About the Author

Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff is a private consultant to industry, lending institutions, and

donor agencies, specializing in pollution prevention and environmental management.
He has more than twenty years experience in applied research, manufacturing and
internationalbusiness development, and has worked extensively throughout Russia,
Eastern Europe, Korea, Latin America, and the United States. Dr. Cheremisinoff has
contributed extensively to the industrial press, having authored, co-authored or edited
more than 100 technical reference books, and several hundred articles, including
Butterworth-Heinemann’sGreen Profits: Tlte Manager’s Handbook for I S 0 14001
and Pollution Ppeventiors. He received his B. S ., M. S . and Ph.D. degrees in
chemical engineering from Clarkson College of Technology. He can be reached by
email at ncheremisi@aol.com.
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