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Video: The Famous Greener All-Purpose Cleaner Recipe

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:18:33 GMT

An infomercial-style video about how to make an inexpensive all-purpose cleaner that's better for you, better for your household and better for the environment.

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Green and Sustainable Remediation

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:14:00 GMT

Provides useful links on available information, case studies, and Web tools on sustainable practices for remediation.

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Green Remediation Best Management Practices: Clean Fuel & Emission Technologies for Site Cleanup

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:12:19 GMT

Cleanup of hazardous waste sites can involve significant consumption of gasoline, diesel, or other fuels by mobile and stationary sources. Minimizing emission of air pollutants such as greenhouse gases (GHGs) and particulate matter (PM) resulting from cleanup activities, including those needing fossil or alternative fuel, is a core element of green remediation strategies. Efforts to reduce these emissions during site investigation, remedial or corrective actions, and long-term operation and maintenance (O&M) must meet regulatory requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and state air quality standards as well as federal and state cleanup programs. Deployment of green remediation BMPs can help reduce negative impacts of cleanup activities on public health and the environment

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An Inconvenient Sandwich: The Throwaway Economics of Takeaway Food

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:42:21 GMT

The British appetite for quick, cheap, convenient food that we can eat wherever we happen to be has hidden costs to society, public health and the environment. This report investigates the economic pressures facing independent cafes and sandwich bars which often forces social justice, sustainability and health off the menu.

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Energy Basics

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:06:02 GMT

The basics about renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies: learn how they work, what they're used for, and how they can improve homes, businesses, and industries. Includes links to information to specific renewable energy technologies, as well as information on home, industrial, and vehicle/fuel technologies.

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Adverse Effects of Methylmercury: Environmental Health Research Implications

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:03:53 GMT

Health effects have been associated with exposure to methylmercury for well over a century. Yet, in the case of a severe neurological disorder known as Minamata disease, public health officials and environmental scientists were slow to make the connection between the appearance of neurological signs and environmental exposure to methylmercury. Grandjean et al. (p. 1137) provide a retrospective look at the various political, legal, and scientific forces associated with this delay. The authors note that understanding the cause of methylmercury-induced health effects was impaired by a reliance on narrow case definitions and uncertain chemical speciation, and point out that although methylmercury was known to be capable of producing developmental neurotoxicity as early as 1952, researchers did not understand the vulnerability of the developing nervous system to heavy metals such as methylmercury. They note that scientific uncertainties, as well as various political and economic considerations, led to calls for more research rather than for the development of strategies for mitigation and prevention of future exposures. The authors conclude that the case of methylmercury and Minamata disease is a cautionary tale for the environmental health community and public health officials as they respond to current and future environmental crises. Full citation: Grandjean P, Satoh H, Murata K, Eto K 2010. Adverse Effects of Methylmercury: Environmental Health Research Implications. Environ Health Perspect 118:1137-1145.

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SF Approved List - Products that meet San Francisco's health & environmetal requirements.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:58:37 GMT

In keeping with San Francisco's commitment to the Precautionary Principle, the Board of Supervisors passed legislation in 2005 requiring City staff to buy from an approved list of environmentally preferable, or "green," products. San Francisco Department of Environment created the SF Approved List to share the best in authoritative green purchasing information within City government and with the world at large.

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Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO)

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:12:28 GMT

HERO contains the key studies EPA uses to develop environmental risk assessments for the public. EPA uses risk assessments to characterize the nature and magnitude of health risks to humans and the ecosystem from pollutants and chemicals in the environment. Browse through the bibliographic references in HERO by topic or assessment, or search for articles by author, title, etc.

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The Clean Energy Economy:Repowering Jobs, Businesses and Investments Across America

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:12:50 GMT

Research by The Pew Charitable Trusts shows that despite a lack of sustained policy attention and investment, the emerging clean energy economy has grown considerably--extending to all 50 states, engaging a wide variety of workers and generating new industries.

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Analysis of Discarded CRTs in Florida: Volume Projections and Disposal Management Options

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:51:14 GMT

Research project that proposed to conduct a comprehensive study of the current CRT waste situation in the state of Florida (volume of CRT discarded, existing facilities, practices) as well as make projections on trends in future CRT waste streams. The goal of this research to answer questions about trends in volume of discarded CRTs in the future, current CRT waste management practices and trends, and capacity for handling increase in CRT disposal. Page includes links to the project reports, as well as a paper presented at the February 2010 SWANA Thinking Outside of the Blue Box Conference.

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