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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.

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Tagged as:PFAS Rainer Lohmann STEEP

We’re breathing PFAS: URI-led study finds harmful forever chemicals in indoor air

Illustration of a child's room with arrows indicating potential sources of indoor exposure to PFAS.

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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PFAS in Connecticut and Cape Cod

Rainer Lohmann speaking with a television reporter.

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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Tagged as:PFAS pollution Rainer Lohmann STEEP

Native Rhode Islander returns home to pursue ocean science

GSO student Matthew Dunn standing by the ocean.

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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Tagged as:chemical oceanography GSO Student Matthew Dunn Rainer Lohmann STEEP

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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