Dara O'Rourke is an environmental scientist,

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and

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at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

where he holds an appointment in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. He is also the founder of GoodGuide, an online consumer tool for retrieving information about the

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of consumer products such as

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, and detergents. Prior to teaching at Berkeley, O'Rourke taught at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

External links

- personal website
O'Rourke's academic website
*Miller, Claire Kane

New York Times, June 14, 2009 * - company website *GoodGuide Wikipedia page GoodGuide Living people American environmental scientists Environmental sociologists University of California, Berkeley alumni University of California, Berkeley faculty Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-sociologist-stub

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