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Radiation or Radioactivity – Whats the Difference?
Mainstream news stories almost always confuse the very different terms Radiation (like x-rays) and Radioactive (physical materials; fallout), which are significantly distinct things. Radiation means visible light and all of its invisible cousins: electromagnetic waves including X-rays, gamma rays and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Environmental Science, Human Health, Pollution, Radioactive Material
Tagged Alpha, Alpha particle, Caesium-137, Carnegie Endowment, Chemistry, DNA, Environment, Fission products, Gamma ray, International Atomic Energy Agency, Ionizing radiation, James Acton, Japan, Marie Curie, microwave, Nuclear physics, physicist, Physics, Radiation, Radioactive decay, Radioactivity, Radiobiology
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You Can’t Pave Your Way Out of Congestion !
“Building more lanes to cure congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.” 1) There is now overwhelming evidence, including a nationwide study of 70 metropolitan areas over 15 years (Texas Transportation Institute), and another California specific study (Hansen … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Science, Rationale
Tagged Monterey County, Texas Transportation Institute
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Silence is Golden © Copyright David Dilworth 2002
Silence is a subject very different from noise. Noise is unwanted sound, while Silence is a valuable positive phenomena (not a resource) which can and should be protected. Silence can be mapped as areas enjoying continuous periods where no man-made … Continue reading
Encyclopedia of Life
“Global access to knowledge about life on Earth” Encyclopedia of Life is a vision by E.O Wilson to document the best available science about the diversity of life on our planet. As of this writing it includes pages on 938,658 … Continue reading
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Stopping Massive Needless Forest Destruction – One Voice made the Difference
Here’s an article published in the gossip column (“Professor Toro” is a pen name) of the local daily November 3, 2007 It could inspire you to see how a single person who is right and speaks out can win against … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Law, Rationale, Staffocracy, Success
Tagged George Haines, Last Updated, Professor Toro, Public Resources Code
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Monterey Peninsula Faces Water Poisoning Threat From Anti-Science Fluoridation Activists
(c) Copyright 2001-2012 David Dilworth Monterey County’s so-called “Health Department” in 2003 was taking steps to put a rat poison, called fluoride, in our Peninsula’s drinking water supply as directed by a recent and extremely controversial state law that was … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Science
Tagged Chicago Tribune, MSDS, Santa Cruz, Water Fluoridation
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Death of a Single Individual of an ESA Listed Species is a Significant CEQA Impact
Death of a Single Individual of an ESA Listed Species is a Significant CEQA Impact Copyright 2004-2012 David J. Dilworth Ordinarily California agency planners and staff are allowed to use their personal judgment about whether a project has a “significant … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Law
Tagged CEQA, Mira Monte Homeowners, San Buenaventura Cty, West Ann
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Part 1: What’s the difference between a Forest Ecologist, a Biologist, a Forester, an Arborist, and a Horticulturist ?
Copyright 2003-2011 David Dilworth An Ecologist is explicitly trained in the health of the interdependence of all biota in an ecosystem. A forest ecologist is trained in the health of interdependence of forest biota. While Biologists generally care about … Continue reading
How Ecological Interdependence Affects You
How Ecological Interdependence Affects You or Why We Can’t Stop Holding Hands with all our Biota Neighbors Copyright 2002-2012 David Dilworth Sea Otters and Kelp (c) Copyright 2008 David Dilworth Here are some principles and examples of how very different … Continue reading