Friday, September 19, 2008

NEWS: Potential environmental risks aren't part of chemical engineers' training

From the LA Times:

Potential environmental risks aren't part of chemical engineers' training

 
"No university in the United States teaches basic toxicology or other environmental sciences to students studying for a traditional chemistry degree, even a doctorate."
 
"Even as senior doctoral students at Berkeley, Wise and Mulvihill said their professors and textbooks never addressed the threats many chemicals pose to the world."

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