D A V I D M I C H A E L, M. S., P. E.
Mr. Augie
David Michael (Mr. Augie) is a chemical/environmental engineer, author, and small publisher. He has a BS in Chemical Engineering, an M.S. in industrial environmental controls and is a licensed professional engineer. His almost 40-year career includes fifteen years in business as a national environmental compliance publisher, trainer and conference producer for the automotive, petroleum and transportation industry for fleet/vehicle maintenance facilities/operations. Among his clients were Toyota Motor USA, General Motors, The Ryder System, US. Postal Service, Air Force National Guard and many more. He also served on an Environmental Committee at the American Petroleum Institute (API). David is a designated Kentucky Colonel by the Governor and Secretary of the State of Kentucky in recognition of outstanding service to the state.
He developed environmental management programs while at The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and Marathon Oil Company and worked at consulting firms and government regulatory agencies. Now and in the past five years he serves as an industrial air pollution control engineer for a state regulatory agency within in a local health department.
Mr. Augie helps connect people to real food, farms and nutrition education throughout Ohio and the nation using an extensive internet network and through his publications and presentations. He is the publisher of the blog called the Journal of Natural Food and Health which has the iShop of eBooks by others. His small A3 organization for natural food, health and environment education/outreach with interests in fluoride-free water, real raw milk, vaccination choice and has prepared free, brief bulletins delivered locally and worldwide in English, French and Spanish with an estimated circulation of over 100,000 in a wide spectrum of venues. In addition to his career in the environmental, health and safety field, his early education in mathematics, chemistry, physics and biblical research helped form his philosophy of food, health, agriculture and environment.
Augie and his wife Annie reside in NE Ohio at the edge of the world’s largest settlement of the Amish people. He and his wife Annie have a garden and some laying hens and frequents many sustainable farms in and near Amish country. They are members of The Weston A. Price Foundation, Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, Cornucopia Institute, Farm and Ranch Freedom Association among others.
PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
M.S. Environmental, University of Cincinnati, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Dave also holds a certificate in advanced biblical studies (1977) and a certificate in advanced physics, University of Bridgeport (1968). Registered Professional Engineer, Ohio.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
As Founder and Chairman of Automotive Environmental and Safety Engineering (AESE) and its education division Environmental Resource Institute (ERI) from 1992 through 2007, he produced and managed the environmental program for Toyota, Lexus U.S. Dealership Operations and their Toyota Industrial Equipment division for seven years.
His environmental guidance manuals were used by major organizations in the automotive and trucking/transportation industries, military and government operations, including all U.S. of Toyota Motor Sales USA, General Motors U.S. Dealerships, Volvo, Subaru, Dupont/Conoco-Philips, Ryder, Laidlaw Transportation, U.S. Air Force Reserves, Air Combat Command, U.S. Postal Service/SW Region and over 4000 other organizations.
He developed seven national conference and exhibitions and has been a featured speaker at numerous annual meetings of national trade associations and for Navistar, Peterbuilt, National Automobile Dealers Association and Toyota and has written monthly columns for two trade magazines.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE INSTITUTE
As Founder and Chairman of the Institute, Augie produced and directed 20 national and regional conferences for environmental and safety professionals in the petroleum, automotive and trucking/transportation industries, government and military. These included the 1993 National Automotive Centennial Management Conference and Exposition in the Washington, D.C., commemorating the 500th year since the Columbus Discovery and 100th year of the American automobile and a century of environmental progress.
Produced and directed the 1996 ERI National Conference (Chicago) with a theme of commemorating the Centennial of American and International Automobile Racing.
His conferences included the largest exhibitions of related products in the industry. Featured speakers included U.S. Congressional Offices, a former Administrator of U.S. EPA, Exxon, Chevron, Amoco, BP, Toyota, Midas, Dupont, Dow, Prestone, Valvoline and the U.S. Postal Service, consultants, attorneys and equipment manufacturers.
Augie maintained a Board of Directors and Advisory Board with key managers from Amoco, Chevron, National Automobile Dealers Assn., K-Mart, Midas International, Ryder, Leaseway Transportation.
He originated the first Environmental Leadership and Service Award in the automotive service/motor fleet maintenance industry.
PUBLICATIONS
- Dave published a national bulletin service called EnviroLine for 7 years through which he updated the industry on major developments and provide commentary on national policies and legislative and regulatory developments, and best management practices.
- He authored and co-authored five leading Environmental and Safety Guides which was considered an industry standard. His guidance manuals were used by all automotive service operations of General Motors; Toyota Motor Sales USA, Lexus, Volvo, Subaru, DuPont/Conoco, Midas International Ryder, Laidlaw, U.S. Air Force National Guard, Air Combat Command, US Postal Service (SE Region) and in over 4000 other dealerships, trucking companies and cities, county and state fleets.
