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Food Donation and Food Safety: Challenges, Current Practices, and the Road Ahead by Bierma, Thomas J, Jin, Guang, Bazan, Christy N

“…Millions of pounds of food are donated annually from grocery stores, restaurants, and other sources through thousands of food assistance agencies. Few local…”
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Phosphorus Recovery From Surface Waters: Protecting Public Health and Closing the Nutrient Cycle by Jin, Guang, Bierma, Thomas J

“…Phosphorus (P) pollution of surface waters contributes to hazardous algal blooms, posing a significant public health risk from contact with toxins released by…”
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Guided-Inquiry Learning in Environmental Health by Jin, Guang, Bierma, Thomas J.

“…The field of environmental health requires the knowledge of many facts and terms, and it also requires mastery of an array of concepts that can be difficult…”
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Marketing P2–CP to business – past, present, and possible future by Bierma, Thomas J., Waterstraat, Frank L.

“…For over a decade, organizations involved in promoting pollution prevention/cleaner production (P2–CP) to businesses have been asking business managers to…”
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Use of a whole-cell biocatalyst to produce biodiesel in a water-containing system by Jin, Guang, Bierma, Thomas J., Hamaker, Christopher G., Mucha, Raymond, Schola, Valeria, Stewart, Jeb, Wade, Caroline

“…This study examined the use of a whole-cell biocatalyst to transesterify triglycerides, including high-Free Fatty Acid (FFA) waste greases, in a…”
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Producing biodiesel using whole-cell biocatalysts in separate hydrolysis and methanolysis reactions by Jin, Guang, Bierma, Thomas J., Hamaker, Christopher G., Rhykerd, Robert, Loftus, Lucy A.

“…This research examined the effect of using separate hydrolysis and methanolysis reactions for biodiesel production using a whole-cell biocatalysts derived from…”
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SPECIAL REPORT: Phosphorus Recovery From Surface Waters: Protecting Public Health and Closing the Nutrient Cycle by Jin, Guang, Bierma, Thomas J.

“…Phosphorus (P) pollution of surface waters contributes to hazardous algal blooms, posing a signifi cant public health risk from contact with toxins released by…”
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Cleaner production from chemical suppliers: understanding shared savings contracts by Bierma, Thomas J, Waterstraat, Frank L

“…The `chemical chaos' experienced by many companies today can be linked, in part, to chemical supply strategies that have not kept pace with changes in the…”
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"Standards" as a Service Marketing Tool: Framework and Application by Bierma, Thomas J., Waterstraat, Frank L.

“…Standards have the potential to be a significant tool in the marketing of services, just as they have been in the marketing of products. Ranging from…”
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Critical Thinking Among Environmental Health Undergraduates and Implications for the Profession by Jin, Guang, Bierma, Thomas J., Broadbear, James T.

“…During a study conducted in 2000-2002, the critical-thinking dispositions of undergraduate environmental health students at Illinois State University were…”
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SPECIAL REPORT: Food Donation and Food Safety: Challenges, Current Practices, and the Road Ahead by Bierma, Thomas J., Jin, Guang, Bazan, Christy N.

“…Millions of pounds of food are donated annually from grocery stores, restaurants, and other sources through thousands of food assistance agencies. Few local…”
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A new direction in low-back pain research by Byrns, George E, Bierma, Thomas J, Agnew, Jacqueline, Curbow, Barbara

“…This article suggests reasons for the difficulty in understanding and preventing low-back pain (LBP), provides a framework for understanding the causes of…”
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Educator-Employer Partnerships: A Tool for Improving Environmental Health Education by Bierma, Thomas J., Krishnan, Usha

“…Partnerships between employers of environmental health graduates and the schools that produce those graduates can help overcome three of the most serious…”
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If It Sells Soap It Can Help Sell Innovations: A Useful Lesson from Marketing by Bierma, Thomas J, Waterstraat, Frank L, Kimmel, Grear, Nowak, Paul, Jr

“…Promotion of innovations is enhanced by understanding market segments and their different needs. The Innovativeness-Stages matrix is a way of identifying…”
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The Permits Game: Conveying the Logic of Marketable Pollution Permits by Walbert, Mark S., Bierma, Thomas J.

“…A classroom game, the Permits Game is an interactive technique to help students understand how the market can be used to arrive at a cost-effective method for…”
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Radon Risk Factors: "Evaluating the health implications of home exposure" by Bierma, Thomas J.

“…Exposure to radon gas and its radioactive daughters in residences may be responsible for as many as 20,000 or more lung cancers each year. The lung cancer risk…”
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Use of a Whole-Cell Biocatalyst to Produce Biodiesel in a Water-Containing by Jin, Guang, Bierma, Thomas J, Hamaker, Christopher G, Mucha, Raymond, Schola, Valeria, Stewart, Jeb, Wade, Caroline

“…Whole-cell biocatalyst used to produce biodiesel in a water-containing system was investigated. Commercial biodiesel was produced by reacting a fat or oil with…”
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A Pollution Control Strategy Game: Costs of Control Policies by Bierma, Thomas J., Walbert, Mark S.

“…An interactive classroom game for enhancing student understanding of pollution control strategies is presented. The game focuses on the dramatic differences in…”
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Radon risk factors by Bierma, Thomas J

“…Exposure to radon gas and its radioactive daughters in residences may be responsible for as many as 20,000 or more lung cancers each year. An understanding of…”
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A cost effectiveness analysis of policies for reducing the risks from indoor radon by Bierma, Thomas J

“…Radon gas in the home is believed to be responsible for as many as 20,000 lung cancer deaths each year. To reduce this risk, the homeowner must monitor for…”
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