers."
The PCBX process was designed
to be completely mobile. There are
also no incinerations or burials in-
volved in Sunohio's PCB destruction
process, keeping it both practical and
economical.
Sunohio's PCBX process is present-
ly performed on mineral oils used in
the electrical industry. However, with
an estimated 10 million pounds of
PCB entering the environment each
year, its application in other areas
also may be practical.
Sunohio is a partnership jointly
owned by subsidiaries of Ohio Trans-
former Corporation, Louisville, Ohio,
and Sun Company, Inc., Radnor,
Pennsylvania. The company serves
industry and utilities by performing
specialized maintenance and repairs
on electrical substations.
64 The Environmentalist
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