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Mike Sharpe

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PubMed2006

Small wonders, big future: the development of environmental nanotechnology.

Nanotechnology--the engineering of atomic-scale devices and systems--is set to become one of the major industries of the 21st century. Environmental applications are emerging as a key area of interest. But alongside the benefits, there are concerns that nanotechnologies could bring new risks to the environment and human health. Are nanotechnologies friend or foe? And how can analysts contribute to the debate?

Environment↗
PubMed2005

The rising tide: combating coastal pollution.

Coastal zones are major hubs for economic and social activity and are in the front line of climate change. To safeguard these fragile ecosystems for our own and future generations we have to move towards more integrated approaches to the assessment and management of coastal and marine environments. Environmental monitoring-broadly defined-has a huge role to play.

Ecosystem↗
PubMed2004

Weighing the evidence: prospects for evidence-based policy-making.

Evidence-based policy (EBP) is currently one of the "big ideas" in policy circles. From its origins in the medical community, EBP is now being applied to other policy domains including environment. But will it really ensure that the public policy grease gets to the environmental squeak? And what are the implications for scientists themselves?

Conservation of Natural Resources↗
PubMed2004

Safe as houses? Indoor air pollution and health.

Indoor air pollution has long been the Cinderella of the environmental world: left at home, out of sight and out of mind. But as our knowledge of indoor pollution grows, policy-makers are coming to realise that improving indoor environments can deliver big gains for public health. The new front line on air quality will be on our own doorsteps.

Air Pollution, Indoor↗
PubMed2003

Innovation in environmental analysis.

As the EU launches its latest 17 billion research programme, which includes significant funding for environmental research, JEM takes a look at the trends in and dynamics of innovation in environmental analysis.

Benchmarking↗
PubMed2003

High on pollution: drugs as environmental contaminants.

Environmental protection has advanced in leaps and bounds over recent years and today we undoubtedly live in a much cleaner world than we did a generation ago. But look closely and all is not what it seems. Rather than reducing pollution, we are, in fact, still bathed in a sea of chemicals. What is more, most of them originate not from factories or agriculture but from our own homes, in the form of drugs and consumer products. Tackling these diffuse sources presents one of the main environmental challenges of the 21st century.

Cosmetics↗
PubMed2002

In harm's way: children's environmental health.

2002 has been a landmark year for children's environmental health, with several major international conferences dedicated to the issue and the publication of numerous reports and studies. In this article we review how and why children's health has emerged as a key environmental policy issue and what the analytical sciences can contribute.

Child↗