- Publisher and Editor of 20 Conference Proceedings with over 150 topics and 100 contributors.
- 24 monthly columns in Fleet Equipment and Fleet Maintenance magazines.
Previous to his own company, Augie developed a sales and marketing team at Kemron Environmental, a comprehensive environmental management strategy and management program such as underground storage tank and asbestos removal/cleanup program at Firestone’s automotive service centers and Marathon’s service stations and petroleum terminals.
SHORT COURSES
Augie developed a short course which was used by the National Association of Fleet Administrators, to receive credit toward the designation of Certified Fleet Manager (CFM) and by the American Trucking Association ATA National Committee of Motor Fleet Supervisors-Training & Certification in certifying fleet managers.
RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
Received the designation of a lifetime Kentucky Colonel from the Governor of the State of Kentucky in recognition for work for the betterment of the state.
Product of the Month from Fleet Owner magazine.
His AESE and Institute was the subject of featured articles in 17 national trade magazines.
Received a special product award at the APPA/MEMA Show, the world’s largest automotive aftermarket trade show held in Las Vegas, where he was a featured speaker for three years.
Consultant for ABC News on a 20/20 segment on environmental overregulation.
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First thank you for the GMO video posting and for your good work. Is it possible for me to post it on my YOUTube channel???
We just had the first International Raw Milk symposium yesterday in Toronto and we are fighting for upor right to choose what we put in our MOUTH…
I have a You Tube channel and we are at the moment in Court in Ontario for having a farm fresh unpasteurized raw milk cow share program.
My site is : http://ca.youtube.com/user/rawmilkklimwar Please do check it out and perhaps let you friends know or even upload any of the videos to get the word out many blessings from Marianne in Canada
I hope you get my previous posting
Sorry for the major delay. I just caught this tonight. Sure, you can upload any video your want, including the GMO vid. Don’t think for a moment we produce these.
Thanks for building this blog. WordPress blogs are the best way to get information quickly posted into search engines, thereby putting more truth in front of the public.
I come across all kinds of great blogs, some delicious, some inspirational, some eye candy, but this week I’ve been all over this blog. Meet Augie (and his son Dave), this guy knows his stuff regarding health and nutrition, environmental “issues” & the government, and it is at his site that I was made aware of the Wilderness Family’s trouble with the FDA. He is smart and very informative, so head on over to the Journal of Whole Food and Nutritional Health and learn.
You rock Dave! Love you Brother!
Glad to have found you (via Weston A Price group in IL.) We are also trying to heal with food. My daughter was diagnosed with PANDAS last year, an autoimmune disease affecting her neurologically and caused by infection (strep.)
Thank you for fighting for food rights for us. For some of us, it is the difference between having a life and not. From your bio, I see that you understand that.
Sending much love your way!!
Some of the chapter leaders forward some of the stuff I send out. Blogging is very rewarding–I will look at yours now. See http://ishop.livingfood.us for a little treat.
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hi Augie, ‘so nice to connect again! Thanks for your lovely intro and an opportunity to become included in your forum. i’m happy to offer more articles and tips should you need them. ..our work…our passion is closely intertwined.
‘great working together!
warmly, joette
Dear Mr. Augie,
I am researching vaccinations and have found your website to be useful. You have an impressive career in the automotive industry but given the content of this site I question your credibility for the information provided here. I want to understand, can you please explain how your chemical/engineer degree applies to nutrition and immunizations specifically. My intent is not to be argumentative, but to simply gain more knowledge.
Sincerly, Debbie
Fair question. My background includes environmental toxins and my education of chemistry helps me to better understand toxins we ingest and inject. I mostly quote other people and studies and introduce some experts — a strength of mine is the politics and corruption. I would not call myself an expert on these topics-even on Fluoride–and then again I do have expertise in the politics, regulations and laws in these subjects–esp milk and fluoride. So, I have to know when to draw the line when I write my own stuff.
E coli bacteria in raw/pasterized milk ,whey, and human milk. E coli count is higher in pasteurized milk.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22472197
J Dairy Res. 2012 Apr 4:1-5. [Epub ahead of print]
Survival and metabolic activity of lux-marked Escherichia coli O157:H7 in different types of milk and whey. E Coli count increases in pasteurized milk.
Alhelfi NA, Lahmer RA, Jones DL, Williams AP.
Department of Food Science, Agriculture College, University of Basra, Basra, Iraq.
