Environics International Environmental Monitor, 1998

Environics International Environmental Monitors (EIEM) is a syndicated annual survey of global public opinion on a variety of environmental and natural resource issues. The findings of the 1998 Survey are based on the results of face-to face or telephone interviews with representative samples of about 1,000 citizens, in each of 30 countries on all continents, representing over 68 percent of the world's population. Research was conducted by respected social research institutes in each country between January 21, 1998 and May 26, 1998. A total of 47 questions were posed dealing with such topics as overall environmental concerns, possible human health impacts, seriousness of specific environmental problems, action alternatives on climate change, energy concerns and preferences, perceived benefits vs. risks of modern technology, agricultural chemicals and biotechnology, and assessments of the environmental performance of various industry sectors.