Southern California is notorious for its chronically polluted water bodies, from the affluent areas of Malibu to the more industrial city of Long Beach. California Assembly Bill 411 requires that city and county health departments regularly monitor impaired water bodies for fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) and that they notify the public of water quality problems.
Myra Finkelstein’s research focuses on human impacts to wildlife with an emphasis on contaminant-induced effects. To fulfill this goal, her research seeks to develop links in the often difficult-to-understand causal chain between...
In 2008, Ludmilla completed her doctoral degree in Molecular Toxicology at UC berkeley focusing on the aquatic chemistry and toxicology of pharmaceuticsls in our waters. Following her graduation from Berkeley, Ludmilla went to France on a...
Carolina is passionate about applying her training in water resource management, environmental justice and public health to community-based research, environmental policy and mission-driven social enterprises. After two decades in the NGO...
Jamie completed her doctorate in environmental health at the School of Engineering where she was part of the innovative Water: Systems, Science and Society program at Tufts that encourages the use of interdisciplinary tools and perspectives...
Meghan Lynch is an Assoicate at Abt Associates and specializes in human health risk assessment for a variety of substances including pesticides, air and drinking water contaminants. Dr. Lynch also has expertise in reviewing and utilizing...
Dinah began her environmental management career in Budapest, Hungary in 1992 when she organized and launched the first office paper recycling system in Budapest office buildings. Working with the Ministry for Environment, Budapest City...
Jamillah Jordan is Marin County’s Equity Director. She is a multi-disciplinary strategist, urban planner and social justice leader with over 10 years of experience catalyzing systems change. Jamillah has worked with a wide range of public...
Dr. Asa Bradman is an expert in exposure assessment and epidemiology focusing on occupational and environmental exposures to pregnant women, children, and farmworkers living in agricultural communities. He co-founded the Center for...
Matthew Hanscom Davis was previously a Congressional Liaison Specialist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (U.S. EPA's) Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations. There, he represents EPA to congressional offices...
