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| Gene-Drive Modified Organisms Are Not Ready to Be Released Into Environment | The emerging science of gene drives has the potential to address environmental and public health challenges, but gene-drive modified organisms are not ready to be released into the environment and require more research in laboratories and highly controlled field trials, says a new report from鈥 |
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| Despite mercury, South River activities are OK | Standing ankle-deep in the South River, Kadrin Anderson watched as her 2-year-old son grabbed thick rocks out of the cold riverbed before heaving them back into the water. Anderson, who is five months pregnant with her second child, lives in Staunton and is a science teacher at a local鈥 |
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| Once-common marine birds disappearing from our coast | The bird-counters stood in the windy bow chattering into headsets and scanning the Strait of Juan de Fuca with binoculars. |
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| Water Quality Decline Has Slowed | According to the latest Lake Whatcom Monitoring Program Annual Report for 2010-11 (Matthews et. al., 2012), our community鈥檚 primary drinking water source continues to decline in water quality. The rate of decline has slowed as indicated by some water quality parameters; however, other parameters鈥 |
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| Markiewicz named to toxics workgroup | |||
| April Markiewicz named outstanding contributor at toxicology organization | |||
| Bellingham must do more to protect Lake Whatcom | Anyone who cares about Lake Whatcom or clean drinking water has to be discouraged by the findings in the 2010 Lake Whatcom Monitoring Program. The annual report compiled by scientists at Western Washington University has documented significant problems in the lake for more than two鈥 |
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| Report Shows Phosphorus Levels Rising in Lake Whatcom | Lake Whatcom still has problems according to the latest report from Western Washington University researchers. Dr. Robin Mathews says development is the likely culprit. |
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| New members named to Puget Sound Partnership Science Panel and Ecosystem Coordination Board | The Puget Sound Partnership Leadership Council has named the following individuals to the Partnership Science Panel and Ecosystem Coordination Board. Wayne Landis, appointed to his first term on the Science Panel, is the Director of the Institute of Environmental Toxicology, part of the鈥 |
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| Realizing risks could have prevented oil spill disaster | "The worst oil spill in U.S. history could have been prevented had basic risk assessment and a strict permitting process been followed, said an environmental toxicologist who spoke Tuesday at Southern Oregon University. Wayne Landis, director of the Institute of Environmental鈥 |