Rainer Lohmann has returned from a Fulbright-sponsored research visit to Iceland, where he engaged in a collaborative exchange with scientists, government officials, and the public to deepen the study of PFAS in Icelandic water systems.
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‘Forever chemicals’ are flowing between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, study finds
GSO’s Rainer Lohmann and his co-authors report the Arctic Ocean potentially exports as many PFAS to the North Atlantic Ocean as enters it, circulating the compounds around the world.
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University of Rhode Island Professors J.P. Walsh and Rainer Lohmann discussed the wide-ranging impacts of ocean plastics and PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in a recent public lecture at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus.
Continue reading "URI experts discuss the price of convenience: plastics and forever chemicals"URI STEEP science effort responding to ‘forever’ PFAS chemical pollution renewed for $8.1 million for another 5 years
The STEEP program, one of the longer running PFAS science efforts in the country, studies pollution and examines potential research-based solutions alongside community partners.
Continue reading "URI STEEP science effort responding to ‘forever’ PFAS chemical pollution renewed for $8.1 million for another 5 years"Rainer Lohmann named a Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholar
On the Faroe Islands, GSO professor Rainer Lohmann, recipient of a prestigious Fulbright Arctic Initiative Award, has set out to better understand the full exposure of the local population to PFAS contaminants.
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Asta Habtemichael, a Ph.D. candidate at GSO, was recently chosen as one of 20 environmental scholars to receive a Switzer Environmental Fellowship.
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The air we breathe in our homes, schools and workplaces can be polluted with harmful PFAS chemicals, according to a new study by GSO scientists.
Continue reading "We’re breathing PFAS: URI-led study finds harmful forever chemicals in indoor air"GSO student finds chemical contaminants in seabirds from Narragansett Bay, Massachusetts Bay, Cape Fear
GSO student Anna Robuck found high levels of the PFAS in seabirds from offshore Massachusetts and coastal Rhode Island and North Carolina.
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GSO Profile of GSO Graduate Christine Gardiner whose research was on PFAS in Narragansett Bay.
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Anna Robuck, a Ph.D. student 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.
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