| http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/25/formaldehyde-in-daycare-centers/ |
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Oct 26 2012 | UC Berkeley News |
| A new, comprehensive survey of day care centers by UC Berkeley researchers found that, overall, the environmental quality in child care settings was similar to other indoor environments, but that levels of formaldehyde and several other contaminants exceeded state health guidelines. Cleaning- and sanitizing-related chemicals were also present in the air, and sometimes at higher levels, than in comparable studies on homes. |
| http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/22/diesel-vs-gas-contributing-to-smog/ |
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Oct 23 2012 | UC Berkeley News |
| Are gasoline-fueled cars or large diesel trucks the bigger source of secondary organic aerosol (SOA), a major component of smog? UC Berkeley researchers have stepped into this debate with a new study, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that says diesel exhaust contributes 15 times more than gas emissions per liter of fuel burned. |
| http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/27/contaminated-site-yields-wealth-of-inf... |
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Sep 26 2012 | UC Berkeley News |
| Routinely used to help clean up toxic metals at contaminated sites, bacteria and other soil microbes are fed to boost their ability to turn soluble metals into solids that won’t leech into streams or aquifers. UC Berkeley scientists have now dug into the soil of one of these heavy metal contaminated sites to analyze the genes of the underground microbial community in hopes of finding ways to help improve the microbes’ ability to remediate toxic metal contamination. |
| Prof Kirk Smith wins Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement |
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Mar 20 2012 | UC Berkeley News |
| Prof. Kirk Smith of the School of Public Health has been named one of two winners of the prestigious 2012 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. The award recognizes Smith’s work identifying the health hazards of household smoke from cookstoves, a major source of air pollution in the developing world and a contributor to climate change. |
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Aug 25 2011 | College of Natural Resources |
| UC scientists built and worked in towers as part of the largest single atmospheric research effort in the state. The data they've collected will guide policymakers dealing with air pollution. |
| Wild pollinators worth up to $2.4 billion to farmers, study finds |
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Jun 20 2011 | UC Berkeley News |
| California agriculture reaps $937 million to $2.4 billion per year in economic value from wild, free-living bee species that serve the critical function of pollinating crops, according to a new study by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, published this week in the June issue of the journal Rangelands. |
| Prenatal pesticide exposure tied to lower IQ in children |
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Apr 20 2011 | UC Berkeley News Center |
| In a new study suggesting pesticides may be associated with the health and development of children, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Public Health have found that prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides – widely used on food crops – is related to lower intelligence scores at age 7. |
| U.S. Safe From Japan Radiation, Berkeley Lab Expert Says |
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Mar 22 2011 | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Tom McKone, a senior staff scientist in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s (Berkeley Lab’s) Environmental Energy Technologies Division, is an expert on health-risk assessments associated with exposure to environmental contaminants such as pesticides and radioactive material. Here he sheds light on the crisis in Japan in an e-mail exchange with Berkeley Lab’s communications and media relations department. |
| Government Investment in a Clean Energy Future |
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Dec 13 2010 | Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory |
| RAEL Researcher Jamil Farbes and Lab Director Dan Kammen published a new research paper on the issue of how California should distribute greenhouse gas allowances and the resulting revenue in anticipation of the California Air Resources Board (CARB)’s upcoming decision over a greenhouse gas emissions trading program. |
| Berkeley Lab Scientist Walks the Walk—Produces More Electricity Than He Consumes |
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Dec 7 2010 | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Energy management engineer Steve Greenberg bikes three miles uphill to work every day, rain or shine. He refuses to use a desktop computer, insisting on a less energy-intensive laptop. And to avoid using paper towels each time he visits the bathroom, he keeps a hand towel in his office. Those are only a few of the things he does to reduce his carbon footprint—and that’s just at work. |
| Morello-Frosch receives accolades for environmental work |
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Dec 3 2010 | College of Natural Resources |
| Associate Professor Rachel Morello-Frosch received the Damu Smith Environmental Achievement Award from the Environment Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA). The award recognizes crosscutting collaborative work that has enhanced or increased understanding of economic security, ecological conservation, culture, or health. |
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