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January 18, 2020

Articles by Dr. Robert A. Michaels, NYPER's environmental science consultant, recently published in the Environmental Claims Journal


Excessive PCBs in the Hudson River is discussed in an article by Dr. Michaels [corresponding author, [bam@ramtrac.com] and Uriel M. Oko. Click via the URL below for free access to the full text of the article from ResearchGate.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316464957_Excessive_PCBs_in_the_Hudson_River_Attributable_to_Incompleteness_of_Dredging_or_to_Seven_Years_of_Dredging

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Fracking in New York State: weighing risks and benefits - Click on the URL below for free access to the full text of this article by Dr. Michaels [corresponding author, [bam@ramtrac.com] and Dr. Randy W. Simon from ResearchGate. 
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336533285_Fracking_in_New_York_State_Weighing_Risks_and_Benefits

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Concerns about Electromagnetic Fields [EMFs] have been noted, most recently related to expanding of 5G antenna networks that are speeding up Internet service in communities. An article addressing this issue by Dr. Michaels [bam@ramtrac.com] can be downloaded from ResearchGate at no charge via https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331747414_Telecommunications_Electromagnetic_Fields_and_Human_Health

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Fungal risk vectors in the context of climate change, an article by Dr. Michaels [bam@ramtrac.com] addressing emerging health problems in the context of climate change can be downloaded from ResearchGate at no charge via  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318712818_Environmental_Moisture_Molds_and_Asthma-Emerging_Fungal_Risks_in_the_Context_of_Climate_Change 

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Reducing significant environmental impacts and potential public health risks associated with United States Postal Service operations is the focus of an article by Dr. Michaels  [bam@ramtrac.com] . It may be downloaded from ResearchGate at no charge via the following URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323256797_The_Emerging_Urgency_of_Mitigating_Environmental_Impacts_and_Potential_Public_Health_Risks_of_the_United_States_Postal_Service

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Legacy Water Contaminants of Emerging Concern: this article by Dr. Michaels [bam@ramtrac.com] can be downloaded from ResearchGate at no charge via the https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335432817_Legacy_Contaminants_of_Emerging_Concern_Lead_Pb_Flint_MI_and_Human_Health_published_online_12_September_2019_print_expected_January_2020

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Emerging green synergy in the science/religion relationship:  from conflict to potentially planet-saving cooperation.  The full text of the article can be downloaded from ResearchGate.net at no charge via the following URL:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328051664_Emerging_Green_Synergy_in_the_ScienceReligion_Relationship_From_Conflict_to_Potentially_Planet-Saving_Cooperation


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