Flame Retardant Dilemma: 19 September, 2008

Speakers:
Arlene Blum, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley
Flame Retardant Dilemma Review

Margarita C. Curras-Collazo, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience, UC Riverside
New information on how exposure to fire retardant chemicals before birth can permanently harm the neuroendocrine system, body water regulation, and cardiovascular function

Susan Klosterhaus, San Francisco Estuary Institute,
Firemaster 550, the major pentaBDE replacement, is found is sewage sludge and household dust

Brendon Levitt, LOISOS + UBBELOHDE ASSOCIATES
Levitt: Non-toxic insulation for Green Buildings

Michael Wilson and Megan Schwarzman, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
Wilson and Schwarzman: Green Chemistry: Cornerstone to a Sustainable California