Living tomorrow. No. 148

Description: Cinemagazine items: Examines contemporary attempts to predict and control the environmental effects of pollution. Details a study of how atmospheric carbon dioxide levels can alter human metabolism; redesigned cylinders which reduce the violent ignition noise from diesel engines; experimental batteries which replace lead and nickel with sulphur and sodium as their more benign principal components; and a pioneering facility for the safe storage and recuperation of toxic wastes.