SRP Environmental Factor Articles

2018

• Karletta Chief featured in Science Friday film - April 2018
• Breast cancer link to environment highlighted at symposium - April 2018
• Toxin formed during oxidative water treatment process - April 2018
• Berkeley - thirty years of innovative research in environmental health - March 2018
• NIEHS-funded papers inform efforts to reduce mercury pollution - March 2018
• Possible explanation for male and female cardiovascular differences - March 2018
• Thirty years of Superfund research for innovation and health - January 2018
• Angela Gutierrez honored with 2017 Wetterhahn Award - January 2018
• New tumor-promoting pathway for liver cancer discovered - January 2018

2017

• Inflammation promotes liver cancer through battle of immune cells - December 2017
• International meeting strengthens environmental health network - December 2017
• Arsenic exposure declines after new EPA regulations - December 2017
• Arsenic declines in public drinking water - November 2017
• Lancet group estimates deaths and economic costs from pollution - November 2017
• Hurricane responses build on community connections - October 2017
• Unique opportunities to study health effects of arsenic and more - October 2017
• Pregnant moms' response to arsenic linked to sex of fetus - September 2017
• Exceptional Superfund trainees receive K.C. Donnelly Externship Awards - August 2017
• Airborne PCBs in urban and rural U.S. schools - August 2017
• Arsenic website helps identify sources and reduce exposures - June 2017
• Using cutting-edge epigenetic research to inform decision making - June 2017
• New tools improve exposure and risk assessments - May 2017
• NIEHS and NTP talk science at Society of Toxicology meeting - April 2017
• Teacher workshops tackle problem-based science - April 2017
• Evans discusses wound healing, liver fibrosis, and Vitamin D - March 2017
• Innovative technology provides safe drinking water in California - March 2017
• Manganese exposures may worsen parkinsonism in welders - February 2017
• DNA repair pathways help cells tolerate trace levels of hexavalent chromium - February 2017
• SRP trainee honored with 2016 Wetterhahn Award - January 2017
• Adaptations to polluted environments come at a cost - January 2017
• Survival of the resilient: rapid killifish evolution evades pollution - January 2017

2016

• Researchers discover how carbon nanotubes can harm cells from the inside - December 2016
• Toxicologists share novel insights on stem cells and epigenetics - December 2016
• Fry leads community talk on metals exposure and health - November 2016
• New method for evaluating chemical alternatives - November 2016
• FDA ban on antibacterials in soaps informed by SRP research - October 2016
• Appalachian forum emphasizes community - September 2016
• Study sheds light on lead's neurotoxic effects - September 2016
• Researchers discover new diet-toxicant interaction - September 2016
• Six promising Superfund trainees receive K.C. Donnelly awards - September 2016
• Anniversary event highlights Superfund and disaster response programs - August 2016
• Community guide for eating fish from North Carolina's Triangle area - August 2016
• Possible new marker and therapeutic target for liver cancer - August 2016
• Brown SRP addresses contamination in the Northeast - July 2016
• Pavement sealcoat products may be more toxic than suspected - July 2016
• Wetterhahn winner reflects on lessons from multidisciplinary research - June 2016
• Grantees elected to the National Academy of Sciences - June 2016
• International environmental health conference crosses borders and disciplines - May 2016
• Effects of low arsenic levels during pregnancy and fetal growth - May 2016
• Anti-inflammatory chemical may offer new tool for depression treatment - May 2016
• Nomura describes new approach to identifying chemical toxicity - April 2016
• Hammock recognized with first McGiff Memorial Award - April 2016
• NIEHS mourns the loss of Barry Dellinger - April 2016
• Device improves detection of pollutants in water and sediment - April 2016
• A key protein implicated in control of inflammation - March 2016
• Killifish adapt to PAH exposure, but at what cost? - February 2016
• Environmental epidemiologist Chen elected vice president of Taiwan - February 2016
• Wetterhahn Award honors Superfund Research Program trainee - January 2016
• New tool sheds light on how environmental chemicals affect humans - January 2016

