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.
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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.
Continue reading "GSO student Asta Habtemichael named a Switzer Environmental Fellow"We’re breathing PFAS: URI-led study finds harmful forever chemicals in indoor air
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"‘Forever chemicals,’ other pollutants found around the summit of Everest
Rainer Lohmann provides his insight on the rising levels of PFAS on Mount Everest and why it may be occurring.
Continue reading "‘Forever chemicals,’ other pollutants found around the summit of Everest"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.
Continue reading "GSO student finds chemical contaminants in seabirds from Narragansett Bay, Massachusetts Bay, Cape Fear"GSO Profiles – GSO Graduate Christine L. Gardiner
GSO Profile of GSO Graduate Christine Gardiner whose research was on PFAS in Narragansett Bay.
Continue reading "GSO Profiles – GSO Graduate Christine L. Gardiner"PFAS in Connecticut and Cape Cod
Two news reports featuring GSO professor Rainer Lohmann examine the threats posed by PFAS to the waters of Connecticut and Cape Cod.
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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.
Continue reading "GSO student named a Switzer Environmental Fellow"URI Researchers Begin Testing Well-Water In Cape Cod For Toxic Man-Made Chemicals
GSO professor Rainer Lohmann and other URI researchers have started to test drinking water from private wells in Cape Cod for toxic man-made chemicals called per and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
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