Contaminants Archives ~ Page 7 of 7 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

July 15, 2020

By Elizabeth Claire Alberts, Mongabay In 1997, Charles Moore was sailing a catamaran from Hawaii to California when he and...

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: Microplastics Everywhere: Understanding Microplastics in the Bay and Recommended Actions

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science Notebook News and Features

January 16, 2020

Microplastics are ubiquitous and persistent pollutants in the ocean, and a pervasive and preventable threat to the health of marine...

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: CA’s Safer Consumer Products Program: Overview and efforts to protect aquatic health

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Delta science Notebook News and Features Water quality

December 12, 2019

In 2013, the Department of Toxic Substances Control’s Safer Consumer Products regulations outlined a framework for the Department to regulate...

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: An overview of Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Surface Water Protection Program

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water quality

November 21, 2019

Dr. Jennifer Teerlink discusses pesticide regulation, monitoring, assessments, and outreach efforts The mission of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s...

PFAS EXPLAINED: The growing crisis of ‘forever chemicals’

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Water quality

July 24, 2019

PFAS are a group of chemicals that have become ubiquitous in consumer goods – and the environment. What are they...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: A Review of Water Quality Science in the Delta: Chemical contaminants and nutrients

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Delta science Water quality

January 11, 2019

As part of its charge to review science activities that support adaptive management in the Delta, the Delta Independent Science...

STANFORD NEWS: Natural chromium sources threaten California groundwater, Stanford scientists find

Stanford University

Groundwater News Water quality

July 23, 2018

Natural sources of the toxic form of chromium appear in wells that provide drinking water to a large population in...

GUEST COMMENTARY: It’s time to fix the impacts of TCP

Guest Contributor

Commentary

March 13, 2017

This commentary was written by Andria Ventura, Toxics Program Manager for Clean Water Action: The regulation of a potent cancer-causing...

Delta smelt symposium, part 2: Causal links to population declines and data gaps

Maven

Delta science Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

July 6, 2016

Could it be water exports, predation, food web, contaminants, drought … ? Coverage of the Delta and longfin smelt symposium,...

State of Bay Delta Science 2016, part 2: Water quality and contaminant effects on species and water supply; The Bay-Delta food web; Delta landscape restoration

Maven

Delta science Notebook News and Features Water quality

January 14, 2016

Stephanie Fong discusses what we know and don’t know about contaminants; Dr. Wim Kimmerer on Delta food web changes; and...

Greener Products for Bluer Waters: California’s Safer Consumer Regulations

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation Water quality

January 7, 2016

New regulations shift responsibility to manufacturers to seek safer alternatives for harmful ingredients in consumer products The Safer Consumer Products...