From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Board today issued key documents that move the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) significantly closer to removing four dams and re-opening 360 miles of the Klamath River and its tributaries...
In 2013, the Department of Toxic Substances Control’s Safer Consumer Products regulations outlined a framework for the Department to regulate product-chemical combinations that require manufacturers to evaluate alternatives. The program selects products based on the potential for exposure to a...
Dr. Jennifer Teerlink discusses pesticide regulation, monitoring, assessments, and outreach efforts The mission of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s...
There are numerous agencies involved in water quality issues that are focused on the San Francisco Bay and the Delta. In this brown bag seminar, Stephanie Fong, Interagency Ecological Program Coordinator Chair, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, discussed the...
PFAS are a group of chemicals that have become ubiquitous in consumer goods – and the environment. What are they and what can be done about them? PFAS, or poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances have received a lot of attention in...
Natural sources of the toxic form of chromium appear in wells that provide drinking water to a large population in California, offering a new perspective on California’s groundwater management challenges. By Danielle Torrent Tucker, Stanford News When Erin Brockovich sued...
