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A URI center that studies PFAS chemicals will use a new round of funding to study how humans are being exposed to the compounds

Against the backdrop of a new federal undertaking to address PFAS pollution, a University of Rhode Island-based PFAS research-and-outreach program has been renewed by the government for another five years. The STEEP (Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl Contaminants) program, one of the longer running PFAS science efforts in the country, studies pollution and examines potential research-based solutions alongside community partners. ...

Wayne State University has received a five-year, approximately $11.3 million award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health to create a new Superfund Research Program, the "Center for Leadership in Environmental Awareness and Research (CLEAR)."

/PRNewswire/ -- Wayne State University has received a five-year, approximately $11.3 million award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences...

Asta Habtemichael, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, was recently chosen as one of 20 environmental scholars to receive a Switzer Environmental Fellowship. The prestigious fellowship, a program of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation, recognizes promising environmental leaders and provides $17,000 to support their research. ...

Funded by NIEHS and the National Science Foundation, the new membranes capture and deactivate SARS-CoV-2 on contact, preventing the spread of COVID-19.

NIEHS grantees and their partners promote safe fish consumption in the Tar Heel State.

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Michael “Mike” Steven Denison, internationally known for his work in environmental toxicology, died March 22 at age 67 of glioblastoma. He was a resident of Woodland.

NIEHS experts join forces with academic, community leaders to prepare North Carolina for environmental catastrophes, other emergencies.

Terry Gray from the state Department of Environmental Management began his presentation by describing the Superfund as “a program that works to protect people from the messes created by their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.”