Slides: Flame Retardants: A Global Sustainability Concern
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering Engineering Ethics Environmental Engineering Green Design and Sustainable Engineering |
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Teaching - Lecture/Presentation |
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Audio |
| Author(s): |
Arlene Blum |
| Description: | Arlene Blum's talk at UC Berkeley to CE262A - Technologies for Sustainable Societies. |
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| Keywords: | flame retardants |
| Is Component of: |
CEE 292A - Technologies for Sustainable Societies |
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Blum holds a doctorate in biophysical chemistry, and has taught at Stanford University, Wellesley College, and U. C. Berkeley, where her research was instrumental in banning tris and Fyrol, two cancer-causing chemical that were used as a flame retardant on children's sleepwear as well as the pesticide DBCP. Blum plans to continue this research to facilitate the regulation of similar chemicals and help protect our health and environment. |
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Medium |
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Very low |
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| Publication Date: | August 2009 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://best.me.berkeley.edu/~aagogino/EBS/Fall2009/3.Blum_Sept.21 |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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