477 



11. The Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 



12. The Thalidomide case 



13. The Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1947 



14. National criteria for water projects 



The categories of scientific application level, project magnitude, 

 and broad disciplines involved in the 14 cases are shown in the accom- 

 panying chart of Categories of Scientific Activity. The second chart 

 indicates for the 14 cases the kinds of congressional action taken. 



CATEGORIES OF SCIENCE AGTIVITT 



Basic research 

 Applied research 



Engineering application 

 Big Science 

 Little science 

 Physical sciences 

 Biomedical sciences 

 Social sciences 