2015

• Summit addresses safe drinking water from private wells  - December 2015
• Innovative research and collaboration at SRP Annual Meeting - December 2015
• Duke symposium addresses toxicity of energy production - December 2015
• Placental cadmium linked to increased risk of preeclampsia - November 2015
• NIEHS shines at Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society meeting - November 2015
• SRP researchers quickly inform communities near Colorado mine spill - October 2015
• Global collaboration to combat e-waste - September 2015
• Phil Brown receives environmental sociology award for outstanding work - September 2015
• Two SRP grantees selected as prestigious AAAS Fellows - September 2015
• Newly discovered cells repair liver without cancer risk - September 2015
• NIEHS small business innovation shines at biotech convention - August 2015
• Big data presents big challenges, big opportunities in environmental health - August 2015
• Seven promising Superfund trainees receive K.C. Donnelly award - July 2015
• Exposure to low levels of chemical mixtures linked with cancer - July 2015
• SRP researcher elected to National Academy of Sciences - June 2015
• UNC Environmental Resource Program recognized for partnerships and community service - May 2015
• Arsenic linked to blood pressure increases during pregnancy - May 2015
• Wetterhahn winner uses native plants to stabilize arsenic in mine waste - April 2015
• SRP network helps parents understand vapor intrusion in schools - March 2015
• NIEHS Superfund research training spurs collaboration with EPA - February 2015
• Triclosan promotes liver tumor growth in mice, say SRP researchers- January 2015

2014

• NIEHS trainee honored with Wetterhahn Award - December 2014
• Superfund Research Program grantees gather in San Jose for annual meeting - December 2014
• Bioregional planning to improve public and environmental health- November 2014
• Oregon State University Superfund program completes pilot assistance project - October 2014
• A new approach to determine cancer risk of chemicals - September 2014
• Promising Superfund trainees receive K.C. Donnelly award - August 2014
• SRP and EPA collaborate on passive sampling devices - August 2014
• SRP promotes innovative research tools for environmental remediation - July 2014
• Accidental oceanographer discusses aquatic models in exposure research - July 2014
• International conference promotes environmental health research exchange - July 2014
• Emerging concerns with PCBs in schools draw hundreds to SRP webinars - June 2014
• Translating research into products to improve public health - June 2014
• Wetterhahn seminar highlights research on PCBs and type 2 diabetes - May 2014
• Duke and UNC SRP scientists connect with journalists - April 2014
• Lecture highlights flame retardants - April 2014
• Silicone wristbands facilitate exposome study - April 2014
• UNC Superfund scientists study effects of Dan River coal ash spill - April 2014
• Workshop advances arsenic research and prevention - April 2014
• Genetic variation may explain PCB-resistance in Atlantic killifish - March 2014
• UNC SRP trainee develops chemical risk assessment interface - March 2014
• SRP grantee received prestigious Brodie Award- March 2014
• Harvard SRP collaboration honored for risk communication - February 2014
• Study identifies novel compound more mutagenic than parent PAHs - February 2014
• Research supported by NIEHS informs policy and regulatory discussion - February 2014
• Using teeth to uncover developmental susceptibility to chemical mixtures - February 2014
• Duke brings Superfund research to the Elizabeth Ricer Learning Barge - January 2014
• Preterm birth linked with maternal phthalate exposure during pregnancy - January 2014
• Researchers find elevated flame retardant exposure among U.S. gymnasts - January 2014

