Are students aware of the link between environmental hazards and disease? What are the parameters of individual and social responsibility as they relate to environmental protection? What are the attitudes that inhibit or support the development of environmental protection behavior? Answers to these questions may help teachers to develop effective environmental education curricula and application-oriented classroom activities. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the outcomes associated with a psychometric survey of students' environmental attitudes. A review of relevant literature shows that student attitudes are important components in the development of knowledge and behavior-based interventions. The descriptive study that served as the basis of this paper designed, tested, and implemented a psychometric instrument whose purpose was to collect information about the attitudes of students as they relate to environmental protection and health. A 16-item questionnaire focused on subjects' perception of social versus individual responsibility for environmental protection. Subjects (N=7,834) were drawn from elementary, middle, high school, and university student populations in Alabama and North Carolina. Data indicated that subjects from different states had different environmental attitude predispositions and that subjects from varied ethnic backgrounds and different grade categories had significantly different attitudes. Subjects were aware of the link between environmental hazards and health and felt that individuals are responsible for exercising the control necessary to effect change. In addition, subjects believed that environmental protection must start with the individual but collective effort at the societal level is necessary for success. (Contains 16 references, the survey instrument, and 9 tables.) (Author/ND)