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Table 11. — An Unofficial Listing of "Science and Technology Based Foreign 



Policy Issues" Prepared in 1972 



I. Energy and Other Resources Problems 



(a) Expanding energy consumption 



1. Uranium enrichment 



2. Gaseous diffusion and centrifuge development 



3. Peaceful nuclear explosions 



4. Safe shipment of radioactive materials 



5. Safeguards 



6. Security concerns 



(b) Waste disposal problems 



1. Radioactive wastes 



2. Toxic wastes 



3. Waste policies and the oceans 



(c) Environmental pollution 



(d) Desalting technologj' 



(e) Oil and mineral extraction from the ocean 



(f) International cooperation in "big science" 

 II. Space and the Atmospheric Sciehces 



(a) Political issues relating to space technologies 



1. Weather research and data collection 



2. Cost/benefit analysis of weather control 



3. Multinational programs to control storms 



4. Technical assistance to less developed countries faced with 



drought 



5. Agreements on prevention of injurious techniques of weather 



modification 

 III. Environment and Health 



(a) Post-Stockholm Environmental Policies 



1. Development of coordinated U.N. capacity for research, 



monitoring, and information exchange 



2. Priority projects for support by U.N. environmental fund 



3. Fund's relation to economic emphasis of less developed 



countries 



(b) Regional action on the environment 



1. Harmonizing U.S. with OECD in development of code on 



pollution control and cost allocations, early warning sys- 

 tems, and identification of chemicals adversely affecting 

 the environment 



2. Trade problems in implementing recommendations on 



environmental regulation 



3. Environmental dialog of Eastern with Western Europe 



4. Canadian and Mexican border problems of environment 



5. Environmental problems encountered by U.S. AID 



6. Collaborative research with Japan and Western Europe 



(c) U.S. international health policy 



1. Pesticides and food production 



2. Fish protein concentrate 



3. Narcotics and dangerous drugs 



4. Technologies for following raw materials movements 



5. U.S. organization for coordinating international programs 



6. International Cancer Act collaboration 



7. Management of anti-cancer drugs 



8. Use of Fort Dietrick as international cancer research center 

 IV. Advanced Technology Problems 



(a) Problems of capitalization of large programs 



(b) Multinational corporations 



(c) Overseas licensing of U.S. technologies 



(d) Technology transfers to Communist countries 



(e) Reciprocity in technology transfers 



(f) Technology transfers under AID programs 