2013

• Delaware cleanup project makes use of NIEHS-funded technology - December 2013
• Environmental justice discussion features SRP grantees - December 2013
• NIEHS trainee honored with Wetterhahn Award - December 2013
• Suk honored for contribution to global environmental health - December 2013
• Toxicology symposium highlights the flip sides of nanomaterials - December 2013
• UC Berkeley meeting explores methods to detect more chemicals - December 2013
• Reducing lead contamination in urban soils - October-November 2013
• Scientists document arsenic spread to previously unpolluted aquifer in Vietnam - October-November 2013
• SRP grantees gather in Baton Rouge for annual meeting - October-November 2013
• Superfund Research grantee honored by American Chemical Society - October-November 2013
• Duke SRP uses blog to explain research projects - September 2013
• Iowa SRP hosts health science and engineering summer camp - September 2013
• NIEHS awards Superfund occupational and safety training grants - September 2013
• Zebrafish developmental assays test the safety of new chemicals - September 2013
• Duke workshop addresses environmental justice issues in North Carolina - August 2013
• Promising environmental health researchers receive Superfund award - August 2013
• Superfund pilots new promotora training module in Mexico and Arizona - August 2013
• New approach creates red blood cells, platelets in vitro - July 2013
• Risk assessment workshop features cutting-edge toxicogenomic research - July 2013
• Barium distributions in teeth reveal early-life dietary transitions - June 2013
• Council approves concepts, shares budget concerns - June 2013
• New plant research discoveries could benefit global agriculture - June 2013
• Superfund graduate trainees win foundation support - June 2013
• Superfund program director discusses mining waste solutions in Armenia - June 2013
• UW centers co-host Duwamish River Superfund cleanup forum - June 2013
• NIEHS sponsors international conference on flame retardants - May 2013
• Folt named chancellor of UNC - May 2013
• Hennig receives prestigious professorship at the University of Kentucky - May 2013
• Fatty acid metabolite inhibits tumor growth in mice - May 2013
• Potential new therapy for stopping cardiac fibrosis - April 2013
• Brown SRP scientists partner with ATSDR to discuss nano design - April 2013
• Birnbaum visits Northeastern SRP partner in Puerto Rico - March 2013
• Grantees discuss Superfund pollutants and reproductive health - March 2013
• Midwest legislators convene at Environmental Health Summit - March 2013
• Wetterhahn awardee discusses community project on arsenic in vegetables - March 2013
• ASU appoints Halden to lead new Center for Environmental Security - January 2013
• Basic metabolism studies lead to a treatment for laminitis in horses - January 2013
• Grassroots well water testing initiative reveals high levels of arsenic and radon - January 2013
• Suk honored for leadership by Society of Toxicology - January 2013

2012

• Guerinot discusses metal uptake, transport, and accumulation - December 2012
• Research on PCBs and obesity earns Wetterhahn award - December 2012
• SRP patents licensed for water applications - December 2012
• NIEHS grantee meets with stakeholders to discuss aquatic toxicity project - November 2012
• Superfund marks 25th year of advancing health and wellbeing - November 2012
• Council approves SRP training concept - October 2012
• Dartmouth SRP mercury movie premiers on the big screen - October 2012
• Exploratory study first to quantify TCE in breast milk - October 2012
• Former Superfund Trainee Honored for Mass Spec Research - October 2012
• Models take spotlight at council science talks - October 2012
• Paraoxonases — poster-children for gene-environment interactions - October 2012
• NIEHS, ATSDR forge closer ties with Atlanta meeting - September 2012
• Dartmouth SRP video addresses mercury exposure in seafood - August 2012
• Promising environmental health researchers receive Superfund award - August 2012
• SRP scientist Brian Jackson engages his community about arsenic - July 2012
• SRP graduate student receives prestigious fellowship - June 2012
• Senator Reed visits SRP at Brown University - May 2012
• Folt appointed interim president at Dartmouth - May 2012
• Fire retardant study named paper of the year by ES&T - April 2012
• Grantee with Midas touch speaks at NIEHS - April 2012
• Seminar series marks ATSDR/Superfund collaboration - April 2012
• Study Suggests Possible Therapy for Arsenic Toxicity - April 2012
• Webinar series addresses early-life exposures - March 2012
• Children Exposed to Cadmium May Be at Higher Risk for Learning Disabilities - March 2012
• SRP researchers test less expensive method for tar remediation - March 2012
• Studies find arsenic in food adds up - March 2012
• SRP researcher links contaminants in drinking water to mental illness - March 2012
• Fry Maps Arsenic Levels Across NC - February 2012
• Staffers and trainees gain toxicology certification - February 2012
• Superfund promotes safe drinking water at Agua Fria Festival - February 2012

