| Development of a Pollution Prevention and Energy Efficiency Clearinghouse for Biomedical Research Facilities Lewellys F. Barker,1 Edward H. Rau,2 Edward A. Pfister,2 and John Calcagni3 1Sequella Global Tuberculosis Foundation, Rockville, Maryland, USA; 2Environmental Protection Branch, Division of Safety, Office of
Research Services, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; 3Waste Reduction Resource Center, Region IV, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Abstract
This is the report of the National Association of Physicians for the Environment Committee on Development of a Pollution Prevention and Energy Efficiency Clearinghouse for Biomedical Research Facilities from the Leadership Conference on Biomedical Research and the Environment held at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on 1-2 November 1999. A major goal of the conference was the establishment of a World Wide Web-based clearinghouse, which would lend tremendous resources to the biomedical research community by providing access to a database of peer-reviewed articles and references dealing with a host of aspects of biomedical research relating to energy efficiency, pollution prevention, and waste reduction. A temporary website has been established with the assistance of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regions III and IV, where a pilot site provides access to the EPA's existing databases on these topics. A system of peer review for articles and promising techniques still must be developed, but a glimpse of topics and search engines is available for comment and review on the EPA Region IV-supported website (http://wrrc.p2pays.org/) . Key words: biomedical research facilities, clearinghouse, energy efficiency, laboratory, pollution prevention. -- Environ Health Perspect 108(suppl 6) :949-951 (2000) . http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2000/suppl-6/949-951barker/abstract.html
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