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August 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

As NIEHS nears the end of its current 2012-2017 Strategic Plan, we are reflecting on how the Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (SRP) has contributed to achieving the plan's goals. In keeping with the NIEHS mission, diverse SRP research teams develop and implement unique, solution-oriented approaches to address complex environmental health problems and promote healthier lives.

Read More in Letter from the Director...

Features

Effluent

Humans are exposed to numerous external/environmental chemicals from diverse sources throughout their lifetimes. NIEHS and SRP have supported research over three decades to understand the implications of these chemical mixtures.

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Science Leadership

Meeting Participants

SRP Health Scientist Administrator Danielle Carlin, Ph.D., presented at the 15th International Congress on Combustion By-Products and Their Health Effects, which was co-sponsored by SRP. Carlin's talk, "Current NIEHS-Supported Environmental Chemical Mixtures Studies: Can We Apply their Approaches to Mixtures of By-Products of Incomplete Combustion," summarized the history of NIEHS support for mixtures research and highlighted SRP grantees' important contributions to the field.

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Hot Off the Press

Bone marrow

Researchers at the Boston University Superfund Research Program (BU SRP) Center found that tributyltin (TBT) impacts bone marrow B cells directly by triggering cell death and indirectly by changing the microenvironment of bone marrow vital for supporting immune health.

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Technology Profile

Picoyune's mercury-detection device

Researchers at Picoyune, an SRP-funded small business, are developing a reliable, portable, and easy-to-use device to detect mercury in solid and liquid samples. They hope the device will replace complex and costly equipment used to monitor mercury before and during remediation at contaminated sites.

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