Program in Green Chemistry & Chemicals Policy

2008 Report
Green Chemistry: Cornerstone to a Sustainable California. Report to California EPA (2008)
UC Berkeley/UCLA press release | California EPA press release
Cornerstone Report Slideshow (pdf)

2006 Report
Green Chemistry in California: A Framework for Leadership in Chemicals Policy and Innovation. Report to the California Legislature(2006)
Executive Summary | UC press release

Articles
Wilson, Schwarzman. Toward a New U.S. Chemicals Policy: Rebuilding the Foundation to Advance New Science, Green Chemistry, and Environmental Health. Environmental Health Perspectives 117 (8) .

Brown Science Selections: Chemicals Policy Gap: Toward Stronger Regulation in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives 117 (8)

Schwarzman. Potential Toxicity of Synthetic Chemicals: What You Should Know About Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals, American Family Physician, September 2008

Wilson, Schwarzman. Characterizing and Addressing Policy Barriers to Green Chemistry in the United States. American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C. June 2008

Schwarzman, Wilson. Reshaping Chemicals Policy on Two Sides of the Atlantic: Comparing approaches and exploring areas for cooperation between California and the European Union. California-EU Regulatory Cooperation Project, UC Berkeley

Wilson & Kirschner Policy Developments in the United States Related to Chemicals and Electronic Waste, in "Governance, Risk and Compliance Handbook: Technology, Finance, Environmental, and International Guidance and Best Practices," Anthony Tarantino, Ed. March 2008.

Schmidt C. Environment: California Out in Front. Environmental Health Perspectives 115(3) March 2007

Wilson, Hammond, Nicas, Hubbard. Worker Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds in the Vehicle Repair Industry. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 4 (301-310) May 2007

Wilson, Chia, Ehlers. Green Chemistry in California: A Framework for Leadership in Chemicals Policy and Innovation. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, Vol 16(4) 365-372, December 2006.

Alastair I. Shifting to green chemistry: the need for innovations in sustainability marketing. Business Strategy and the Environment. July 2006

Welker-Hood, Condon, Wilburn. Regulatory, Institutional, and Market-Based Approaches Towards Achieving Comprehensive Chemical Policy Reform. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. Vol. #12 No. #2, Manuscript 6. May 31, 2007

Berkeley Science Review, Winter, 2009
California Chronicle, April 9, 2009
Scientific American, March 25, 2009
New York Times, March 25, 2009
Risk Policy Report, January 2009
Env. Science & Technology (11/19/08)
LA Times (pat 1 of 2), Sept 19, 2008
LA Times (part 2 of 2), Sept 19, 2008
Capitol Weekly, Sept 4, 2008
GreenBiz (08/17/08)
San Francisco Chronicle (07/08/08)
Pesticide and Toxic Chemical News (07/07/08)
Greenwire (07/02/08)
Risk Policy Report (06/10/08)
Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News (06/09/08)
New York Times (03/26/08)
Los Angeles Times (1/31/08)
The Berkeleyan (1/30/08)
Sacramento Bee (1/29/08)
Occupational Hazards (1/29/08)
Risk Policy Report (1/22/08)
Chemical & Engineering News (1/21/08)
Sacramento Bee (1/19/08)
Daily Environment (1/17/08)
UC Berkeley Press release (1/17/08)
Oakland Tribune (1/17/08)
Daily Breeze (1/17/08)
Cal/EPA Press release (Jan 2008)
Baltimore Sun (12/23/07)
New York Times (12/22/07)
Chemical & Engineering News (11/19/07)
Chemical & Engineering News (11/5/07)
Public Health Magazine, (Summer 2007)
Capitol Weekly, (7/19/07)
Integrity in Science Watch, (7/16/07)
WorldChanging: Green Chemistry (7/9/07)
California Progress Report (3/15/07)
Environmental Health Perspectives (March 2007)
Star-Telegram (12/03/06)
Marketplace (11/13/06)
Risk Policy Report (11/07/06)
Capitol Weekly (11/02/06)
San Mateo Daily Journal (11/01/06)
Inside California (10/27/06)
Los Angeles Times (10/8/06)
Los Angeles Times (8/3/06)
Daily Environment (8/3/06)
Congressional Quarterly (8/2/06)
Risk Policy Report (7/4/06)
Los Angeles Times (5/11/06)
Santa Cruz Sentinel (5/1/06)
WorldChanging: Another World is Here (4/9/06)
San Francisco Chronicle (4/3/06)
Minnesota Public Radio (3/29/06)
California Progress Report (3/29/06)
The Berkeleyan (3/16/06)
Pesticide and Toxic Chemical News (3/17/06)
Inside Cal/EPA (3/17/06)
Chemical and Engineering News (3/15/06)
Daily Environment (3/15/06)
Los Angeles Times (3/14/06)
San Diego Union-Tribune (3/14/06)
Oakland Tribune (3/13/06)

Joint California Assembly Hearing, Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials, with the Health Committee, February 24, 2009

California EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control, Green Chemistry Symposium - Slides

California EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control, Green Chemistry Symposium - Slide notes

California Senate Committee on Environmental Quality, October 3, 2006 - Slides

California Senate Committee on Environmental Quality, October 3, 2006 - Slide Notes

U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, August 2, 2006

U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, August 2, 2006 - Multimedia

California Senate Committee on Environmental Quality, June 28, 2006

Responses to Senators Inhofe, Boxer, and Jeffords, August 31, 2006

American Medical Association, 2008
Washington State Public Health Association, 2007
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
American Public Health Association, Nov 2007

Program Update (Sept, 2008)

• SIN list 1.0 Conference (Jan, 2009)
• Health Policy Monitor Analysis
• Costs of Toxic Chemical-induced Occupational Diseases Among Adults and Environmental Diseases Among Children within California, J. Paul Leigh, 2008
• UC Berkeley Seminar on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Design, Fall 2008
• Berkeley Institute of the Environment (BIE)
• UMASS Lowell: Presumption of Safety (February 2008)
• UMASS Lowell: Options for State Chemicals Policy Reform (February 2008)
• State of Green Business 2008
• High Hopes, Low Marks: Environment Defense Report on the U.S. Chemical HPV Program
• Investor Environmental Health Network, "Fiduciary Guide to Toxic Chemical Risk" March 2007.
• Environmental Defense report by Richard Denison,"Not That Innocent: A Comparative Analysis of Canadian, European Union, and United States Policies on Industrial Chemicals" April 2007
• California EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control - Green Chemistry Resources
• University of Massachusetts, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, Chemicals Policy Initiative
• National Pollution Prevention Roundtable

Berkeley Institute of the Environment (BIE)
European Chemicals SIN list 1.0 conference, January 2009
Breast Cancer and Chemicals Policy Project