Northwest Berkeley Body Burden Study (Part of the East Bay Body Burden Project) What makes the Northwest Berkeley body burden study unique is its focus on a narrow geographic test area and that only two metals in the blood samples will be screened. A comprehensive screening of the population will ultimately provide a clearer picture of actual community exposure to the airborne nickel and manganese. -read more-

West Berkeley Community AIR Monitoring PROJECT
"The San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District staff has reviewed and affirmed the data and the Standard Operating Procedures. The monitoring equipment used, while not a federal reference method, is widely used in the environmental field because it is credible and generates reliable data, though it is not employed by the District in its ambient air monitoring network." March 13, 2008

Cancer Risk in West Berkeley
For decades, the stench from airborne chemicals emitted by Pacific Steel Casting has been allowed to pollute the air downwind from its foundries with virtual impunity. Environmental changes have come slowly to this part of the city. While other industrial polluters are much smaller, or have moved away in response to the growing residential population in this district, PSC’s operations have been allowed to expand. -more-

What is a breeder reactor? Dr. Helen Caldicott addresses the science, insanity and misrepresentations surrounding the development of breeder reactors.

Berkeley’s Skate Park: Backslide on the Chrome-6
From its opening days in 2003 when the complex was abruptly closed because of toxic groundwater seepage, Harrison skate park has been a gnarly ride for Berkeley. Now it appears to be in an irreversible backslide and headed for a wipeout. -read more-

Berkeley Opts Out of Clean Water
“City of Berkeley, the water is murky” has become the latest rap on the city’s crumbling storm drain infrastructure. For nearly two decades, Berkeley’s Clean Water efforts in controlling surface water pollution have amounted to little more than a “greenwash” of meaningless phrases such as “Save the Bay”. -read more-

LBNL: 75 Years of Science, 75 Years of Pollution
This weekend marks the 75th anniversary of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Established a decade prior to World War II, the “rad lab”, as it was first called, has maintained a strong presence at the UC Berkeley campus since that time. Today the national laboratory is operated by the Department of Energy and it continues with its radiation research. -read more-

Berkeley Street Sweeping Programs
Street sweeping in Berkeley has been around since the horse and buggy days. Initially this municipal maintenance activity was not broad in scope, but the objectives of street cleaning have remained fairly constant through time. Early street sweeping activities focused on control of animal droppings and litter. The idea of cleaning streets has always been associated with health and safety. -read more-

City of Berkeley Sewer System History
Most early sewers were designed to carry both stormwater and sanitary sewer flows in the same pipeline. Sewage was not treated but discharged directly into San Francisco Bay from outfalls at Potter Street, University Avenue, Virginia Street, Gilman Street, and Marin Avenue at Fleming Point. -read more-

U C BERKELEY's SKULL and BONES...outrage over the tens of thousands of native remains being held in boxes at the school and at other institutions. He called for the return of all burial remains to their communities. The Native American leader also demanded that the government cease its longest undeclared war, the war against all its Native Peoples. -read more-