2011

• Duke symposium tackles later life consequences of early life exposures - December 2011
• SRP grantees gather in Lexington for annual meeting - December 2011
• NIEHS grantee student honored with Wetterhahn Award - December 2011
• Students explore career opportunities at Superfund - November 2011
• Superfund study shows arsenic mitigation strategies effective - November 2011
• Superfund signs Memorandum of Understanding with EPA - October 2011
• Superfund study examines carcinogenicity of nickel nanoparticles - October 2011
• Researchers discover how Geobacter remove uranium contamination - October 2011
• SRP researchers quantify PCB pollution in East Chicago - October 2011
• Superfund awards support early-career researchers - September 2011
• SRP celebrates an important milestone - September 2011
• Superfund webinar showcases trainees - September 2011
• Using nutrition to alter host susceptibility to environmental toxicants - August 2011 
• Henry and Thigpen-Tart accepted in leadership program - August 2011
• Suk honored by combustion emissions group - July 2011
• Superfund Postdoc Unravels Arsenic Exposure - July 2011
• Arsenic and smoking synergistic, Superfund study shows - June 2011
• New SRP webinars to highlight community engagement successes - May 2011
• Superfund researcher honored by AAAS - February 2011

2010

• Superfund researchers propose exposome paradigm - December 2010
• Superfund film raises awareness of well water arsenic - December 2010
• Superfund grantee honored by entomology group - September 2010
• Applying Superfund Expertise to the Gulf Oil Spill - September 2010
• Superfund trainee awarded EPA fellowship - September 2010
• Superfund Grantee wins NASA Fellowship - August 2010
• Superfund Research named Dartmouth Provost - June 2010
• Superfund Video Offers Plain Talk on Arsenic - March 2010
• Superfund Research Prompts Review of Antimicrobials - March 2010
• Superfund Researcher Elected to National Academies - March 2010
• Superfund Researcher Named AAAS Fellow - February 2010
• Superfund Research Program Continues Strategic Planning Process - January 2010

2009

• Superfund Announces Wetterhahn Award Winner - November 2009
• Superfund Study Links PCE and Birth Defects - November 2009
• Superfund Study of Carbon Nanoparticle Toxicity in Adult Flies - September 2009
• Superfund Holds Teacher Workshop on Water Quality - August 2009
• Superfund and EPA Host Combustion By-Products Congress - July 2009
• SBRP Alum Named Environmental Health Science Communication Fellow - May 2009
• Superfund Student Honored at Annual Toxicology Meeting - April 2009
• Superfund Grantees Begin Work on Documentary Series - February 2009
• Superfund Comes of Age - January 2009

2008

• Nobel Winner Is Superfund Grantee - November 2008
• Superfund Research Publication Reaches 5000 - September 2008
• Superfund Grantee Honored by American Chemical Society - September 2008
• PCBs Are Topic of Superfund Workshop - August 2008
• Science Camp for Border Students - August 2008
• 2008 Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy Meets - August 2008
• Superfund Puts Trust at the Top in Rhode Island Project - August 2008
• Superfund Grantee Hammock Honored for Teaching - August 2008
• SBRP Distinguished Lecture - Metal Oxides, Applications and Health Effects - June 2008
• Superfund and Worker Training Hold Technical Workshop - May 2008
• Arizona Superfund Student Receives Prestigious SOT Award - May 2008
• Superfund Study of Toxins in China’s Freshwater Ecosystem - February 2008
• Superfund Looks to Its Future - January 2008
• Superfund Basic Research Program Anniversary - January 2008

2007

• Superfund Grantee Shares “Lessons from the Wild” - December 2007