CBNS is a research organization with considerable experience in the analysis of environmental, energy and resource problems and their economic implications. Established in 1966 at Washington University, St. Louis, CBNS moved to Queens College in 1981, where it is organized as a research institute of the City University of New York. Over a period of 30 years CBNS has become known for an extensive series of pioneering studies on environmental issues such as trash disposal, agricultural sources of pollution, and environmental carcinogens; on energy issues such as conservation, cogeneration and solar energy; on resource issues such as organic farming and waste reduction; and on the relation of such issues to economic factors and social welfare.

Worker Health Protection Program (WHPP)
The Worker Health Protection Program is funded by a contract from the US Department of Energy to a consortium led by the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE); with CBNS, Queens College, CUNY; and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. WHPP is unique because of its inclusion of worker-investigators as key members of the project team. Services are provided to former workers at the US Department of Energy's Gaseous Diffusion Plants. Free of charge, eligible workers can receive a medical exam, health risk information and an educational workshop. More information is on the WHPP web site: http://www.pace-workerhealth.org/

Critical Genetics Project The Critical Genetics Project is designed to provide the general public with information about the critical state of the scientific basis of genetic engineering and related aspects of biotechnology. The project is directed by Dr. Commoner in collaboration with molecular geneticist Dr. Andreas Athanasiou.
Funded by the Philantropic Collaborative, Inc., Rockefeller Family, Genetically Modified Food Collaboration. More information is on the Critical Genetics Project web site: http://www.criticalgenetics.org/

Harper's Publication and Response:
  Unravelling the DNA Myth: The spurious foundation of genetic engineering
  by Barry Commoner, Harper's Magazine, February 2002 |Synopsis| |References| |Press Release| |Letters to the Editor|
  New on the Critical Genetics Project web site:
  A Strong Response: An Analysis of Readers' Responses to "Unraveling the DNA Myth" by Barry Commoner
  More Roses than Rasberries: A Classification of the Responses to "Unraveling the DNA Myth" by Andreas Athanasiou

Air Quality and Asthma in the New York Metropolitan Area: Mobile AirLab Project This program is a community-based research effort to assess the air quality in selected neighborhoods of New York City. The Mobile AirLab is fully equipped to measure a total of eight individual air pollutants, of which five are criteria pollutants and three classes of pollutants – VOCs, SVOCs and metals. In addition the Mobile AirLab will serve as a test platform for ambient air mointors newly developed by Albany NanoTech, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY). The project is directed by Dr. Holger Eisl and Dr. Steven Markowitz.
Funded by New York State
Constructed by Ekto, Sanford, Maine |jpg|
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WTC Medical Monitoring for Building Cleanup Workers A Project of the Center for the Biology of Natural Systems (Occupational Medicine), NY Committee on Occupational Health & Safety |NYCOSH| (Education), and the Latin American Worker Project (Outreach)
  Medical Appointments (free) CLOSED
  CBNS 718 670-4203
Funded by the September 11th Fund (United Way and NY Community Trust)
Testimony before New York City Council, March 8, 2002 |pdf|
|Press Release| |News Media|
|WTC Disaster Worker and Environmental Health Information Resources|

POPs Source-to-Receptor Atmospheric Modeling and Measurement Program CBNS simulates with computer modeling the atmospheric dispersion, degradation and deposition of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) traveling from individual sources to ecologically sensitive receptors. Pollutants are measured in the air and other media to complement modeling results. CBNS was the first to model the long-range atmospheric transport of dioxin, atrazine and PCBs. Project results are used to guide efficient pollution prevention policy. Program contacts for information and collaboration: Paul Bartlett, Principal Modeler; Kimberly Couchot, GIS.
Program projects have been funded by: NY Community Trust (currently), North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, W. Alton Jones Fund, International Joint Commission, Joyce Foundation

Recent Publications:
  o The Deposition of Airborne Dioxin Emitted by North American Sources on Ecologically Vulnerable Receptors in Nunavut, by Barry Commoner, Paul Woods Bartlett, Holger Eisl, Kimberley Couchot, in Northern Lights Against POPs: Toxic Threats in the Arctic (Nov. 2002), edited by Terry Fenge and David Downie, McGill-Queen's University Press, published for the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (Canada)
  o The Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of PCDD/F to the Great Lakes (2002) by Mark D. Cohen, Roland R. Draxler, and Richard Artz (NOAA Air Resources Laboratory); Barry Commoner, Paul Bartlett, Paul Cooney, Kim Couchot, Alan Dicker, Holger Eisl, Catherine Hill, Jim Quigley, and Joyce Rosenthal (CBNS, Queens College); David Niemi, Dominique Ratte, and Mark Deslauriers (Pollution Data Branch, Environment Canada),; Rachelle Laurin (Ontario Ministry of the Environment); Larissa Mathewson-Brake (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources); John McDonald (International Joint Commission)
Environmental Science & Technology 36(22) pp 4831 - 4845 Supporting Info

CBNS Information and Resources

• The CBNS Program
  • History and Purpose
  • Mission
  • Ground-Breaking Studies
  • Current and Recent Projects
• CBNS Reports, Documents and Maps
  • Hudson River PCB Atmospheric Emission and Fallout into Watersheds and Reservoirs: Research (1999-2002)
  • Tracking Dioxin to the Arctic (October 2000): CBNS study conducted for the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NACEC)|summary| |full report| |background and comments|
  • Dioxin Fallout in the Great Lakes: Where it comes from; how to prevent it; at what cost. (1996) Summary Report |html |pdf|
  • Reports available by mail (1984-1996)
• CBNS Staff: Phone and Email Directory
• Other Environmental and Worker Health Web Sites

Internet
CBNS (here) http://cbns.qc.edu/
WHPP http://www.pace-workerhealth.org/
Critical Genetics Project http://www.criticalgenetics.org/
Queens College School of Earth and
  Environmental Sciences http://www.qc.edu/EES/
Queens College http://www.qc.edu/
City University of New York (CUNY)
  http://www.cuny.edu/
CUNY Research Foundation http://www.rfcuny.org/

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