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Joe Sabol

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Joseph "Joe" Sabol is a chemist, a consultant to the chemical, semiconductor, polymer, and related industries, specializing in technical and business development services. Sabol is a second-generation fruit and vegetable grower in Racine County, Wisconsin, and received a B.S. in chemistry from Carroll College (now Carroll University, Wisconsin) and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater). After a postdoc in chemical engineering at University of Minnesota, Sabol taught analytical, physical, and environmental chemistry and studied the transport, magnetic, and crystallographic properties of transition metal oxides, variants of Fe3O4. Sabol joined American Chemical Society in 1976, was named ACS Fellow in 2018, with volunteer service Division of Small Chemical Businesses Councilor (2016-2024) and Program Chair (2008-2022), Upper Peninsula Local Section Treasurer (2008-2027), and Great Lakes Region Director (2011-2026) and Treasurer (2019-2025). Sabol served on ACS Committee for Chemistry and Public Affairs (2015-2021) and is a Member and Program Chair of ACS Comittee on Environment and Sustainability currently (2022-2025-2028.). In 2003 Sabol was appointed to Marquette County [Michigan] Local Emergency Planning Committee and has been Chair since 2017. Sabol is on Board of Directors, Friends of Peter White Public Library [Marquette, Michigan].(2022-2026.)

ORCID ID  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8556-4774

Two good reads on climate disruption:

1) Computer-assisted classification of contrarian claims about climate change
Coan, T.G., Boussalis, C., Cook, J. et al. Sci Rep 11, 22320 (2021).
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01714-4

2) Climate déjà vu
Science, Vol 387, Issue 6733, p. 455 (21 Jan 2025)
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw1532

Good Indoor Air Quality requires adequate fresh air exchange. Avoid poorly ventilated indoor areas. Prudent monitoring includes temperature, humidity, carbon monoxide CO, carbon dioxide CO2, volatile organic compounds VOCs, formaldehyde H2CO, and particulates PM2.5. If you do not have a personal monitor, request one from the library of things at your local library.

MERV 13 filters and KN95 masks can slow spreading of aerosols. Observe public health regulations. Prudent practice, including vaccines to provide defense mechanisms.

Michigan Air Quality Dashboard
https://air-egle.hub.arcgis.com/

Wisconsin Air Quality Monitor
https://airquality.wi.gov/home/map

Purple Air
https://www2.purpleair.com/

Local wastewater monitoring is useful in the detection of viruses and other substances of concern in public health. Wisconsin Wastewater Monitoring Program
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/wastewater.htm

Conference Organization

ACS Fall 2026, Chicago, August 23-27
JOINT ENFL & GEOC
Atmospheric Methane: Sources, Sinks, and Solutions
https://callforabstracts.acs.org/acsfall2026

ACS Spring 2026, Atlanta, March 22-26
JOINT ENFL, ENVR, GEOC, I&EC
Methane: Chemistry of a Greenhouse Gas

Atlantic Basin Conference on Chemistry
ABCChem December 2026
Chemical engineering process technology research for global sustainability
https://abcchem.org/

Pacifichem 2025
Honolulu, December 15-20
Approaching Steady-State Atmospheric Methane in the Anthropocene
https://pacifichem.org