Abstract
Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a potentially lethal pathogen which has been responsible for several outbreaks of milk-borne illness in recent years. The objective of this study was to evaluate the survival and metabolic activity (indexed by bioluminescence) of a chromosomally lux-marked strain of Esch. coli O157:H7 in raw, pasteurized and microfiltered pasteurized milk at 4 and 20°C for up to 14 d. Results showed that the population of Esch. coli O157:H7 and its metabolic activity decreased in all samples during storage at 4°C, with no significant differences in numbers observed between the different milk types; but metabolic activity was significantly higher (P<0·05) in the microfiltered pasteurized milk than that in raw milk. At 20°C, Esch. coli O157:H7 counts and cell activity peaked at day 2, and then declined progressively. At 20°C, survival and metabolic activity were significantly lower in raw milk compared with pasteurized milk. We conclude that storage temperature is more important in regulating the survival of Esch. coli O157 in contaminated milk than its origin/pre-treatment conditions.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15172479
Int J Food Microbiol. 2004 Jul 1;94(1):1-7.
Survival and growth characteristics of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in pasteurized and unpasteurized Cheddar cheese whey.
Marek P, Nair MK, Hoagland T, Venkitanarayanan K.
Department of Animal Science, Unit-40, University of Connecticut, 3636 Horsebarn Hill Road Extension, Storrs 06269, USA.
Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine the survival and growth characteristics of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in whey. A five-strain mixture of E. coli O157:H7 was inoculated into 100 ml of fresh, pasteurized or unpasteurized Cheddar cheese whey (pH 5.5) at 10(5) or 10(2) CFU/ml, and stored at 4, 10 or 15 degrees C. The population of E. coli O157:H7 (on Sorbitol MacConkey agar supplemented with 0.1% 4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-glucuronide) and lactic acid bacteria (on All Purpose Tween agar) were determined on days 0, 1, 4, 7, 14, 21 and 28. At all storage temperatures, survival of E. coli O157:H7 was significantly higher (P<0.01) in the pasteurized whey compared to that in the unpasteurized samples. At 10 and 15 degrees C, E. coli O157:H7 in pasteurized whey significantly (P<0.05) increased during the first week of storage, followed by a decrease thereafter. However at the same temperatures, E. coli O157:H7 exhibited a steady decline in the unpasteurized samples from day 0. At 4 degrees C, E. coli O157:H7 did not grow in pasteurized and unpasteurized whey; however, the pathogen persisted longer in pasteurized samples. At all the three storage temperatures, E. coli O157:H7 survived up to day 21 in the pasteurized and unpasteurized whey. The initial load of lactic acid bacteria in the unpasteurized whey samples was approximately 7.0 log10 CFU/ml and, by day 28, greater than 3.0 log10 CFU/ml of lactic acid bacteria survived in unpasteurized whey at all temperatures, with the highest counts recovered at 4 degrees C. Results indicate the potential risk of persistence of E. coli O157:H7 in whey in the event of contamination with this pathogen.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22581208
Eur J Pediatr. 2012 May 12. [Epub ahead of print]
Impact of pasteurization on the antibacterial properties of human milk.
Van Gysel M, Cossey V, Fieuws S, Schuermans A.
Laboratory for Microbiology, Regional Hospital Sint-Maria, Halle, Belgium.
Abstract
Growing evidence favours the use of human milk for the feeding of preterm newborns based on its many beneficial effects. Despite the many benefits, human milk has been associated as a possible vehicle of transmission for a number of infections. Although pasteurization of human milk can diminish the risk of neonatal infection, it also significantly reduces the concentrations of immunological components in human milk due to thermal damage. In order to evaluate the impact of pasteurization on the antibacterial properties of human milk, we aimed to compare the capacity of raw and pasteurized human milk to inhibit bacterial proliferation. Therefore, a single milk sample was collected from ten healthy lactating mothers. Each sample was divided into two aliquots; one aliquot was pasteurized, while the other was kept raw. Both aliquots were inoculated either with Escherichia coli or Staphylococcus aureus and incubated at 37 °C during 8 h. Viable colony counts from the inoculated samples were performed at regular time points to compare the bacterial growth in both forms of breast milk. Relative to the tryptic soy broth control sample, both raw and pasteurized milk samples exhibited an inhibitory effect on the growth of E. coli and S. aureus. Compared with the raw portion, growth inhibition was significantly lower in the pasteurized milk at every time point beyond T0 (after 2, 4 and 8 h of incubation) (p = 0.0003 for E. coli and p < 0.0001 for S. aureus). Conclusion: Our study shows that pasteurization adversely affects the antibacterial properties of human milk.