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...study and with some of its stronger assertions - and believes there is no link between printer emissions and a public health risk. The study's authors concede that more research is needed before they can make any recommendations about the public's printer-related behavior. This study, says Charles Weschler, a chemist and indoor air pollution expert at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is "very much a first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Your Printer Making You Sick? | 8/7/2007 | See Source »

...premature to inaugurate the term "office lung," the new study highlights the fact that indoor air pollution can't be taken lightly. "It's important to appreciate that most of the air we breathe - whether in our homes, our cars or our offices - is indoors," says Weschler. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 90% of our time is spent indoors. According to Weschler, indoor pollution either seeps in from outside (such as particulate matter from car exhaust, ground-level ozone and noxious gases, like sulfur dioxide, which comes from fuel combustion and factories) or originates inside (tobacco smoke, cooking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Your Printer Making You Sick? | 8/7/2007 | See Source »

Most amusing, however, is the confident analysis of Harvard social psychologist Henry Weschler, a lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health. His take on the policy is: “While a no keg policy is certainly not going to stop all drinking, it will slow down the amount of alcohol consumed.” Dr. Hank, I beg to differ. It doesn’t take a social psychologist to know that banning one method of alcohol consumption does not prevent students from turning to other sources for their buzz. Harvard students are, if nothing else, resourceful when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Ban on Kegs at Tailgates Laughable | 10/9/2002 | See Source »

...Kegs are like alcoholic buffets. You get a cup and keep getting in line for more,” Weschler said...

Author: By Kimberly A. Kicenuik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Bans Kegs From All Sporting Events At Harvard | 10/8/2002 | See Source »

...Weschler said he also believes that making great amounts of beer less accessible to fans will limit the possibilities of binge drinking...

Author: By Kimberly A. Kicenuik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Bans Kegs From All Sporting Events At Harvard | 10/8/2002 | See Source »

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