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Past Science Council Seminars

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2007

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Greenhouse Gas Inventories and the California Climate Action Registry: Lessons Learned from the Ground Floor
Barbara Toole-O'Neil - Tetra-Tech, Inc.
January 16, 2007

Interdisciplinary Research on Environmental Health Issues in the Superfund Basic Research program at UC Berkeley
Amy Kyle, UC Berkeley
February 20, 2007

Aerosol Monitoring in the San Joaquin Valley
Rebecca Rosen, Region 9 EPA
April 4, 2007

Catalytic Converters and Checkerspot Butterflies: Air Quality Impacts of Vehicular Ammonia Emissions
Stuart Weiss
April 17, 2007

Net Environmental Benefits Analysis
Dr. Mark Rockel, CH2MHill
May 15, 2007

Mining Issues in Region 9
Monica Ramirez (Univ of AZ), Dr. Raina Maier (Iniv of AZ), John Hillenbrand, Harry Allen
June 19, 2007

Pulp Non Fiction - Sustainability and the Paper Industry
Jeff Mendelsohn - New Leaf Paper
July 10, 2007

Development of the Metal Exposure and Transformation Assessment Model (META4) for Application to Mining Sites and Surface Waters
Dr. Allen Medine - HydroGeoLogic, Inc.
August 21, 2007

Still Toxic After All These Years: Environmental Justice, the Bay Area and Challenges for Future Research and Policy
Manuel Pastor (UC Santa Cruz), James Sadd (Occidental College), Rachel Morello-Frosch (Brown University)
September 12, 2007

Brines as Long Term Sources of Groundwater Contamination: Integrating Theory, Laboratory Experiments and Field Observations
Dr. James Hunt - UC Berkeley
September 18, 2007

Technology and Economic Policy Development for Meeting California's Ambitious Climate Change Goals
Ed Pike - International Council on Clean Transportation
(Nov 20)

Carbon Dioxide and Oceans: Acidification and Climate Change
Ken Caldeira - Carnegie Institution at Stanford University
December 18, 2007

2006

Bioaccumulation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Clam Tissue as a Function of Hydrocarbon Source
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Cynda Maxon of CH2MHill

Two Perchlorate Presentations
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
Dr. Ben Blount of CDC in Atlanta and Ms. Rose Knox of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Recent Changes in Japan's Regulation of Diesel Emissions
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Daniel Rutherford of the Stanford University's Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Save The Bay's Community-Based Restoration Program
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Marilyn Latta, Habitat Restoration Director at Save The Bay

Overview of Brominated Flame Retardants
April 5, 2006
Leif Magnuson, Waste Division

Catalytic Reduction of N-Nitrosodimethylamine in Water
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Matthew Davie, a PhD candidate in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Stanford University

Transitioning to Solar Energy: Practice and Policies
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Adam Browning, co-founder of the Vote Solar Initiative, a non-profit organization

Diesel Exhaust and Human Health
June 7, 2006
Matt Lakin, Air Division

EPA's Global Climate Change Research Program
June 29, 2006
Britta Bierwagen & Chris Pike (NCEA)

"Up in Flames? Brominated Flame Retardants: What We Know, and What We Don't"
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Dr. Linda S. Birnbaum, Director of ORD's Experimental Toxicology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory

SF Bay Area's Safe Medicine Disposal Days
October 17, 2006
Karin North, City of Palo Alto

"The Air We Breathe: What You Need to Know About Vapor Intrusion"
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Alana Lee (Superfund) and Patrick Wilson, Kathy Baylor (RCRA)

Autism and HAPs in the Bay Area
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Gayle Windham of Cal DHS and Lixia Zhang of Impact Assessment, Inc. of La Jolla

Transforming Business Parks into Transit Villages
Steve Raney
December 19, 2006

2005

Sustainability and Industrial Ecology: Exploring the Connections
Prof. Rob Toia of the University of San Francisco
Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Perchlorate and the Colorado River
Larry Bowerman of the Waste Management Division
Tuesday, February 15, 2005

