Reports, books, initiatives, conferences (past or to come), new products and other pieces of information I have read or know about and worth sharing:

Green Chemistry: 2008 Report by the University of California

State of Green Business 2008

Microbes in you engine

Bad germs killer plants

Meet the 2007 California CleanTech Winners

The Fire Retardant Dilemma

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The Fire Retardant Dilemma is one of these issues that have started to receive some media and public attention for their short and long-term effects on our health and the environment. As I rediscovered last Friday at the 4th Symposium on this topic, the urgency of addressing the issue of fire retardant chemicals has to do with several upcoming meetings (1) that might seal the presence of brominated and chlorinated hydrocarbons in many household and office products for the next decade (or longer) all over the US. It is also an issue that could have a pervasive effect in how we address such issues: it is not about whether we are in favor or against fire retardants but rather which ones should be used to delay or prevent the ignition of such items as bedding, mattresses, upholstered furniture, TVs, VCRs, monitors, computers and so on. Continue Reading »