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SUMMARY:Dealing with the largest mass poisoning in the history of mankind: Locally-affordable arsenic remediation of drinking water for South Asia
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LOCATION:10 (CSAS Conference Room) Stephens Hall
DESCRIPTION:Ashok Gadgil\, Professor\, Civil and Environmental Engineering\, UC Berkeley\n\nIn the past two decades\, arsenic-poisoning has unfolded on a vast scale in Bangladesh and West Bengal populations. WHO has correctly called this poisoning of about 70 million people as the largest mass poisoning in the history of mankind. A recent (2010) study in Lancet estimates that more than 20% of adult deaths in Bangladesh are attributable to consequences of arsenic poisoning.\n\nThe poisoning arises from very high concentrations of naturally occurring arsenic in the ground water\, which is being used for drinking via the millions of hand pumps fitted on tube-wells.\n\nThis talk will focus on a technology invented in Prof. Gadgil's laboratory for locally-affordable and reliable arsenic remediation of this ground water\, and will address the science\, engineering\, economics\, and possible business models to make the solution reach large scale in this populous region.\n\n<b>Bio</b>Dr. Ashok Gadgil has a doctorate in physics from UC Berkeley. He is Director of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory\, and a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. He has substantial experience in technical\, economic\, and policy research on energy efficiency and its implementation — particularly in developing countries. For example\, the utility-sponsored compact fluorescent lamp leasing programs that he pioneered are being successfully implemented by utilities in several east-European and developing countries. He has several patents and inventions to his credit\, among them the "UV Waterworks\," a technology to inexpensively disinfect drinking water in the developing countries\, for which he received the Discover Award in 1996 for the most significant environmental invention of the year\, as well as the Popular Science award for "Best of What is New – 1996". In recent years\, he has worked on ways to inexpensively remove arsenic from Bangladesh drinking water\, and on fuel-efficient stoves for Darfur.\n\nDr. Gadgil has received several other awards and honors for his work\, including the Pew Fellowship in Conservation and the Environment in 1991 for his work on accelerating energy efficiency in developing countries\, the World Technology Award for Energy in 2002\, the Tech Laureate Award in 2004\, the Heinz Award in 2009\, the European Inventor Award in 2011. He serves on several international and national advisory committees dealing with energy efficiency\, invention and innovation\, and issues of development and the environment. He is also a member of the STAP roster of experts of the Global Environmental Facility. In the 2004-5 academic year\, Dr. Gadgil was the MAP/Ming Visiting Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University.\n\nAt Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory\, Dr. Gadgil is Director of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division. He has authored or co-authored more than 85 papers in refereed archival journals and more than 100 conference papers.\n\nFind us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-for-South-Asia-Studies/76502306608"><b>FACEBOOK</b></a>\n\n<a href="http://southasia.berkeley.edu/parking-around-campus"><b>PARKING INFORMATION</b></a>\n<i>Please note that parking in not always easily available in Berkeley. Take public transportation if possible or arrive early to secure your spot.</i>
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