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Doctor Michael Waldichuk was the first (1954) scientist to be appointed a full-time worker on water pollution, for the Canadian department of fisheries. He started his career as a chemical oceanographer on the Pacific coast, and over many years he applied those skills to surveys of pulp mill pollution. His remarkable achievement, however, was to broaden his approach continually during 39 years of work. He wrote discerning technical reports and reviews of methods in marine toxicology, enrichment of waters, atmospheric interactions, approaches for developing water quality criteria, and strategies for controlling global pollution, among other things. He was a long-time and honoured participant in international committees and expert groups dealing with marine pollution. |
