http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:00:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/racial-segregation-heat-risk-disparity/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/racial-segregation-heat-risk-disparity/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 07:05:24 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34210 Some racial groups are more likely to bear the brunt of extreme heat waves because of where they live, finds a new UC Berkeley study. The study highlight racial disparities at a time when the frequency and intensity of extreme heat waves is expected to increase with climate change. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/racial-segregation-heat-risk-disparity/feed/ 0 http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2011/06/study_latinos_have_higher_expo.php#more http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2011/06/study_latinos_have_higher_expo.php#more#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:47:30 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=13491 San Joaquin Valley communities with large Latino populations are exposed to disproportionately high levels of the agricultural chemical nitrate through their drinking water, according to a UC Berkeley study. When ingested via drinking water, nitrate can lead to numerous health problems, particularly among women and young children. ]]> http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2011/06/study_latinos_have_higher_expo.php#more/feed/ 0