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Your Environment. Your Health.

May 2017 Past Issues Superfund Research Program Science Digest

Superfund Research Program Science Digest
Balancing Scientific Excellence with Research Relevance

Welcome to the Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (SRP) Science Digest!

Below you'll find a compilation of SRP research, which provides practical, scientific solutions to protect health, the environment, and communities. For more information about the program, visit the SRP website.

You also can view past issues of the Science Digest.

Director's Letter

Dr Suk

Since its inception, an important element of the NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances Basic Research and Training Program (SRP) has been training the next generation of environmental health scientists.

Read More in Letter from the Director...

Features

Atacama Desert

SRP researchers are examining how exposures to potentially harmful chemicals in the womb or early in life may impact development and play a role in later-life consequences. These approaches include studies involving human populations and the use of model organisms, such as mice and zebrafish.

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Science Leadership

Stephania Cormier, Bernhard Hennig, Rebecca Fry, Danielle Carlin, Bill Suk, and Robert Tanguay

SRP staff and grantees from all over the country gathered in Baltimore, Maryland for the 2017 Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting March 12 - 16. Grantees and staff gave talks and presented posters highlighting SRP-funded research advances in toxicology.

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Hot Off the Press

Margaret Mills

A newly developed panel of zebrafish genes can be combined with a rapid testing platform to identify chemicals that induce oxidative stress, according to researchers at the University of Washington (UW) SRP Center. The method is cost-effective and can be performed more quickly and with less tissue than conventional methods.

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Technology Profile

Researchers at Airlift Environmental LLC, an SRP-funded small business, are developing slow-release permanganate candles to remove trichloroethylene (TCE) from groundwater through a chemical reaction.

Read More in Technology Profile...

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