Bob Peeples, PE

Bob Peeples, PE

Bob Peeples is a chemical engineer



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Know Before You Go with Beaches 911

Bob Peeples, PE, July 3rd, 2007

Power to the Peeples is an exclusive Earth911 series written by Bob Peeples, our resident chemical engineer and Program Manager of Earth911’s sister site Beaches911. Bob combines his extensive knowledge of the environment and how things work with an off-the-cuff sense of humor. Summer and especially the Fourth of July holiday means throngs of beach goers descend upon the ... read more

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Tagged basics, ideas, noteworthy, tools

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Red Tide: how it develops, and some possible effects on your health

Bob Peeples, PE, June 15th, 2007

Power to the Peeples is an exclusive Earth911 series written by Bob Peeples, our resident chemical engineer and Program Manager of Earth911’s sister site Beaches911. Bob combines his extensive knowledge of the environment and how things work with an off-the-cuff sense of humor. Red tide is a natural phenomenon caused by algae blooms of reddish-brown phytoplankton (microscopic algae) in ... read more

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Tagged basics, ideas, noteworthy, waterquality, wood

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Why is My Beach Closed?

Bob Peeples, PE, June 5th, 2007

Power to the Peeples is an exclusive Earth911 series written by Bob Peeples, our resident chemical engineer and Program Manager of Earth911’s sister site Beaches911. Bob combines his extensive knowledge of the environment and how things work with an off-the-cuff sense of humor. The most common causes for beach closures are people. People leave pet waste on the lawn ... read more

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Tagged basics, beaches, dirt, ideas, mercury, noteworthy, pesticides, reduce, waterquality

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Balancing Environmental Impact – Household Lighting

Bob Peeples, PE, June 1st, 2007

During the life cycle of any product, the mining of the raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, storage, use, and ultimately disposal, have an effect on our environment. To determine the overall effect, an environmental life cycle assessment is used. Several environmental life cycle assessments on products are frequently debated, such as coffee cups, shopping bags, diapers and now electric ... read more

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Tagged basics, cfl, energy, hhw, ideas, lead, lightbulbs, mercury, noteworthy, otherglass, recycle

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