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Air
Pollution & Risk Assessment - the monthly newsletter which
brings you the latest developments in the air pollution and risk
assessment fields, as well as information on upcoming events and
products. |
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| AIR
DISPERSION MODELING COURSES - ISCST3, AERMOD, AND ISC-PRIME |
Feb 28-Mar 1,
2002 - Houston, Texas
Apr 18-19, 2002 - Atlanta, Georgia
May 16-17, 2002 - Sacramento, California |
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Course
Instructors:
- Roger Brode and Jim Paumier of Pacific Environmental
Services (PES), the developers of the ISCST3 and AERMOD codes, under contract from the U.S. EPA.
- Russell Lee the coordinator of the development of these codes while working for the U.S. EPA
- Dr. Jesse Thé from Lakes Environmental, the developer of ISC-AERMOD View, the leading nterface for the ISCST3, ISC-PRIME and AERMOD air dispersion models. |
| http://www.weblakes.com/courses.html |
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| BUSH BACKS AUTOMOTIVE REVOLUTION |
| After nearly $1.5 billion in subsidies, the Bush administration is
ending a program to help automakers develop high-mileage, gasoline-electric cars and instead plans to fund research that would
replace the internal combustion engine with something much cleaner and quieter: fuel cells. |
| http://www.msnbc.com/news/684483.asp |
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| GETTING ON OUR NERVES |
| The same herbicides and pesticides many people trust enough to spray
on their gardens and crops have been increasingly linked to the onset
of Parkinson’s Disease (PD). |
| http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2002/01/01182002/s_46080.asp
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| UK: NEW AIR QUALITY STATISTICS SHOW GRADUAL OVERALL IMPROVEMENT |
| New air quality statistics for the UK reveal a gradual overall
improvement since 1993 in urban areas, although the trend in rural areas is less clear. |
| http://www.edie.net/news/Archive/5076.cfm |
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| EPA POSTPONES NEW SMOG RULES ON COAL-BURNING POWER PLANTS |
| The Environmental Protection Agency is postponing for a year a
requirement that scores of coal-burning power plants reduce smog-causing pollution that often drifts from the Midwest and Ohio Valley
into the Northeast. |
| http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/01/01182002/ap_46176.asp |
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| STUDY LINKS AIR POLLUTION, HEART DEFECTS |
| Air pollution may cause serious birth defects, disrupting fetal
heart development in the second month of pregnancy, a new study by researchers at UCLA shows. |
| http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/healthscience/134387583_defects06.html |
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| ALTERNATIVE TO WASTE INCINERATION IDENTIFIED |
| The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) has
identified a technology that could treat waste streams through chemically
oxidizing molecules, eliminating the need for incineration. |
| http://www.earthvision.net/ColdFusion/News_Page1.cfm?NewsID=19087 |
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| ABOUT
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| This newsletter contains information gleaned from various sources on the
web, with complete links to the sources cited. Organizations cited are
in no way affiliated with Lakes Environmental.
Lakes Environmental is a leading environmental IT company which offers a
complete line of air dispersion modeling, risk assessment, and emergency
release software as well as training and custom software services. With
satisfied users located around the globe, Lakes Environmental will continue
to revolutionize the environmental software field.
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