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| Just One Day of Bad Air Can Impact Kids' Health. One Solution? More Prescribed Burning | | A recent study out of Stanford suggests that exposure to wildfire smoke or air pollution can harm children's immune and cardiovascular systems. But smoke from prescribed burns, which help prevent out-of-control wildfires, is less harmful. | | |
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| Study Finds Wildfire Smoke More Harmful To Humans Than Pollution From Cars | | In Southern California, pollutants from wildfire smoke caused up to a 10% increase in hospital admissions. Researchers say there's a need for better air monitoring and public health programs. | | |
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| Biden Taps Another UC Berkeley Academic to Lead on Climate | | President Biden has tapped Catherine Wolfram, a professor and associate dean at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, as his latest climate hire. The president has now picked three women from Berkeley’s business school to staff his Treasury Department. | | |
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| | | Environmentalists Push California to Cut Ties with Prosecutor Association Over Misspent Funds |
| | | A coalition of environmental groups called the association’s actions a 'dereliction' of public duty in a letter addressed to state lawmakers. | | |
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| | | W. Kamau Bell on Combatting COVID-19 Vaccine Worries Among Black People — in a Country That's 'Earned Our Distrust' |
| | | Bay Area comedian W. Kamau Bell says the approach of 'The Conversation: Between Us, About Us' reflects the importance of trust around the COVID-19 vaccine. | | |
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| The San Francisco Bay Once Teemed With Oysters. What Happened? | | Reviving indigenous Olympia oysters as a source of food isn't a major priority for scientists and activists. But bringing them back is all about restoring the bay's ecosystem. | | |
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