The Major Sources of Personal Exposure to Airborne Particulate Matter (PDF) (37 pp, 720K)
Dr. Lynn M. Hildemann of the Civil & Environmental Engineering Dept. of Stanford University
Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Scientific Considerations & Stabilization, Leaching and Regulatory Tests for Classifying Solid Wastes and Landfills
Dr. Jason Scott, University of New South Wales, Australia
March 30, 2005

Cumulative Impacts and Community-Based Participatory Research Concepts
Dr. Rajiv Bhatia of the San Francisco Department of Public Health
Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Asbestos in the Eldorado Hills
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Gerry Hiatt, Jere Johnson and Arnold Den (Region 9)

Disinfection Byproducts
3 ORD scientists
June 14, 2005

Water Initiatives: Improving Water Quality and Supplies in the 21st Century
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Dr. Robin Newmark of LLNL

Ecoregional and Remote Sensing Approach to Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecological Assessment
July 19, 2005
Bob Hall, Water Division

Air Pollution and Children's Health (PDF) (61 pp, 2.9M)
August 23, 2005
Dr. John Peters, University of Southern California

Radio Frequency Identification (RFIDs) and the Waste Stream
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Mr. Bob Hollis, Officer and Board Member of the California Resource Recovery Association

Research, Science and Technology Assistance: The ORD Regional Program, Your Link to ORD (Hazardous Waste Technology Resources / Regional Science Liaison Program)
October 5, 2005
Mike Gill, Superfund Division / Bobbye Smith, Policy and Management Division

Pesticides and Air Quality: Community Monitoring to Assess the Scope of Drift
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Dr. Susan Kegley, Senior Scientist with Pesticides Action Network, North America (PANNA)

2004

What Elected Officials Want From EPA
Panel hosted by Wayne Nastri
January 7, 2004

Mercury Dry Deposition in the Arid West
Eric Prestbo, Frontier Geosciences
April 20, 2004

Environmental Economics (PDF) (28 pp, 77K)
Meredith Fowlie, UC Berkeley
May 18, 2004

Assessing the Environmental Health Impact of Population Growth in California: New Directions in Research and Training (PDF) (65 pp, 784K)
July 20, 2004
Edmund Seto, UC Berkeley

Energy Conservation and Production at Waste Cleanup Sites
Mike Gill, EPA
August 17, 2004

Two Biosensors, Arsenic and a Portable Bioassay Tool
Company reps
September 16, 2004

Introduction to Nanotechnology (PDF) (36 pp, 1.4M)
Mike Gill, EPA
November 16, 2004

African American Catfish Consumption (PDF) (13 pp, 131K)
Max Weintraub (R9)
December 13, 2004

2003

Pros and Cons of Wet and Dry Cooling Systems for Power Plants
John Maulbetsch, Michael Defilippo, Kent Azmmitt, (EPRI)
January 30, 2003

Effects of Atrazine on Amphibians
Dr. Tyrone Hayes, UCB
February 12, 2003

DNA Damage to California Native Fish
Dr. Susan Anderson, UC Davis
March 27, 2003

Plant Uptake of Perchlorate
Dr. Andrew Jackson & Dr. Philip Smith of Texas Tech
April 17, 2003

Experiences Teaching for the Chemicals Information Exchange Network in Africa
Lynda Deschambault (Region 9)
May 8, 2003

Can Watershed Landscape Characteristics Help Determine Estuarine Benthic Impairments?
Stephen Hale, (NHEERL on detail to R9)
May 8, 2003

Teaching the Medical Community about the Links Between Children's Developmental Disabilities and Toxics like Mercury, Lead, Dioxins, and Pesticides
Dr. Mark Miller, UCSF
June 25, 2003

CHAMACOS
Dr. Asa Bradman
July 2003

Chemistry, Sampling and Analysis of Dioxin & Dioxin-like Compounds
3 hour Training (Reg 9 staff)
September 22, 2003

STAR Grantee Workshop
STAR grantees
October 8-9, 2003

2002

Children's Environmental Health: Measures of Contaminants, Body Burdens and Illness
Tracy Woodruff (EPA)
November 7, 2002

California Kids and Air Quality
Dr. Melanie Marty (OEHHA)
December 10, 2002

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