Class 14 - Ephedra and e-Waste

Extra reading

BPA - risk assessment and study design

Class presentations

Ephedra Risk Assessment

Alyssa Vivas & Ashley Barlond

E-waste Risk Assessment

Nick Ling & Danica Hill

e-waste risk assessment.ppt 

Current events

• Human testing at heart of debate over US toxics law. Scientific advances that have made it possible to detect the tiniest traces of chemicals in the human body and the environment are shaping efforts to modernize U.S. chemical policies and regulations. Greenwire
  http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/02/15/15greenwire-human-testing-at-heart-of-debate-over-us-toxic-77544.html

• Assembly backs limits on BPA in baby bottles. The Assembly voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to ban the sale and manufacture of BPA in baby bottles and cups for children age 3 and younger, clearing the way for the matter to become law. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin.
  http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/84527992.html

• Oregon Senate shoots down ban on BPA in baby bottles, sippy cups. Oregon's Senate shot down a bill this morning that would have banned a potential endocrine-disrupting chemical from baby bottles and sippy cups, splitting 15-15 on a ban that Washington's Legislature has endorsed with lopsided votes. Portland Oregonian, Oregon.
  http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/02/oregon_senate_shoots_down_ban.html

• Nuclear watchdog investigates possible mass radiation exposure. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission says as many as 217 workers may have been exposed to radioactivity at the Bruce nuclear power station on the shores of Lake Huron while refurbishing a reactor in late November. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario.
  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nuclear-incident-exposes-217-workers-at-bruce-power/article1469970/

• DOE to improve beryllium disease protection at Hanford. Following a letter from the Hanford Advisory Board critical of Hanford efforts to protect workers from beryllium exposure, which can cause an incurable lung disease, the Department of Energy has announced it is will improve its program. Kennewick Tri-City Herald, Washington.
  http://www.tri-cityherald.com/yahoonews/story/904674.html

• High levels of lead found in bracelets and pacifier clips made in the U.S.!