Environment and Sustainability

News about UB’s environmental programs and related sustainability initiatives. (see all topics)

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  • Breast Milk of Women Who Eat Lake Ontario Fish Contains High Levels of PCBs, UB Study Finds
    5/8/99
    Women who eat fish from Lake Ontario have significantly higher levels of PCBs and pesticides in their breast milk than women who do not eat Lake Ontario fish, results of a study of lactating women in the New York State Angler Cohort has shown.
  • UB Study Finds No Relationship Between Male Consumption of Lake Ontario Fish And Conception Delay
    4/16/99
    Women whose partners ate Lake Ontario sport fish, known to be contaminated with residues of PCBs and pesticides, did not take longer to conceive than women whose partners didn't eat such fish, University at Buffalo researchers have found
  • Sustainable Building Design to Be Focus of Workshop
    4/14/99
    "Building for the Future: Sustainable Building Design and Construction Training Workshop," sponsored by UB and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, will be held at UB on April 26-28.
  • Improved Fitness Lowers Mortality Risk of Male Heart-Attack Survivors
    3/24/99
    Increasing fitness appears to help men live longer following a heart attack, the first long-term follow-up study of participants in the National Exercise and Heart Disease Project, conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo, has shown.