Chemistry World, Scientific American, KRCB North Bay Public Radio, Chemical and Engineering News, and others tackled the story featured on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle. With respect to the family of chemicals called PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers), there appears to be some very good news to report.
The attached fact sheet details the widespread and rapid declines in flame retardant pollution in many San Francisco Bay species, according to a new study released by the San Francisco Estuary Institute. See the article mentioning the Institute and SFEI's own Rebecca Sutton in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Ariel Rubissow-Okamoto’s article “Stormwater: Beyond the Bag Ban,” based on interviews with SFEI Senior Scientist Lester McKee, BASMAA program representatives Chris Sommers and Matt Fabry, and Tom Mumley of the Water Board provides a timely overview of stormwater pollution concerns and management directions ahead of the reissuance of the Municipal Regional Stormwater NPDES permit (MRP).
The Regional Monitoring Program (RMP), is a 23-year year running “annual check-up” on the health of San Francisco Bay. Led by an SFEI science team, the RMP Update provides a concise overview of what the RMP is finding about Bay pollution, sources and trends. It also looks ahead to major water quality science efforts the coming years to serve the Bay Area’s eight million residents.
