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 | WEST OAKLAND: The Recycler Relocation Project
by Scott J. Morris , East Bay Express
May 4th, 2011
West Oakland has long been plagued by air pollution. Now a concerned group of residents and environmental organizations may be close to realizing a plan that they believe will help improve air quality, stimulate new economic development in a largely stagnant neighborhood, and invigorate the city through new green industry facilities. |
 | Students find high lead levels in classroom
February 5th, 2008
At first, the West Oakland class project on local air quality was a lot like other schoolwork - science and math and writing up stuff. Then it got personal. The classroom samples taken by the 20 Excel High School students came back from the lab showing high levels of lead - a dangerous metal known to cause a wide range of neurological and developmental problems, with small children most at risk. |
 | Media Release: February 4, 2008
New Lead Tests by Students in West Oakland Raise Concerns: Youth Demand Community Air Testing Program
February 4th, 2008
A second round of independent tests of metal fallout at EXCEL High School in the McClymonds Learning Complex and at a residential home in West Oakland showed an alarmingly high level of lead and other toxic metals. The metals found at both locations indicate that nearby industry may be routinely contaminating the area. Students are requesting additional community monitoring be supported by the County and Air District to determine the sources of lead and other toxins that have been detected in the school and surrounding neighborhood. |
 | Oil spill hits poor anglers hardest:
December 3rd, 2007
Two days after the Cosco Busan spilled 58,000 gallons of bunker fuel into San Francisco Bay, Khamnoi Vilaikam grabbed his fishing poles and drove to one of his favorite spots: a shoreline minutes away from his home in Richmond. |
 | What is Bunker Fuel?
November 14th, 2007
The origin of the bunker fuel being considered is crude oil. When crude oil is subjected to refining, the lighter fractions (gasoline, kerosene, diesel, etc.) are removed by distillation. The heaviest materials in crude petroleum are not distilled - the boiling points are too high to be conveniently recovered. Finally, any contaminants in the crude will not be distilled from the crude and will also be in the resid. |
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