GSO Profile of Sam Katz who graduated in May 2021 with a M.S. and is continuing towards his Ph.D.
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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.
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GSO profile for GSO graduate Anna Robuck about her work using seabirds to look for novel human pollutants.
Continue reading "GSO Profiles-GSO Graduate Anna Ruth Robuck"Scientists call for a global science panel to address threats from chemical pollution
An international group of scientists is proposing a global intergovernmental science-policy body for informing policymakers and the public on chemicals and waste.
Continue reading "Scientists call for a global science panel to address threats from chemical pollution"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.
Continue reading "GSO Profiles – GSO Graduate Christine L. Gardiner"GSO student named a Switzer Environmental Fellow
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"Native Rhode Islander returns home to pursue ocean science
After growing up barely a mile from URI’s Kingston campus, South Kingstown native Matthew Dunn is now a doctoral student at the URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography, which he calls “one of the best schools for oceanography.”
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Nonstick cookware and firefighting foam are miles apart in their purpose, but they have one disquieting characteristic in common. Both products are made with chemicals that could be contaminating drinking water and posing a human health hazard. Fluorinated pollutants, or poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances, have been used for more than 60 years in a […]
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