Mounting evidence in animals and humans links flame retardants to multiple health effects, as studies fail to find additional fire safety benefit from using the chemicals in consumer products.
Washington Post, April 15, 2013
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Fear and Loathing in Wolf Country
After federal wildlife officials removed protections on wolves in the Rocky Mountains, hunters quickly killed them by the hundreds. If California’s lone wolf leaves the state, he could meet a similar fate.
KQED QUEST, January 23, 2013
Facing the Traumas of War
When soldiers sustain injuries to the face, they struggle to reclaim the traits we recognize as human.
Being Human launch, September 2012
No beba el agua. Don’t drink the water.
About 500 people, nearly all Latino farm workers, live in the long-neglected town of East Orosi with no sidewalks, street lights, or playgrounds. More than half live below the poverty level. And like a growing number of California’s poor people, they’re paying for water that’s not fit to drink.
Environmental Health News, June 11, 2012
Part 4 of EHN’s Poverty, Pollution, People of Color series, won Oakes Award Honorable Mention, from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Ripeness 101
Knowing when grapes are ripe depends on science, experience and a little luck.
Wine Spectator, April 30, 2012
Should Chimpanzees Have Moral Standing?
An interview with Frans de Waal, C.H. Candler Professor of Psychology and director of the Living Links Center for the Advanced Study of Ape and Human Evolution at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University.
PLOS Blogs, March 27, 2012
Money to Burn
Although flame retardants may pose health risks, the chemical industry has spent millions blocking attempts to ban them in California. A five-month investigation for Environmental Health News.
East Bay Express, Nov. 16, 2011
What Wiseman Knew
Frederick Wiseman, at work on a new film about higher ed set in Berkeley, embraces complexity to capture the way we live.
California magazine, Fall 2011; Appeared in the The Good Fight (Fall 2011) issue, winner of the CASE gold medal award.
Encountering a California condor takes one writer back in time
One of the American West’s best-known conservation successes, condors still face a tough road ahead
High Country News, June 13, 2011
Making Sense of Sulfites
Few winemakers today use a heavy hand with sulfites, but consumers still worry about health risks.
Wines & Vines, January 2011